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Narrative

Founded 2016 · 32 employees on LinkedIn · 10 known investors

Find your way into Narrative

35 people in our graph share verified history with the Narrative team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Rick Grinnellunlockedknows Nick Jordan · together at Narrative (overlapped)
×6knows the team · via St. Bonaventure University
×4knows the team · via Narrative
knows the team · via Tapad

Narrative builds a data infrastructure platform that enables interoperability across systems and teams through a shared semantic layer, with built-in data quality validation and compliance. The platform serves companies seeking to make their data actionable through a marketplace that connects data buyers and sellers while maintaining user control and transparency.

AdTechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSector Agnostic

Founders & leadership

Narrative was founded in 2016 by Nick Jordan.

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Nick JordaninFounderNick Jordan previously led product and strategy at Tapad, where he transitioned the company toward data and technology licensing before its 2016 acquisition by Telenor, and earlier held product management roles at Adobe and Yahoo!. He holds a degree in computer science and management information systems from St. Bonaventure University.

Investors · 10

G20 VenturesCambridge · $2M – $5M
Glasswing VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M
Kohala VenturesSan Franciscovia Eric del Balso · inferred
Progress VenturesBoston
Earl Grey CapitalreportedAustin
StartFast VenturesreportedSyracuse
Ten ElevenreportedBurlingame · $3M – $15M
Trousdale VenturesreportedWest Hollywood · $1M – $5M

Also in the syndicate · 2

Dorilton CapitalGeneration Ventures

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$8.5M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2020–2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Narrative went on to found or lead other companies.

Eric del BalsoInvestorFounded REGENTDavid YaffeBoard MemberFounded Estuary

Competitors · 4

by search overlap
Netezza87 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
FullContact69 shared keywordsFullContact offers website visitor identification that reveals professional contact information, social profiles, and browsing analytics for real people visiting a company's site in real time. It targets sales teams looking to generate and engage leads from anonymous website traffic.
Lotame58 shared keywordsLotame provides a data exchange marketplace and the Spherical data collaboration platform, which help marketers connect, enrich, activate, and target audience data across identity, curated marketplaces, and audience analytics. It serves digital marketers, agencies, brands, and media owners with adtech and data solutions across social, CTV, and other channels.
Datarade57 shared keywordsDatarade is a marketplace platform for purchasing and discovering business datasets, including company data, firmographic information, and technographic insights. The platform connects data buyers with providers offering verified company profiles, financial metrics, employee information, and technology stack data across multiple industries and geographies.

Companies competing with Narrative for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

The Rise of Narrative Investing | The American Reportertheamericanreporter.com · Jul 2026Narrative Raises $8.5M Series A Funding | Signalbasetrysignalbase.com · Mar 2026Blackbird.AI Raises $28 Million for Narrative Intelligence Platform - SecurityWeeksecurityweek.com · Jan 2026Blackbird.AI Raises $20M in Series B Funding to Empower Organizations with Narrative and Perception Risk Intelligenceprnewswire.com · Jun 2023Narrative Raises $8.5 Million Series A to Accelerate Growth of Data Streaming Platformglobenewswire.com · Aug 2020

Frequently asked questions

What does Narrative do?
Narrative builds a data infrastructure platform that enables interoperability across systems and teams through a shared semantic layer, with built-in data quality validation and compliance. The platform serves companies seeking to make their data actionable through a marketplace that connects data buyers and sellers while maintaining user control and transparency.
Who founded Narrative?
Narrative was founded by Nick Jordan in 2016.
Who are Narrative's investors?
Narrative's investors include G20 Ventures, Glasswing Ventures, Kohala Ventures, Progress Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, StartFast Ventures, Ten Eleven, Trousdale Ventures.
How much funding has Narrative raised?
Narrative has disclosed $8.5M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.