# Flytedesk

> Flytedesk is a Boulder-built advertising platform that aggregates the messy, hyper-local world of campus media - newspapers, billboards, coasters, posters, radio and digital - into a single place where national brands can buy their way onto thousands of campuses in one transaction. Founded by former media buyer Alex Kronman, it runs the largest campus media network in the U.S. and hands student publications software to sell and prove their own ad space.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Boulder, Colorado, United States
- **Founders:** Alex Kronman (CEO & Founder), Joel Leger (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~42 employees
- **Products:** Campus Advertising Platform, Ad Management Platform for Colleges, Audience Builder, Campus Walk, Ad Verification
- **Notable:** Built the largest campus media network in the U.S., spanning ~2,300 student media organizations., Aggregated fragmented print, radio, out-of-home and digital campus inventory into a single purchasable marketplace reaching 20M+ students., Raised ~$5.3M from investors including Techstars, Revolution's Rise of the Rest and Right Side Capital.

## Products & services

- **Campus Advertising Platform** — End-to-end marketplace where national brands buy print, digital, radio, out-of-home and on-campus signage across thousands of campuses in a single transaction.
- **Ad Management Platform for Colleges** — Software that lets student media organizations build, manage, price and monetize their own inventory while keeping their editorial policies.
- **Audience Builder** — Targeting tool for defining campus audiences by school, geography and demographic before a campaign runs.
- **Campus Walk** — Visualization that shows brands where their ads will physically appear on a given campus.
- **Ad Verification** — Post-campaign proof that placements - including physical, on-campus ads - actually ran as booked.

## Achievements

- Built the largest campus media network in the U.S., spanning ~2,300 student media organizations.
- Aggregated fragmented print, radio, out-of-home and digital campus inventory into a single purchasable marketplace reaching 20M+ students.
- Raised ~$5.3M from investors including Techstars, Revolution's Rise of the Rest and Right Side Capital.
- Landed national brands including Uber, Adobe, Google, Nintendo and Trojan.
- Became a significant channel for political campaigns and PACs targeting young voters.

## Latest updates

- **2020-03** — Laid off staff as COVID-19 emptied campuses and froze physical campus advertising.
- **2020** — Pivoted toward software for colleges - an ad management platform that lets student media operate and monetize their own inventory.

## Links

- Website: https://flytedesk.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flytedesk
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/flytedesk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flytedesk

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Last updated: 2026-08-19