Progress Ventures — Full Portfolio

New York, US

Leighton Welch(Executive Officer, Director)Gary Vaynerchuk(Director)Jeffrey Nicholson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatAZAdriaan Zur Muhlen· per SEC Form D · $19M raise · filed Feb 2023

Co-investorsBDBDMI

Adstra provides identity resolution and data licensing solutions that enable brands, agencies, and publishers to drive growth through clean customer data and targeted audience activation across marketing channels.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

Co-investorsEXExtreme Venture PartnersEXExtreme Venture Partners LLPGRGreycroftMEMenlo VenturesTITiger Global Management

Capture offers a fast personal workspace that combines notes, tasks, and files in one place, letting individuals track information, develop ideas, and plan around their goals.

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York City, US

CLCalvin LeGassick(CEO)inJCJesse Chand(Founder)inSCStephen Chen(Founder)inANAdena Nadler(Founder)in

Co-investorsGAGaingelsSTStarve UpsVEVerso Capital Compartment 23Y Y Combinator1010X CapitalBOBoxGroup+10 more

Capture Higher Ed builds an AI-powered enrollment marketing platform that helps colleges identify prospective students, interpret their digital behavior, and deliver personalized recruitment campaigns at scale.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechMarketing TechSaaS

Heather Mueller(Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer)

Co-investorsVEVenture First

Clinch provides a creative automation platform for building and optimizing advertising campaigns, enabling marketers to automate strategy planning and ad serving workflows.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Oz Etzioni(Founder)in

Co-investorsOUOurCrowd

Deltatre provides streaming, digital platforms, data analytics, graphics, and broadcast solutions for sports, media, and entertainment organizations seeking to monetize audience engagement and grow revenue.

Media & EntertainmentSaaSSports Tech

Co-investorsBABain Capital Tech Opportunities

Samba.tv is a TV recommendation service that aggregates content from streaming services and live TV, personalized based on viewing trends.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSt. Louis, US

Alex Quinn(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Baker(Director)John Lowrey(Director)

Co-investorsAUAugust CapitalCACapital InnovatorsGFGFR FundLALauder PartnersNENelstone VenturesPJPJC+3 more

Dstillery applies multimodal AI to programmatic advertising to help brands identify and target their best customers through predictive audience models.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechNew York, US

APAndrew Pancer(Executive Officer)inAMAlan Murray(Founder)inTPTom Phillips(Executive Officer, Director)inMBMichael Beebe(Chief Executive Officer)inJoshua Abram(Founder)Kathy Leake(Founder)

Co-investorsCOContour Venture PartnersESEscalate Capital PartnersUSUS Venture PartnersVEVenrockMEMenlo VenturesNENewSpring Capital+1 more

Fueled is a digital services and strategy firm that builds scalable websites, publishing platforms, product experiences, and AI-powered solutions for ambitious brands and institutions.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

JLJustin Livesay(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsINInsignia Capital GroupARArcher Venture CapitalFOFoundryLELexington PartnersSTStructural Capital

ID5 provides identity solutions that enable publishers and digital platforms to create addressable audiences across authenticated and non-authenticated traffic, helping them increase direct revenue and programmatic yield.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

Mathieu Roche(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Pierre-Antoine Durgeat(Co-founder & Chief Product Officer)

Co-investors36360 CapitalS4S4S Ventures

San Francisco, US

STANISLAV TUSHINSKIY(Director)VICTOR FRUMKIN(Executive Officer)

BoardMICHAEL ILYICEV(Director)

Co-investorsCOCOREangelsHAHawke VenturesSMSmart Partnership CapitalACAccompliceDEDecentral Park Capital

Integral Ad Science provides advertising verification and quality assurance solutions for digital advertisers and platforms.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechNew York, US

LJLidiane Jones(Chief Executive Officer)inACAmit Chaturvedi(Chief Operating Officer)inSGSrishti Gupta(Chief Product Officer)inTJThomas Joseph(Chief Technology Officer)inLNLisa Nadler(Chief Human Resources Officer)inYAYossi Almani(Chief Legal Officer)in

Co-investorsACAccompliceAUAugust CapitalCRCross Creek AdvisorsFOFounder CollectiveGOGolub GrowthLOLobby Capital+7 more

IRIS.TV operates a data platform focused on video, providing video-level data connectivity that helps publishers and marketers improve viewing experiences and advertising outcomes.

AdTechMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Field Garthwaite(Founder)inRichie Hyden(Founder)in

Co-investorsABABS Capital PartnersGAGaingelsWEWestern Technology Investment

LISNR is an ultrasonic proximity platform that enables contactless commerce and customer engagement through presence detection, secure authentication, targeted promotions, and gamified loyalty experiences across retail, finance, mobility, and education sectors.

AdTechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechCincinnati, US

RWRodney Williams(Founder & CEO)inChris Ridenour(Director)inEAEric Allen(CEO & President)in

BoardNMNick MacShane(Director)inMonique Idlett(Director)Michael Venerable(Director)

Co-investors7B7BC Venture CapitalCICincyTechCOCollectivCOCourtside VenturesJUJumpstart VenturesLELeadX Capital Partners+12 more

Infillion is a demand-side platform (DSP) with composable, API-first architecture powered by AI optimization and privacy-safe identity technology, serving advertisers across video, CTV, audio, display, and DOOH channels.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechNew York, US

Joseph Zawadzki(Executive Officer, Director)ABAri Buchalter(Executive Officer)Jeffrey Davis(Executive Officer)Jeannie Mun(Executive Officer)Brian Miller(Executive Officer)Daniel Bisgeier(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBLBlue CollectiveQEQED InvestorsSJSJF VenturesHYHyde Park AngelsSESearchlight Capital Partners

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.

AdTechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSector AgnosticNew York, US

NJNick Jordan(Founder)inDAMON CRONKEY(Director)

Co-investorsG2G20 VenturesGAGaingelsGLGlasswing VenturesKOKohala VenturesMAMana VenturesRERevel Partners+6 more

A company transitioning to a new brand centered on AI-powered operational automation.

AI & Machine LearningNew York City, US

Co-investorsACAct One VenturesTETechstars

Outside, Inc. operates a portfolio of digital and print media brands focused on outdoor sports, fitness, and wellness.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBoulder, US

Co-investorsIMImagination CapitalJAJAZZ Venture PartnersNENext VenturesSEService Provider CapitalCACaruso Ventures

Pixability provides video advertising technology and solutions for the digital advertising and creator economy markets.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsBABantam GroupBOBoston Harbor AngelsEDEdison PartnersLALaunchpad Venture GroupPJPJCVCVCFA Group+1 more

Simpli.fi provides AI-optimized advertising solutions using location intelligence for marketers, enabling targeted audience activation and campaign measurement across programmatic and omnichannel channels.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Co-investorsCOContour Venture PartnersG2G20 Ventures

Skyword is a content marketing platform that helps organizations build content strategy, find and manage creative talent, and create and distribute content at scale.

Creator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US

ACAndrew C. Wheelerin

Co-investorsMUMultiplier Capital

Sovrn provides advertising and commerce software for publishers, helping them optimize and diversify their monetization channels.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSBoulder, US

TSTodd Siegler(Chief Operating Officer and Secretary)inMatt Arkin(Chief Revenue Officer)Nolan Smith(Vice President, Finance)inWKWalter Knapp(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardFHFred Harman(Director)GMGreg Martin(Director)in

Co-investorsARArcher Capital GroupARArcher Venture CapitalFOFoundryOAOak Investment PartnersSTStructural CapitalBOBoulder Ventures

TalkShop.live is a live shopping platform where users watch live video streams and buy featured products directly during the broadcast, using its patented shoppable embedded point-of-sale technology.

E-commerceMedia & EntertainmentRetail Tech

BMBryan Moore(Founder)inTina Moore(Founder)in

Co-investorsFLFlucas VenturesFOFourth RealmGAGaingelsSPSpero Ventures

Teikametrics offers an AI-powered marketplace intelligence platform for brands selling on Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop, covering multi-marketplace campaign management, full-funnel advertising, generative-AI listing optimization, and analytics.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechBoston, US

AMAlasdair McLean-Foreman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inSrinivas Guddanti(Executive Officer)Michael McMahon(Director)John Traugott(Director)Austin Westerling(Director)

Co-investorsCECentana Growth PartnersCECentana PartnersFJFJ LabsINIntel CapitalJAJacket River Capital PartnersGRGranite Point Capital+1 more

Tenovos offers an AI-enriched digital asset management and content intelligence platform that unifies content from multiple sources into a single visual layer for teams to find, govern, and activate assets.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Selim M. Hakimi(Executive Officer, Director)John Shackleton(Director)D. Scott Bowen(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrea Pulcini(Director)

BoardADAdriaan D. Zur Muhlen(Director)in

Co-investorsLELevel EquityRERevel PartnersS4S4S VenturesBDBDMI

Tracer is an AI-based brand protection platform that monitors digital channels, removes infringing content, and maps brand abuse networks using patented graph technology and machine vision.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSMiddleburg, US

Peter Hayes(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsEPEPIC VENTURESMUMultiplier CapitalNENewRoad Capital Partners, LLCOROrigin VenturesS4S4S VenturesBDBDMI+1 more

Tracer is an enterprise analytics platform that consolidates data from multiple sources and automates reporting workflows.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

JNJeffrey Nicholson(Founder)inLWLeighton Welch(Founder)inGVGary Vaynerchuk(Founder)inVincent Hus(Founder)

Co-investorsA-A-Rod CorpIMImpatient VenturesRSRSE VenturesS4S4S VenturesSEService Provider CapitalBDBDMI+3 more

Tracer is a research lab building Echo, an inference system that coordinates open-weight models behind a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint for chat, code, and agent workloads.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Adam Rida(CEO)

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorVEVela PartnersBDBDMINENewRoad Capital Partners, LLCS4S4S VenturesTHThirty Five Ventures

tvScientific offers a connected TV (CTV) advertising platform with real-time reporting that integrates with Google Analytics to track traffic, conversions, and return on investment from CTV ad campaigns.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

JFJason Fairchild(Founder)inDKDavid Koye(Founder)inBHBill H. Gross(Founder)in

Co-investorsNENewRoad Capital Partners, LLCNONorwest Venture PartnersS4S4S VenturesSESecond Alpha PartnersTOTom ChavezUNUnanimous Capital+6 more

Veritonic offers an analytics platform for marketers that unifies creative testing, brand lift, and attribution to measure advertising performance across CTV, social, podcasting, and digital audio and video channels.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSKillingworth, US

SSScott Simonelli(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Eisner(Executive Officer)

BoardDHDaniel Hanks(Director)inDaniel Borok(Director)MWMark Wachen(Director)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesFOForefront VentureGAGaingelsLELerer HippeauSWSWaN & Legend Venture PartnersUPUpstage Ventures+7 more