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Online shopping With over 20 years of experience, industry veteran Jim Kane joins Topsort after spearheading ad sales with DICK's Sporting Goods and Sam's Club
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- With over 20 years of experience, industry veteran Jim Kane joins Topsort after spearheading ad sales with DICK's Sporting Goods and Sam's Club
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial intelligence and machine learning-based technology company, Topsort, today announces that Jim Kane has joined as EVP of Sales for North America.
- Jim is a seasoned marketing and sales executive with over 20 years of experience in retail transformation, retail media, omnichannel strategies and e-commerce.
- He joins Topsort after serving as Head of Vendor Media Sales at retail giant DICK's Sporting Goods.
- Previous to this, he was Head of Ad Sales at Sam's Club, Vice President of Sales at Triad Retail Media (part of WPP), and Sr. Vice President Sales at PRN.
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L'Oréal SAN FRANCISCO, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial intelligence and machine learning-based technology company, Topsort, today announces that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Upload Ventures and returning seed round investors, Quiet Capital and Pear Ventures. The Series A round sees the company valued at $150 million.
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- The Topsort platform is fueled by similar AI and ML models that power platforms in the 2020s AI revolution.
- Essentially a large "prediction machine", Topsort works on a self-learning algorithm, using human feedback to maintain a constant state of improvement.
- Brings Transparency to Retail Media Buying: Topsort offers 1-click sponsored listings across onsite searches with total return on advertising spend (ROAS) control.
- "This funding round is further fueling our mission to accelerate the clean advertising revolution using AI and new age machine learning technology.
