Advertising Startups

Popular Pays is an influencer marketing and creator management platform that connects brands with creators for campaign development and execution. The company serves brands seeking to collaborate with content creators aligned with their values.

11 investors

Taiv operates a smart TV platform for bars, restaurants, gyms, and retail venues across North America that delivers targeted ads and custom content on in-venue screens using AI. The platform serves venue owners, advertisers, and customers by automating content delivery and ad serving across thousands of locations.

9 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 is a monetization platform for food content creators that facilitates brand partnerships with CPG companies, integrates with ad networks, and enables commerce through Instacart. The platform serves content creators of all sizes in the food and cooking niche.

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 develops a privacy-first advertising platform that enables publishers to collect and activate first-party data and allows advertisers to access audiences through direct publisher relationships, replacing third-party cookie reliance. The platform serves publishers and media buyers globally with data management, audience enrichment, and programmatic activation capabilities.

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

Absurd is a platform that generates AI-produced videos for brand and performance advertising, enabling companies to produce professional-quality content within days rather than traditional timelines.

3 investors

Boostable provides advertising tools that enable sellers and brands to promote listings on marketplaces while collecting performance data. The platform serves marketplace operators seeking to increase seller engagement and retention.

3 investors

Heyzap operates a mobile advertising network that connects app developers with users through SDK integration on Android and iOS, offering monetization, app discovery, mediation, and cross-promotion services.

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

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.

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 is a video advertising platform that connects video marketers with publishers to monetize online content through video advertising.

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

A platform that lets musicians and record labels purchase targeted music streaming placements, similar to how advertisers bid on search keywords.

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 operates an advertising platform that delivers immersive 360-degree video content to brands and publishers, accessible on smartphones, tablets, and websites without requiring app downloads or headset hardware. The company serves advertisers and publishers globally across mobile and web formats.

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