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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
$137.9M
Avg Funding
$5.5M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Advertising

Boulder
New York
Munich
Madrid
Turin
Yafo

Recently Funded Companies

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Boulder, United States

Local Hero is a digital marketing platform that provides advertising, marketing, and store location detail services.

$4.2M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

ArcSpan Technologies is a B2B audience data technology company building an enterprise-class addressable audience data monetization platform.

$5.2M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Munich, Germany

4.screen is a digital platform designed to connect, interact, and engage with drivers.

$21.0M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Veritonic offers audio analytics and research platform to research, test, and measure the ROI of audio assets and campaigns.

$2.8M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Madrid, Spain

Kuikads enables businesses to create and distribute personalized marketing videos via API using user data across messaging.

$1.2M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Ara Labs is a digital signage development firm that specializes in the design and manufacturing of digital advertising displays.

$2.0M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Turin, Italy

SUNSPEKER creates a fully recyclable graphic cover able to camouflage any solar panel.

$751K raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Yafo, Israel

Anzu.io is an in-game advertising platform that brings real-world brand ads to video gaming and esports.

Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Branchsight is a digital marketing platform designed specifically for dealership, franchising systems, and multi-location businesses.

$550K raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

VidMob is a video content creation network and platform where brands can create digital video ads with expert teams.

$8.0M raised
May 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Hidden Studios develops and advertises Fortnite Creative games, with 100M+ plays monthly.

$1.5M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boulder, United States

Respondology develops a customizable comment moderation tool for businesses or anyone with a large online audience.

$5.0M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Native ads system for GenAI apps

$6.0M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Beverly Hills, United States

MediaBookAE is an AI-enabled Video-Creator-as-a-Service empowering amateurs to shoot professional ads & music videos on location from home.

$350K raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Broxburn, United Kingdom

The Allegrow SaaS platform makes sure your emails reach the priority inbox, not the spam folder.

$1.0M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Montréal, Canada

CONTXTFUL provide attention, viewability and business intelligence on the environment context of any digital audience.

$1.9M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Birmingham, United States

StreetMetrics is a SaaS platform, focused on creating measurement & attribution software for the Moving Out-Of-Home advertising industry.

$2.0M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Lafayette, United States

Provides Nationwide Drone Services to Companies and Pilots

$13.2M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Baton Rouge, United States

Mallard Bay is a SaaS platform helping hunting and fishing outfitters manage bookings, payments, and operations in one place.

$880K raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

Thanks enables businesses to generate new revenue streams by monetizing their thank you pages with targeted offers and rewards.

$2.6M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

OTTera is a professional white-label service that allows companies to quickly launch highly customized, affordable OTT services.

$400K raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Monetizing mobile games non-intrusively using audio ads! AudioMob are the creators of Audio Enhanced Banners & Rewarded Audio

$5.0M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bucharest, Romania

Footprints AI is turbocharging profits from the $150Bn. Retail Media market by fusing physical & digital customer data with next-gen AI.

$2.4M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Market leading technology that maximizes the revenue of the world's most valuable streamed content.

$50K raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Orlando, United States

Disrupting advertising effectiveness and activation.

$50.0M raised
Feb 2025

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
$5.5M
Total Funding Tracked
$137.9M
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Advertising

1.New York
5 companies$18.0M
2.Boulder
2 companies$9.2M
3.Los Angeles
2 companies$1.9M
4.Munich
1 companies$21.0M
5.Madrid
1 companies$1.2M

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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