Mobile users to exchange data for ads
Tech start-up Unlockd Media Technology has struck a lucrative deal with a phone company with advice from a Melbourne firm.
Firms: Norgate McLean Dolphin (Unlockd Media Technology Pty Ltd)
Value: Approximately $15 million
Area: Capital raising and telecommunications
Key players: Directors Toby Norgate and Jack Dolphin (pictured), as well as Rebecca Denton (associate), acted on the deal.
Deal significance: This deal will give users around 1.9GB of mobile data a month in return for viewing advertisements every time they unlock their phones. The ads are location-specific, changing when a person moves from a supermarket to a university, for example.