Eyeview
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About Eyeview
Eyeview was a video advertising technology company focused on outcome-based video marketing and personalized advertising. Founded in 2007, it combined creative production, consumer data and automated media delivery to help advertisers connect video campaigns with measurable commercial results. Its business served automotive, retail, consumer packaged goods, travel, hospitality and financial services advertisers.
The company's offering centered on creating individualized video advertisements at scale. It used brand assets, product information and audience data to adapt creative to particular consumers and contexts, bringing personalized messaging to campaigns distributed across connected television, desktop and mobile environments. Its approach linked the creation of an advertisement with decisions about its audience, delivery and performance measurement.
Creative production and campaign delivery
Eyeview provided personalized video creation and creative versioning alongside managed campaign services. Its teams combined video production, data analysis and performance optimization, supporting advertisers through both creative development and campaign execution. A self-service interface also offered campaign configuration and audience-management tools.
Programmatic delivery and real-time bidding supported automated distribution across channels. Eyeview positioned its measurement around business outcomes, including offline store visitation and incremental sales across channels, rather than relying solely on impressions or completed video views. This connected its advertising technology with the practical needs of brands seeking to understand how digital campaigns affected purchasing behavior.
The company operated with a corporate base in New York and a core engineering and research presence in Tel Aviv, later expanding its commercial reach through regional teams in the United States.
Eyeview ceased commercial operations in December 2019 after exhausting its working capital and failing to secure additional financing or a strategic merger. In January 2020, Aki Technologies acquired its VideoIQ personalization software assets. That transaction transferred technology following the shutdown; Eyeview's operating business had already closed.
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Founders and historical leadership
- Eyeview's founders were Oren Harnevo, Gal Barnea, Tal Riesenfeld and Yaniv Nizan. Harnevo served as CEO, Barnea as CTO, and Riesenfeld as VP Business Development.
- Rob Deichert became CEO in September 2019 after Harnevo left day-to-day operations. Greg Coleman was chairman during the company's final operating period.
Personalization technology
The proprietary VideoIQ engine combined CRM records, product catalogs, demographic information and real-time context, including weather and location, to generate individualized video creative at scale.
Financing and operating model
Between 2007 and 2018, Eyeview raised approximately $78 million from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Gemini Israel Ventures, Nauta Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Marker LLC and Qumra Capital. The report describes high operational overhead associated with customized creative infrastructure and intensive analytics, followed by an effort to scale through greater emphasis on self-service programmatic buying.
Commercial continuity
VidMob acquired certain Eyeview commercial client relationships and brought on former co-founder Oren Harnevo in 2020.
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Current and former locations of Eyeview
- Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Tel Aviv-Yafo office
Former officeClosed 2019
Former primary research and development center for software development, computer vision and engineering.
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago office
Former officeOpened 2014 · Closed 2019
Former regional sales office serving Midwest brand accounts.
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
Detroit office
Former officeOpened 2014 · Closed 2019
Former regional automotive sales office supporting automotive partnerships.
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
Former officeOpened 2014 · Closed 2019
Former West Coast regional office serving agency and brand partners.
- New York, United States
New York office
Former officeClosed 2019
About this office
Former global corporate headquarters. Historical premises included 10 West 18th Street, 60 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, and 33 East 33rd Street, 6th Floor; the report does not establish their occupancy sequence.
- Seattle, Washington, United States
Seattle office
Former officeClosed 2019
Former engineering and technical architecture office.
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