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Advertising Startups

Updated July 2026

Companies in the advertising sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,044 recently funded advertising companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,044
Total Funding
$538.0M
Avg Funding
$21.5M
Global Reach
8
countries

Top Cities for Advertising

London
Frankfurt
Singapore
Shibuya
Hayward
Santa Monica

Recently Funded Companies

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London, United Kingdom

A Brand Advocacy Platform that enables brands to transform customers into their biggest acquisition channel

$16.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Frankfurt, Germany

Admetrics is the first unified analytics solution with integrated experimentation engine and AI-based marketing assistant.

Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Intelligent Video Solutions is an online video platform and advertising technology company.

$3.2M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Shibuya, Japan

Wevnal is a digital media agency that provides services in social media marketing services.

$5.5M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Hayward, United States

YO-KAI EXPRESS is the tech company that innovates the future autonomous restaurant solution delivering gourmet food B2B and B2C

$9.3M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Santa Monica, United States

Pixalate is an intelligence platform and real-time fraud protection provider to Advertisers and Fortune 500 companies.

$18.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

Plannuh is a cloud-based system for building, managing, and sharing marketing plans, budgets, and goals.

$4.1M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

Most workplace tools create busywork. Robin eliminates it.

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Swiftly is the AI platform purpose-built for retailers, wholesalers and brands, running on the industry’s largest proprietary retail dataset

$100.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Okay Human uses private chats and projective techniques to explore complex human emotions and behaviors.

$500K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

established. is an advertising platform that offers brand marketing services.

$625K raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Wilmslow, United Kingdom

SoSquared is a platform that provide marketers with the infrastructure to better understand the data from influencer collaborations

Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Deerfield Beach, United States

Referrizer helps small local businesses generate new customers and keep existing ones loyal.

$74K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Munich, Germany

Wagawin is an advertising company that provides conversational ads that enable conversation between the viewer and the advertiser.

Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Kape Technologies is an online distribution and digital product hub.

$215.3M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Marketing attribution platform

$6.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Loverly is an online media platform and free wedding planning newsletter helping savvy couples plan their dream wedding.

$52K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Magnetiq is a digital ad creation platform offering ready-made templates for Facebook, Instagram, and Google ads.

$375K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Wavre, Belgium

Sortlist reinvents the way businesses find marketing and communication agencies.

$13.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Pixis provides a codeless AI infrastructure platform for brands to monitor and orchestrate their marketing campaigns.

$85.0M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

LIVAD develops cutting-edge live stream monetization products.

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Formerly known as Ad Lightning, Boltive is on a mission to secure advertisers and publishers against invasive media.

$7.5M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Sigmoid is a Data Solutions company offering best-in-class services in Data Engineering and Data Science

$12.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Culver City, United States

CreatorIQ is a software to unify and power advanced influencer marketing.

$40.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Illuma is contextual advertising technology with an intelligent difference.

$1.5M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

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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 1,044 advertising companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$21.5M
Total Funding Tracked
$538.0M
Countries Represented
8

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Advertising

1.London
3 companies$232.8M
2.New York
3 companies$85.6M
3.Boston
2 companies$4.1M
4.San Francisco
2 companies$112.0M
5.Istanbul
2 companies$375K

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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