Israeli mobile web analytics company owned by Meta Platforms
Onavo, Inc.
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Software
Founded
2010
Founders
Guy Rosen
Roi Tiger
Defunct
2019
Headquarters
Israel
Products
Onavo Count
Onavo Extend
Onavo Protect
Services
Onavo Insights
Parent
Facebook, Inc.
Website
onavo.com
Onavo, Inc.[1] was an Israeli mobile web analytics company owned by Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms). The company primarily performed its activities via consumer mobile apps, including the virtual private network (VPN) service Onavo Protect, which analysed web traffic sent through the VPN to provide statistics on the usage of other apps.
Guy Rosen and Roi Tiger founded Onavo in 2010. In October 2013, Onavo was acquired by Facebook, which used Onavo's analytics platform to monitor competitors. This influenced Facebook to make various business decisions, including its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp.
Since the acquisition, Onavo was frequently classified as being spyware, as the VPN was used to monetize application usage data collected within an allegedly privacy-focused environment. In August 2018, Facebook pulled Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store due to violations of Apple's policy forbidding apps from collecting data on the usage of other apps. In February 2019, in response to criticism over a Facebook market research program employing similar techniques (including, in particular, being targeted towards teens), Onavo announced that it would close the Android version of Protect as well.
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Onavo, Inc. was an Israeli mobile web analytics company owned by Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms). The company primarily performed its activities via...
pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within its main mobile app". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-02-14. "Facebook's New 'Onavo Protect' VPN is a Spyware App"...
and said it would not be advising users. After acquiring Onavo in 2013, Facebook used its Onavo Protect virtual private network (VPN) app to collect information...
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period. He advised multiple acquisitions including that of WhatsApp and Onavo. In 2018, he took charge of the trust and safety team to tackle misinformation...
[non-primary source needed] In 2013, Facebook acquired Onavo, a developer of mobile utility apps such as Onavo Protect VPN, which is used as part of an "Insights"...
US$1 billion in cash and stock. In October 2013, Facebook, Inc. acquired Onavo, an Israeli mobile web analytics company. In February 2014, Facebook, Inc...
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"TechCrunch". 12 August 2013. "Facebook Buys Mobile Data Analytics Company Onavo, Reportedly For Up To $200M... And (Finally?) Gets Its Office In Israel"...
Founder of Cyberstarts, and was a board member at Adallom, Armis Security, Onavo, Moovit, and Innovid (NYSE:CTV). Gili Raanan was born in Kfar Saba, Israel...
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Storylane, but not the product itself. On October 13, 2013, Facebook acquired Onavo, an Israeli analytics company, for approximately $120 million. On February...
across social media. The acquisition was influenced by the data provided by Onavo, Facebook's research app for monitoring competitors and trending usage of...
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