Advertising Startups

Popular Pays operates a platform that connects content creators and influencers with brands seeking marketing content, offering an iOS and web app for creators and a dashboard for brands to run and track multiplatform campaigns. It serves brands and creators in the influencer marketing space.

11 investors

Taiv makes AI-powered software that automates business TVs in venues like bars and restaurants, automatically switching between cable, streaming channels, digital signage, and trivia. Its AI analyzes live video feeds to swap content during commercial breaks or show changes, and it monetizes through ads shared with venues.

10 investors

1stCollab is an influencer marketing platform that connects creators with brand partnership opportunities. The platform handles campaign matching, contract management, and payment processing for creators and agencies seeking sponsorship deals.

6 investors

Jupiter operates an advertising and e-commerce platform focused on the food, grocery, and CPG sector, positioning itself as an "AppLovin for food & CPG." The company serves brands and retailers in the food and beverage industry.

6 investors

Lapis is an AI-powered platform that automates the creation, launch, and optimization of paid advertising campaigns across channels including ChatGPT, Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Reddit. It serves growth teams by generating on-brand ad creative, landing pages, and performance-driven campaign variations while learning from results to improve campaigns over time.

6 investors

Permutive builds privacy-focused data infrastructure for digital advertising, using cohorts (privacy-safe user descriptions) instead of third-party identifiers to support targeting, frequency capping, and measurement. It processes and manages data on the user's device rather than in the cloud, serving advertisers and publishers in the ad-tech industry.

6 investors

Buoyant Aero provides fully electric, self-flying aerial advertising platforms (blimps) as a service for brands and events. The company handles all aspects from envelope design and custom graphics to flight operations and audience engagement, targeting marketing teams and event organizers.

4 investors

Plai is an AI-powered advertising platform that simplifies campaign creation and management for brands, agencies, and creators. The company uses text-to-ad AI models to automate ad production across multiple channels, replacing complex manual processes.

4 investors

Rubbrband is a video production agency that creates advertisements for emerging brands, leveraging Hollywood-level production expertise.

4 investors

Sprites provides a shared workspace platform that combines campaign management and approval workflows for Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and SEO, with an AI agent that executes approved changes and automatically generates reports. The platform serves marketing teams and agencies managing paid media, SEO, and content workflows.

4 investors

Boostable provides advertising tools that help sellers and brands promote their listings and gather insights on online marketplaces. The company serves marketplace sellers and the marketplaces themselves.

3 investors

Heyzap operates a mobile ad network and SDK for Android and iOS that lets app producers and indie developers monetize and promote their apps. It provides advertising, publishing, mediation, and cross-promotion services to mobile developers worldwide.

3 investors

InstaAgent creates and distributes personalized advertising campaigns across Meta, TikTok, and niche social platforms, enabling brands to test and scale audience-specific creative variants based on persona and performance data.

3 investors

Kular develops AI-powered sales tools for business owners. The company is founded by scientists from leading research institutions and focuses on delivering intuitive sales solutions.

3 investors

Uplane is an AI-powered platform for performance marketing that automates the generation of personalized ads and landing pages, campaign launches, and budget allocation across channels. The platform serves marketing teams seeking to improve campaign results while reducing time, effort, and ad spend.

3 investors

Virool runs a programmatic video distribution platform for brand marketers, using a proprietary data management platform of unique user profiles to build addressable audience segments and distribute native video content across multiple sites and screens. It provides analytics with viewability guarantees, emotional resonance measurement, and fraud protection.

3 investors

Beluga provides tools for measuring and executing creator marketing campaigns with automation similar to paid advertising platforms. The company serves brands and marketers in the creator economy.

2 investors

Earbits was a music promotion company that helped artists and labels market their music, operating as a YC-backed startup (W11) before being acquired. The page is a personal profile of a co-founder rather than an active company site.

2 investors

Kite is a screen recording tool that automatically enhances recordings with zooming, 3D animations, and device mockups to create polished product demonstration videos. It serves software companies and product teams who need to produce marketing and educational video content.

2 investors

OmniVirt is a 360° virtual reality advertising platform serving brands and publishers, letting audiences view 360° content on smartphones, tablets, and websites without an app or VR headset. It focuses on mobile ad formats and serves ad impressions across more than 200 countries.

2 investors

Reforged Labs provides AI-powered solutions for user acquisition and creative experimentation for mobile apps and games. The company helps digital product teams discover effective growth strategies and accelerate development cycles.

2 investors

Revnu provides AI agents that automate growth, conversion, and retention tasks for early-stage software founders, handling SEO, ads, outreach, and customer retention so builders can focus on product development. The platform targets indie hackers, solo founders, and first-time builders looking to scale without hiring or agency costs.

2 investors

Surface Labs builds AI-native marketing automation software that unifies data and campaign execution across channels, replacing fragmented rule-based marketing technology platforms. The platform serves marketing teams at enterprises and scales companies.

2 investors

URX built mobile advertising technology that helped publishers monetize mobile content and connected users to relevant commerce experiences for advertisers. The company was acquired by Pinterest in May 2016.

2 investors