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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
$471.1M
Avg Funding
$18.8M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Advertising

Sydney
Boca Raton
Rio De Janeiro
Manchester
Los Angeles
London

Recently Funded Companies

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Sydney, Australia

BlendAI is Creating and managing online advertisements.

$1.5M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boca Raton, United States

Instreamatic’s AI turns video & audio ads into hundreds of hyper-personalized versions in minutes—boosting ROAS while cutting costs & time

Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Mobees offers a digital out-of-home advertising platform for smart, connected screens on taxis and app-based cars.

$1.1M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Manchester, United Kingdom

Lunio surgically removes IVT, bots, and invalid users from all the paid acquisition efforts.

Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Quantum OOH transforms parked vehicles in high-traffic intersections into mobile advertising platforms.

$600K raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

RECRD enables creators and users to transform their content into NFTs.

$4.0M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cologne, Germany

_blaenk is a retail company that offers lifestyle products with personalization and optimization with its own retail process.

$560K raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Redwood City, United States

FamePick offers a platform to connect celebrities with brands for digital endorsements.

$2.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

ARHT Media is a technology company that develops interactive human holograms.

$726K raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

CreativeX is a developer of a smarter visual communication platform.

$25.0M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

SaaS, Immersive Ecosystem, Focus Frequency Index (FFI)

$4.7M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Caulfield Junction, Australia

Speedlancer is a freelance platform that enables users to sell or purchase professionals skills in content creation, marketing, and design.

$1.9M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

PPC.io is the ultimate AI tool for PPC agencies and paid marketers.

$5.0M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

NapkinAds is the first company to serve ads on napkins with a reach of over 100,000 restaurants and bars nationwide.

$900K raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Irvine, United States

Luckmon Games: Reward, the leading Loyalty Platform for Mobile Gamers.

Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Woolloomooloo, Australia

Veridooh is an adtech startup that provides a platform that tracks, measures, and verifies the performance of digital out-of-home campaigns.

$3.6M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Dotdash Meredith is a digital and print media company that reaches a vast audience through its diverse portfolio of iconic brands.

$400.0M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Be Smart Mobile specializes in the fields of information technology, advertising, developer, and E-commerce platforms.

$1.0M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Filmless is a full-service video production company & animation studio working with the world’s biggest brands – Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.

$500K raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

AI-powered performance marketing and advertising platform for Digital signage and Digital Out of Home (DOOH)

Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Leeds, United Kingdom

BOSCO is a digital marketing intelligence platform.

$5.6M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Riga, Latvia

We structure global ad platform advertising data

$342K raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Cutting-edge mobile app plug-in that allows companies to hyper-focus their marketing efforts with geo-triggered customer engagement tools.

$61K raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Waterford, Ireland

OneTwenty is a digital marketing agency that help high-performance industries grow.

$12.1M raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Madrid, Spain

Personalized video at scale for email marketing and retargeting

Jun 2023

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
$18.8M
Total Funding Tracked
$471.1M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Advertising

1.New York
4 companies$425.9M
2.London
2 companies$4.1M
3.Sydney
1 companies$1.5M
4.Boca Raton
1 companiesUndisclosed
5.Rio De Janeiro
1 companies$1.1M

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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