- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2012
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- askolo.com
- Last Round
- SeedJan 2011
- Rounds
- 1
About
Vapor was an in-video advertising company founded in 2011 as part of Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, USA, the company built technology to embed advertising directly within video content, creating a new modular ad format for video publishers and brands. Vapor operated under the domain askolo.com and was founded by Yin Wu, Xuwen Cao, John Hiesey, and Shazad Mohamed. Yin Wu later went on to sell a subsequent company to Microsoft in 2015. Vapor is now listed as inactive in the YC directory, with a team of 2 at its peak. The company focused on the consumer video and advertising market, developing server-side software to power scalable in-video ad placements.
Summary
Vapor is an Adtech company based in New York, United States, founded in 2012. Its most recent funding was a Seed round in Jan 2011. Investors include Y Combinator.
Funding History
Jan 2011
Investors
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