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Advertising Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the advertising sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,080 recently funded advertising companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,080
Total Funding
$147.5M
Avg Funding
$5.9M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Advertising

Tampa
New York
Tokyo
Indianapolis
Lurate Caccivio
Lubbock

Recently Funded Companies

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Tampa, United States

Nickelytics is a developer of an out-of-home advertising platform intended to make shared mobility more sustainable.

$160K raised
Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Adelaide develops a media analytics platform to measure omnichannel media quality.

$1.2M raised
Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

Thinkr is a design company that provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.

$32.5M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Indianapolis, United States

Kennected provides SaaS-based marketing services with a focus on automating the prospect and outreach process.

$26.5M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lurate Caccivio, Italy

Creazioni Digitali is a large format textile digital printing company.

$1.2M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lubbock, United States

BlueVerse offers a platform for local businesses to connect with customers, featuring deals, menus, and reviews.

$1.5M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

Ponta is reinventing how brands connect with humans in the age of AI.

$327K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Media and Advertising Company providing services including Digital Music Distribution, Social Media Promotions and Law Enforcement

$1.5M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Neon Flux is a brand acceleration platform with proprietary technology, using data-first strategies and leveraging centralized services.

$200K raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Cincinnati, United States

LunchTable is a fan activation platform designed to mobilize your casual fans into social media influencers.

$2.4M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Montreal, Canada

Heylist is a software development firm that connects brands and agencies with influencers to run and track campaigns.

$1.6M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Kowloon City, Hong Kong

Mezzofy is a digital marketing company that builds digital coupon, consumer apps, and software development services.

$2.0M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

OneScreen.AI features buy and sell target out-of-home advertising with data, ease, and accuracy.

$4.7M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sunnyvale, United States

LiveReach Media is the Digital Out-of-Home programmatic advertising platform.

$6.9M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Symitri is the integrated privacy firewall and real-time data cleanroom for the open web.

$5.0M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

StudioSpace is an agency marketplace that provides on-demand digital & marketing services to the world's leading brands.

$1.3M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Wilmington, United States

Uplify is building the infrastructure layer for AI-powered influencer marketing.

$250K raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Cranford, United States

DOOH, AdTech, Programmatic, pDOOH, Largest network of digital screens in the physical world

$10.5M raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Madrid, Spain

Indigitall is a consulting company with experience in the telecommunications, internet and marketing sector for mobile environments.

$6.4M raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Good-Loop converts advertising money into charitable donations - whilst delivering 70% higher engagement for the advertiser. Win-win : )

$434K raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Augmented Shopping Experiences for fashion. Double the conversion for fashion brands. Powered by proprietary Image Generation Technology

$7.5M raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

True Sync Media provides the best videos from the internet as TV style entertainment.

$610K raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

ID5 is an independent shared identity infrastructure for ad tech platforms and premium publishers

$20.0M raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Detroit, United States

Clicktivated is the leader in Interactive Video marketing.

$825K raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Proxima is an AI-based e-commerce and marketing technology solutions company.

$12.0M raised
Apr 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Showing 626 to 650 of 1,080 companies

About the Advertising Startup Ecosystem

The advertising sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Advertising

Advertising companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The advertising sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Advertising Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,080 advertising companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$5.9M
Total Funding Tracked
$147.5M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Advertising

1.London
4 companies$23.2M
2.New York
3 companies$18.2M
3.Tampa
1 companies$160K
4.Tokyo
1 companies$32.5M
5.Indianapolis
1 companies$26.5M

Related Industries

Companies in the advertising sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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