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Dataseat

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Dataseat provides a demand-side platform for mobile app developers and agencies to run programmatic advertising campaigns in a privacy-first environment, offering control and transparency over campaign performance and spend. It operates in the ad-tech industry.

Also known as Dataseat Ltd. · Dataseat Mobile DSP

Founders & leadership

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Paul HaytoninFounder

Investors · 4

Also in the syndicate · 1

Backed.vc

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Dataseat is an advertising technology company that operates a mobile demand-side platform (DSP) enabling app developers, brands and agencies to run and control their own programmatic campaigns. Its product set covers user acquisition on iOS and Android, retargeting using advertisers' first-party data, cross-promotion and creative optimisation, with full support for Apple's SKAdNetwork and AdAttributionKit attribution frameworks.

The platform is positioned around transparency and privacy: it uses contextual signals and artificial intelligence rather than device identifiers or user profiling, and gives customers access to campaign data from bid level through to sales. Customers can build and maintain private machine-learning bidding models exclusive to their apps, and can use the platform in self-service mode or with a managed service team supporting SKAN configuration, campaign strategy, setup and optimisation. Inventory discovery tools provide supply-side insights across the bid requests the platform handles, broken down by region, creative type and device OS.

Dataseat serves gaming and non-gaming apps, performance brands and agencies, with stated verticals including entertainment/music/streaming, gaming, finance, QSR and food delivery, retail and eCommerce, social media and travel.

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

Key figures

latest reported
Bid requests handled per dayJan 202650,000,000,000 bid requests/day
Employee count rangeJan 202611-50

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

Timeline · 2

launches, deals, and filings
Jul 2022
Verve Group acquires Dataseat Ltd.

Verve Group, part of Media and Games Invest, announced the acquisition of Dataseat Ltd. The acquiring entity was Verve Holding GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Media and Games Invest. Dataseat became part of the Verve Group adtech ecosystem, with the stated intent of collaborating across MGI-owned SSPs, DSPs, data and gaming businesses.

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Dec 2019
Dataseat closes $3.7m seed round

Dataseat closed seed funding in December 2019, raising $3.7m from Play Ventures, Backed.vc and SAATCHiNVEST.

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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 Dataseat do?
Dataseat is a London-founded contextual mobile DSP for privacy-first app user acquisition, acquired by Verve Group in 2022.
Who founded Dataseat?
Dataseat was founded by Paul Hayton.
Who are Dataseat's investors?
Dataseat's investors include Backed, Play Ventures, SAATCHiNVEST.