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Rocket Fuel Inc.

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q2 FY2017 10-Q, filed Aug 9, 2017. Its latest SEC filing is a SC 13G/A from Feb 14, 2018.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2016 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Sells digital advertising technology and services that help advertising agencies and marketers target consumers and optimize campaigns across digital media.

How Did They Make Money?

revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

The company works mainly through advertising agencies, and also serves some customers directly. It sells through direct sales teams, resellers and channel partners.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

No. It lost $65.7M in .

Operating income,
−13% of revenue
▼ −71% (Loss) vs (−$201.6M, −44%)
Net income,
−14% of revenue
▼ −69% (Loss) vs (−$210.5M, −46%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2016 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2017, the three months to Jun 30, 2017
Revenue
▼ −22%
vs $117M in Q2 FY2016
Net income
▲ +9% (Loss)
vs −$16.7M in Q2 FY2016
  • Sep 6, 2017 Sizmek acquired Rocket Fuel in a merger Rocket Fuel became a subsidiary of Sizmek, and each share was converted into a right to receive cash.
  • Jul 18, 2017 Rocket Fuel agreed to be acquired by Sizmek The agreement set a cash tender offer for Rocket Fuel shares, followed by a merger that would make Rocket Fuel a wholly owned subsidiary of Sizmek.

Grew. Revenue grew 4.3x in 4 years, from $106.6M in to $456.3M in , about 44% a year.

Added self-service platform solutions The older report describes an AI-driven advertising platform that ran campaigns for advertisers. The latest report also offers a demand-side platform and data management platform for customers to operate themselves, as well as managed services.

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with Google, Facebook, and Yahoo!

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