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  • Mobile Marketing Companies iLoop And Lenco Merge In $42M Deal

    Leena Rao

    Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    Monday, November 7th, 2011
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    Mobile marketing companies iLoop and Lenco are merging, according to a release issued today. Under the terms of the agreement, iLoop will become a subsidiary of Lenco, with iLoop’s shareholders receiving a combination of cash and stock valued at approximately $42 million.

    According to the companies, Lenco’s international operations and rich media platforms are complimentary to iLoop’s strength in the United States. Together, the combined company will have operations on five continents.

    Lenco’s technologu provides advertisers and wireless carriers the means to deliver large, high volume, rich-media campaigns with highly personalized content, optimized for each different device. Similarly, iLoop’s mFinity platform makes it fast and easy for brands, marketing agencies, content owners and other companies, such as Lexus and Coca Cola, to create websites, ad campaigns and more.