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Adverity

Vienna, AT · Founded 2015 · 331 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors

Adverity provides a data platform that enables agencies and brands to collect, combine, and transform marketing and business data for improved decision-making and performance. The company serves marketing teams, agencies, and enterprises seeking to centralize and activate insights from disparate data sources.

Also known as Adverity GmbH · Adverity Inc · Adverity Technologies Ltd

Founders & leadership

Adverity was founded in 2015 by Alexander Igelsböck.

AIAlexander Igelsböck
Alexander IgelsböckinCEO & Co-Founder

Investors · 9

Also in the syndicate · 2

aws GründerfondsSoftBank Vision Fund 2lead

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Adverity is a marketing data intelligence company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, that helps brands and agencies collect, harmonize and govern marketing data. Its platform is organized around two products. Adverity Connect is an enterprise marketing ETL layer that pulls data from more than 600 actively maintained connectors covering ad platforms, analytics tools, CRMs and long-tail regional and specialist sources, applies marketing-specific harmonization so metrics such as "cost" are comparable across platforms, monitors pipelines continuously, and delivers the resulting data into the customer's warehouse. Adverity Atlas is a marketing knowledge layer that sits on top of an existing data warehouse and provides AI systems with a governed understanding of what marketing data means.

Atlas is described as built on three pillars: Knowledge (more than 40 pre-encoded canonical marketing concepts with cross-platform field mappings, brand and campaign naming conventions and benchmarks), Context (automatic schema discovery, cross-system joins at investigation time, business context such as promotions and budget changes, and spreadsheets, media plans and PDFs treated as queryable context), and Tools (SQL execution with dialect translation across Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks and Redshift, self-healing query retries, inline provenance citations, and marketing analytics such as anomaly detection, budget pacing, forecasting and marketing mix modeling). Atlas also ships 21 pre-built automation templates, Automation Packs and custom automations, and can be consumed through a UI as an autonomous marketing analyst or via API, CLI and an MCP server by customers' own agents. Earlier positioning described the company as an intelligent marketing analytics and data integration platform serving marketing, sales and ecommerce, with data visualization and predictive analytics features including anomaly flagging and a ROI Advisor feature intended to track performance without third-party cookies.

The company operates offices in Vienna, London, New York, Sofia and Katowice, and its executive team includes CEO and co-founder Alexander Igelsböck, CTO Martin Brunthaler, CRO Christina Schlesinger, CFO Maxime Raoul and CPO Lee McCance.

Founding story

Adverity launched in 2015 with the aim of changing how teams collect, combine and use their data, building a product to help companies use their data to accelerate business performance. Alexander Igelsböck is CEO and co-founder.

Business model

Adverity sells its platform to enterprise marketing organizations and agencies as software that adds to a customer's existing stack rather than replacing it: customers keep their own data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift) and their own LLM provider credentials (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini). The company states that no professional services contract is required to begin, with production readiness in 30 to 60 days. It is also distributed through cloud and partner marketplaces, including Google Cloud Marketplace, Microsoft Azure Marketplace, the Snowflake Data Marketplace and the SAP Store.

Recurring software revenue from enterprise subscriptions to its marketing data platform; the company reported annual recurring revenue growth in its funding announcements.

Traction

In the 12 months to April 2020 Adverity reported annual recurring revenue growth of more than 100% and customers across 60 countries. In August 2021 it reported a 120% client uplift over the prior 12 months, a compound annual growth rate of 105% over four years, its best quarter to that date, and global headcount growth of 300% since 2019. Current materials cite 600+ enterprise marketing teams using Connect, 263 G2 reviews with 92% rating Adverity four stars or above, and a Total Economic Impact study by an independent research firm finding a potential 368% three-year ROI.

Latest developments

Adverity launched Adverity Atlas, a marketing knowledge layer intended to address data quality problems in marketing AI, and appointed Lee McCance as Chief Product Officer. On July 21, 2026 it published research reporting that 91% of marketers spend days reacting to underperforming campaigns and that 53% are not consistently using data insights to drive campaign action. Other recent announcements include a Premium Scalability Suite and research finding almost 50% of marketing data is inaccurate.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Adverity positions itself as the data foundation layer that enterprise marketing AI programs run on, combining marketing-specific ETL with a governance and knowledge layer over existing warehouses. It cites recognition as a G2 High Performer across ETL Tools, Data Extraction and Enterprise categories, prior G2 Grid Leader and Momentum Leader placements, inclusion in Forrester's marketing optimization solutions list, Gartner Cool Vendor designation, and leader status in Snowflake's Modern Marketing Data Stack report.

Adverity emphasizes marketing-specific data expertise rather than generic data tooling: a large library of actively maintained marketing connectors, harmonization of inconsistent platform metric definitions, and pre-encoded canonical marketing concepts. It stresses an additive, no-lock-in architecture in which customers retain their own warehouse, LLM provider and data, along with full query provenance, self-healing SQL and built-in governance controls.

Technology

The platform combines a connector and ETL layer with an AI knowledge layer. Connect maintains 600+ marketing connectors that absorb upstream platform updates, field renames and schema changes, and applies harmonization and transformation before delivery to a warehouse. Atlas performs automatic schema discovery, cross-system joins without common keys, and SQL execution with automatic dialect translation across Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks and Redshift, plus self-healing query retries and inline citations tracing answers to source systems and fields. It is warehouse-agnostic, does not require Connect, and is exposed via UI, API, CLI and an MCP server. Governance controls include database-level tenant isolation, query logging with actor identity and timestamp, PII detection before data reaches an LLM prompt, and customer-supplied LLM credentials encrypted at rest. The company describes Atlas knowledge as built from a decade of enterprise deployments processing over $80 billion in ad spend.

Go-to-market

Adverity markets through its own site with vertical solution pages, customer case studies and a press and research program publishing survey-based marketing data research. It works with marketing platform and cloud partners, is listed on Google Cloud Marketplace, Microsoft Azure Marketplace, the Snowflake Data Marketplace and the SAP Store, and has announced partnerships with Neustar and Integral Ad Science. It emphasizes rapid onboarding, with a first investigation possible in the initial session and no professional services requirement.

Enterprise marketing teams, brands and media agencies, with vertical solutions for eCommerce, CPG and retail, media and entertainment, finance and insurance, telecoms and technology. Named customers include IKEA, Red Bull, Unilever, MediaCom, IPG Mediabrands and Vodafone, and case studies cover Elcano, Rain, Amelia Knight, DPG Media, Bluefin, Wavemaker Global and BairesDev.

Geography

Headquartered in Vienna, Austria (Adverity GmbH, Rathausstrasse 1), with additional offices in London (Adverity Technologies Ltd), New York (Adverity Inc), Sofia, Bulgaria and Katowice, Poland. As of 2020 the company reported powering marketing intelligence for brands and agencies across 60 countries.

History

After launching in 2015, Adverity raised a $30 million Series C led by Sapphire Ventures announced in April 2020, which brought total capital raised to $50 million and funded R&D and expansion of technology and commercial teams in the US and globally. In August 2021 it closed a $120 million Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with Sapphire Ventures participating, taking total funding to more than $165 million; at that point the company reported three investment rounds in three years. Product and recognition milestones over this period included joining the Snowflake Data Marketplace, availability on Microsoft Azure Marketplace and Google Cloud Marketplace, becoming an SAP endorsed app, AWS Advertising and Marketing Technology Competency and an AWS Rising Star ISV award, Gartner Cool Vendor recognition, partnerships with Neustar and IAS, generative AI integration in its product strategy, and launches of a Data Quality Suite and a Premium Scalability Suite. More recently the company launched Adverity Atlas and appointed Lee McCance as Chief Product Officer.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Ad spend processed across enterprise deploymentsJan 2026$80B
Annual recurring revenue growth (prior 12 months)Apr 2020more than 100%
Client uplift (prior 12 months)Aug 2021120%
Compound annual growth rate (past four years)Aug 2021105%
Countries servedApr 202060
Data source connectorsJan 2026600 connectors
Enterprise marketing teams using Adverity ConnectJan 2026600 customers
G2 reviewsJan 2026263 reviews
HeadcountAug 2026331
Reported three-year ROI (Total Economic Impact study)Jan 2026368%
Share of G2 reviewers rating Adverity 4 stars or aboveJan 202692%
Team size growth since 2019Aug 2021300%
Total funding raisedAug 2021$165M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 16

launches, deals, and filings
Jul 2026
Adverity research on marketers' reaction to underperforming campaigns

Adverity published research finding that 91% of marketers waste days reacting to underperforming campaigns and that 53% of marketers fail to consistently use data insights to drive campaign action.

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Jan 2026
Adverity named Rising Star of the Year ISV at AWS Partner Awards

Adverity was named winner of the Rising Star of the Year ISV award at the AWS Partner Awards and achieved the AWS Advertising and Marketing Technology Competency.

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Jan 2026
Adverity named a Gartner Cool Vendor

Adverity was named a Cool Vendor by Gartner and was included in Forrester's marketing optimization solutions list.

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Jan 2026
Adverity launches on Google Cloud Marketplace

Adverity announced availability of its platform on Google Cloud Marketplace; it also announced availability in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace and joined the Snowflake Data Marketplace.

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Jan 2026
Adverity appoints Harriet Durnford-Smith as Chief Operating Officer

Adverity announced the appointment of Harriet Durnford-Smith as Chief Operating Officer; she was previously listed as Chief Marketing Officer in the 2021 Series D announcement.

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Jan 2026
Adverity appoints Wes Nichols as Non-Executive Director

Adverity announced the appointment of Wes Nichols as a Non-Executive Director.

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Jan 2026
Lee McCance appointed Chief Product Officer

Adverity announced Lee McCance as Chief Product Officer; he is listed on the company's management team page.

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Jan 2026
Adverity and Integral Ad Science partner on API integration

Adverity and IAS announced a partnership on an API aimed at boosting marketing effectiveness.

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Jan 2026
Adverity platform becomes SAP endorsed app on SAP Store

Adverity's integrated data platform was listed as an SAP endorsed app on the SAP Store.

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Jan 2026
Neustar and Adverity partner on marketing data optimization

Adverity and Neustar announced a partnership to help marketers optimize their data.

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Jan 2026
Adverity announces generative AI integration in product strategy

Adverity announced generative AI integration as part of its product strategy and launched an AI tool for transforming data.

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Jan 2026
Adverity launches Adverity Atlas

Adverity launched Adverity Atlas, a marketing knowledge layer that sits on top of any data warehouse to give AI a governed understanding of marketing data, positioned as addressing marketing AI's data problem.

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Jan 2026
Adverity launches Data Quality Suite

Adverity announced enhanced data management and data quality capabilities delivered through a new Data Quality Suite.

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Jan 2026
Adverity launches Premium Scalability Suite

Adverity announced a Premium Scalability Suite intended to help organizations scale their data operations.

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Aug 2021
Adverity closes $120M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

Adverity closed a $120 million Series D financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with existing investor Sapphire Ventures participating, bringing total funding to more than $165 million. Proceeds were intended to evolve the company's predictive technology stack for marketers.

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Apr 2020
Adverity raises $30M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures

Adverity announced a $30 million Series C led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from re-investing existing backers Mangrove Capital Partners, Felix Capital, SAP.iO and aws Gründerfonds, bringing total raised to $50 million. Proceeds were earmarked for R&D, product development and expansion of technology and commercial teams in the US and globally.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Adverity do?
Vienna-based marketing data intelligence company providing marketing ETL and an AI knowledge layer over customers' data warehouses.
Who founded Adverity?
Adverity was founded by Alexander Igelsböck in 2015.
Who are Adverity's investors?
Adverity's investors include 42CAP, FELIX CAPITAL, Gaia Ventures, Mangrove Capital Partners, Sapphire Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Speedinvest.
Where is Adverity headquartered?
Adverity is headquartered in Vienna, AT.