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Powerlinks Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Founders:&nbsp;<\/b>Kevin Flood and Mike Harty<br> <b>Founded:&nbsp;<\/b>February<b> <\/b>2012<br> <b>Website:&nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlinks.com\/\">www.PowerLinks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Programmatic native advertising platform Powerlinks Media is a recurring member of the Startups 100 list (and a <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-powerlinks-media\/\">Startups Awards<\/a> nominee), <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2013\/51-powerlinks-media-2\/\">having originally secured a place<\/a> due to its revolutionary approach to affiliate advertising. The <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2014\/24-powerlinks-media\/\">start-up has since proved its staying power<\/a> by securing a number of impressive publishing clients like Unruly Media, as well as following through with overseas aspirations by securing major global and American contacts including Vibrant, Pubmatic and ShareThrough.<\/p>\n<p>The business, launched in 2012 by serial entrepreneurs Kevin Flood and Mike Harty on the back of their successful social shopping site Shopow, is enjoying a period of accelerated growth. Its innovative technology,&nbsp;which powers new &lsquo;native&rsquo; digital advertising formats for leading global buying and selling networks, saw the duo secure 50 further major advertising platforms for the next six months. 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