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Rocket Fuel Inc.

Rocket Fuel Inc.

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Rocket Fuel was an ad technology company based in Redwood City, California.[3] It was founded in 2008 by alumni of Yahoo!.[3]

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Rocket Fuel completed an initial public offering in September 2013.[4] The initial stock offering was $29 per share and reached a high of $59.95 per share when the stock opened. The stock closed at $56.10 per share on opening day, giving the company a value of $942.5 million.[5] By February 24, 2015, the stock had dropped to $9.63, or 86 percent below its record high and 67 percent below its IPO price.[6]

Rocket Fuel acquired the New York-based ad tech company [x+1] in August 2014 for $230 million.[7][8][9]

In 2017, the company was acquired by Sizmek, a private ad tech company owned by Vector Capital; one outcome of this was a retreat from public company status back to being a private company.[2]

In November 2017, Sizmek retired the brand Rocket Fuel.[citation needed]

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    Schubarth, Cromwell (18 July 2017). "One-time ad tech unicorn sells at 90% discount from IPO price". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 19 July 2017. Ad tech company Rocket Fuel is being acquired by for $125.5 million by Sizmek, a privately owned company in the same business owned by private-equity firm Vector Capital.
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    Sramana Mitra (21 October 2013). "Rocket Fuel's IPO Soars". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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    "Rocket Fuel Exec Offers Reasons For Optimism About The Future Of Mobile Advertising". Adotas. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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    Brodie, Lee (13 November 2013). "Cramer: This stock is literally Rocket Fuel". CNBC. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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    Jordan Novet (5 August 2014). "Ad-tech player Rocket Fuel buys programmatic marketing company [x+1]". Venture Beat. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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