69 Best Advertising Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Advertising Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 846 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $11.3b. The average funding per company in this subset is $163.7m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Permutive logo

Permutive

Company providing user behavioral analytics for revenue optimization for websites and smartphone applications

7

Funding Rounds

$124.0m

Money raised

About.me logo

About.me

About.me is a company that has developed a platform for users to make personal and professional websites.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.7m

Money raised

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BrightTALK

BrightTALK is a platform developer for B2B companies to host webinars and virtual events.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.5m

Money raised

Haptik logo

Haptik

Haptik is a company developing conversational AI for customer experience.

2

Funding Rounds

$12.2m

Money raised

Vungle logo

Vungle

Vungle (Vungle, Inc.) is startup which powers video advertisements inside of mobile apps and games.

4

Funding Rounds

$42.5m

Money raised

Invoca logo

Invoca

An artificial intelligence company offering a call tracking and conversational analytics for marketers.

7

Funding Rounds

$169.8m

Money raised

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GumGum

GumGum is a Santa Monica, California-based developer of computer vision and machine learning systems for contextually driven advertising and brand protection.

6

Funding Rounds

$107.8m

Money raised

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TripleLift

TripleLift is an American multinational technology company developing a platform that enables scalability for native, branded content and OTT advertising.

4

Funding Rounds

$18.5m

Money raised

Pathmatics logo

Pathmatics

Pathmatics provides AI-powered analytics software for marketers that can extract data about various channels, including social media, video, and display.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Gupshup

Gupshup is an AI-powered messaging platform that integrates with communication software and protocols for commerce, marketing, and support applications.

5

Funding Rounds

$373.0m

Money raised

Zomato logo

Zomato

Zomato is a company providing a search engine application that offers information on restaurants and online food delivery.

5

Funding Rounds

$528.0m

Money raised

Avito logo

Avito

Internet classifieds for real estate, goods, resumes and job listings.

1

Funding Rounds

$75.0m

Money raised

Ada logo

Ada

Ada is a brand interaction platform that enables the automation of conversations with customers and employees via an AI-based chatbot.

6

Funding Rounds

$190.7m

Money raised

Quigo logo

Quigo

Quigo is a New York City-based company founded in 2000.

2

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

Drift logo

Drift

Drift is a software company offering a conversational marketing platform founded in 2015 by David Cancel.

3

Funding Rounds

$107.0m

Money raised

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Mirakl

Mirakl is a Paris, France-based company offering software solutions for e-commerce marketplace companies.

10

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

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ContentSquare

ContentSquare is an experience optimization platform for business that captures visitor behavior insights, designed to help increase conversions. It uses artificial intelligence to provide automatic recommendations.

8

Funding Rounds

$1.5b

Money raised

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Bionic

Bionic is a company founded in 2019 by Idan Ninyo.

2

Funding Rounds

$82.0m

Money raised

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Downstream Impact Inc.

Downstream Impact Inc. is a Seattle-based marketing company developing solutions to help users increase their advertising performance on Amazon.

8

Funding Rounds

$11.6m

Money raised

Threedium logo

Threedium

Threedium creates brand experiences, drives product considerations, and delivers conversions through 3D/augmented reality technology.

6

Funding Rounds

$16.4m

Money raised

Tipalti logo

Tipalti

Tipalti automates the way companies pay suppliers, partners, publishers and employees with cloud-based solutions which addresses all phases of the payables workflow.

10

Funding Rounds

$2.5b

Money raised

Brandwatch logo

Brandwatch

Brandwatch is a consumer intelligence and social media listening platform.

6

Funding Rounds

$59.5m

Money raised

Ecosia logo

Ecosia

Web search engine that uses profits to plant trees

3

Funding Rounds

$21.5k

Money raised

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InMobi

A media company providing a mobile advertising and client connecting platform.It was founded in 2007 and is located in Bangalore, India.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.6m

Money raised

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People.ai

People.ai is an AI platform based on sales and marketing.

5

Funding Rounds

$200.0m

Money raised

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Clickable (company)

A company with search engine marketing and social media management software for advertisers and agencies to manage search and social marketing. It was founded in 2006 and was acquired by LookSmart in 2013.

2

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

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Enervee

Enervee is a company founded in 2010 by Hjalmar Branting, Iker Casillas, Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, Yhonastan Fabian, The Sxplay, Ujiie Naotomo, Robbie Grossman, Ingrid Gfölner, Moisey Uretsky, Don Epperson, Matt Service FBCS and Bhavesh M. Mehta.

5

Funding Rounds

$40.4m

Money raised

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Virool

Virool is a company providing a programmatic video marketing platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.6m

Money raised

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Iterable

Iterable is a company founded in 2013 by Andrew Boni.

7

Funding Rounds

$342.2m

Money raised

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Remesh

Remesh is an AI-based company to gather collective insights founded in 2013 by Aaron Slodov, Andrew Konya and Gary Ellis.

8

Funding Rounds

$52.8m

Money raised

MediaMath logo

MediaMath

MediaMath is a company developing and delivering digital advertising media and data management technology solutions.

13

Funding Rounds

$846.9m

Money raised

Buddy Media logo

Buddy Media

Buddy Media is a social media marketing platform.

5

Funding Rounds

$86.1m

Money raised

InsideView logo

InsideView

InsideView is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2005.

4

Funding Rounds

$44.9m

Money raised

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Popular Pays

Popular Pays is company providing a platform connecting brands with creators to produce custom content and generate awareness.

4

Funding Rounds

$8.6m

Money raised

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WideOrbit

WideOrbit is a company that offers software for advertising management

4

Funding Rounds

$34.5m

Money raised

TargetSpot logo

TargetSpot

A company with a digital audio online platform. It was founded in 2007 and has offices worldwide.

3

Funding Rounds

$16.6m

Money raised

Firefly (company) logo

Firefly (company)

Firefly is a mobility based advertising and data platform that allows rideshare drivers to make money through digital advertising.

3

Funding Rounds

$73.0m

Money raised

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Placester

Developer of a real estate marketing platform to help real estate professionals to focus on lead management and collaborate effectively. The company's platform is for real estate professionals that are featuring MLS integration, high-resolution visuals, responsive design, mobile optimization, lead management tools, and marketing automation software for email, social media, and other channels, enabling clients to grow their businesses online.

2

Funding Rounds

$52.5m

Money raised

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Rockbot (formerly Roqbot)

Rockbot is a company that has designed media streaming platform

5

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

AdRoll logo

AdRoll

AdRoll is a software development company and marketing platform. The company is a division of NextRoll Inc. and is headquartered in San Francisco.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

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Roistat

Roistat is an end-to-end analytics and marketing platform founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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MixRank

MixRank is a company providing lead generation service for businesses. It utilizes LiveScan Contacts Engine together with mobile and web intelligence for lead generation automation.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Tealeaf (acquired by IBM)

Tealeaf was a data analytics business. It was acquired by IBM, then later sold as part of IBM Marketing to Centerbridge Partners as Acoustic Experience Analytics.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

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Videology

Videology is a New York City-based company founded in 2007.

5

Funding Rounds

$134.2m

Money raised

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Clearbit

A business intelligence company offering a platform made to help companies analyze customer information to lower fraud and increase sales.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

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Zemanta (company)

Zemanta develops enterprise software for native advertising

6

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Critizr

A company with a feedback platform for businesses in Europe. It was founded in 2012 and has locations in France and England.

1

Funding Rounds

AdStage logo

AdStage

AdStage is a company founded in 2012 by Sahil Jain.

3

Funding Rounds

$6.4m

Money raised

Paytm logo

Paytm

Paytm is an electronic payment service in india founded in 2010 by Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

HUMAN logo

HUMAN

HUMAN is a cybersecurity company that protects enterprises from bot attacks to keep digital experiences human.

3

Funding Rounds

$90.0m

Money raised

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Unbounce

Unbounce provides a landing page building platform for businesses.

3

Funding Rounds

$39.3m

Money raised

Smaato logo

Smaato

American global mobile rtb ad exchange and supply side platform

4

Funding Rounds

$18.0m

Money raised

Technorati logo

Technorati

Technorati is a San Francisco-based advertising company founded in 2002.

5

Funding Rounds

$29.1m

Money raised

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Richrelevance

RichRelevance, now Algonomy, is an Experience Personalization company.

12

Funding Rounds

$129.4m

Money raised

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Vibrant Media

Vibrant Media is a company founded in 2000 by Douglas Stevenson.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

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Adbrain

A marketing company that uses artificial intelligence to target specific customers based on their clients' needs. It has offices in London, San Francisco, and New York City, and was founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Sharethrough

Sharethrough is a company founded in 2008 by Matty Mo, Brett Keintz, Robert Fan and Dan Greenberg.

5

Funding Rounds

$26.0m

Money raised

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WeGift

WeGift is a smart solution for distributing gift cards at scale. They stand out for providing access to 700+ brands, bulk discounts of up to 25% off, and the ability to reclaim unspent value on expired gift cards.

7

Funding Rounds

$93.6m

Money raised

July Systems logo

July Systems

July Systems is a Burlingame, California-based company founded in 2001 by Rajesh Reddy.

2

Funding Rounds

$22.0m

Money raised

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LeadGenius

MobileWorks is a company offering a crowdsourcing platform. It participated in the S11 cohort of Y Combinator

2

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

BrightRoll logo

BrightRoll

BrightRoll is an american global digital video advertising company founded in 2006 by Tod Sacerdoti, Dru Nelson and Saar Gur.

4

Funding Rounds

$46.0m

Money raised

Affable logo

Affable

A marketing company that uses artificial intelligence to make a platform which allows brands to discover micro-influencers who could potentially market their goods or services. Its headquarters are located in Singapore and it was founded in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Boost Media logo

Boost Media

Boost Media is a San Francisco-based company using crowdsourcing and market testing to help businesses find effective words and images for marketing campaigns.

8

Funding Rounds

$36.1m

Money raised

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Accredible

A company offering a digital credential platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

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ViralGains

ViralGains is a company founded in 2012 by Jay Singh, Dan Levin, Kate Willett and Doron Gan.

3

Funding Rounds

$23.5m

Money raised

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Metadata (company)

Metadata is a company founded by Gil Allouche.

3

Funding Rounds

$47.5m

Money raised

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Magnetic (company)

Magnetic is an artificial intelligence company that uses machine learning to deliver smarter, faster, and more effective advertising.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Instapage logo

Instapage

Instapage provides a landing page building platform for businesses.

3

Funding Rounds

$16.6m

Money raised

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Tapjoy

Tapjoy is a mobile advertising company

5

Funding Rounds

$72.4m

Money raised