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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
$223.7M
Avg Funding
$8.9M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Advertising

Nyack
Reston
Boston
Los Angeles
Sollentuna
New York

Recently Funded Companies

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Nyack, United States

AI-powered Ad Audit that actively protects your ad spend before it’s wasted.

$7.3M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Reston, United States

Buffalo Groupe create a marketing platform designed through the lens of golf.

$825K raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

MotiveMetrics gives advertisers AI capable of understanding and influencing the machine intelligence shaping modern customer acquisition

$12.4M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Adway is the only mobility based advertising and data platform that uses projection to turn any car-body into a media display.

$6.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sollentuna, Sweden

DanAds provides self-service advertising infrastructure, enabling media owners and publishers to automate ad sales and operations.

$24.8M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Lolly.com is an advertising company that offers a platform for creator marketing, matching brands with creators to drive performance.

$300K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Perch is a digital shopper marketing platform.

Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Lehi, United States

Roster is a brand engagement platform that drives sales and awareness through word-of-mouth marketing.

$6.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Offenburg, Germany

Conversion Maker is a Marketing and Advertising company.

$4.1M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Narcity Media Group is one of the leading digital media publishers for millennials and Gen Z in North America.

$310K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Manhattan, United States

Point-of-Sales (POS) for live events and venues

Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Colchester, United Kingdom

Wyspr is a London-based AdTech startup specialising in influencer marketing.

$60K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

S4Capital is a digital advertising and marketing services company.

$96.3M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cary, United States

Keen Decision Systems is a developer of a Software-as-a-Service to help marketers make data-driven decisions.

$11.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Edvido is a brand development and digitalization platform in which companies meet corporate agencies and firms for advertising purposes.

$100K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Lewes, United States

AI platform to automate your creative tagging, analytics, strategy and ad generation.

Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

AnyMind Group is a commerce enablement company with software for brand building, manufacturing and e-commerce, to marketing and logistics

$28.9M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Guide Resource Services is an advertising agency that specializes in sales strategy by coaching teams.

$1.1M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Gent, Belgium

StoryChief is an intelligent content marketing platform that helps teams plan, create, distribute, and track performance.

$3.5M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

SHÙ is a vertical video studio and creative platform pioneering new cinematic languages for the mobile-first generation.

$500K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

The Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute was created to unite and advance Black-owned media businesses.

$750K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Singular, a marketing intelligence platform, unifies marketing analytics, giving marketers actionable insights from previously siloed data

Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

LinkBy makes your brand famous with cost-per-click press releases sent to the publishing brands.

$15.0M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Coral Gables, United States

WeGrow provides mobile growth at scale for brands around the world.

$1.5M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Trend is a marketing platform that connects content creators brands to create exclusive content.

$3.0M raised
Jul 2022

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
$8.9M
Total Funding Tracked
$223.7M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Advertising

1.Los Angeles
3 companies$6.8M
2.New York
2 companies$750K
3.Nyack
1 companies$7.3M
4.Reston
1 companies$825K
5.Boston
1 companies$12.4M

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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