The digital marketing sector is heavily influenced by companies using artificial intelligence for advertising and customer insights.
Integrity Marketing Group, which blends insurance with marketing, has raised over $2.1 billion. StackAdapt, a platform for automated advertising, has also secured more than $536 million in funding.
Below is our list of 100 Digital Marketing startups worth keeping an eye on.
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| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Year Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Matthew Baier, Neha Sampat, Nishant Patel |
| Funding Amount | $169M |
| Startup Size | Large Team (251-1,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Series C |
| Top Investors | Insight Partners, Illuminate Ventures, Georgian, GingerBread Capital |
Wunderkind builds a performance marketing engine that helps brands turn anonymous website visitors into known customers. The technology enables one-to-one marketing at scale, delivering personalized messages through email, text, and on-site notifications.
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States |
| Year Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | Andreas Spartalis, Brooke Partelow, Cole Sharp, Namik Abdulzade, Ryan Urban |
| Funding Amount | $151.9M |
| Startup Size | Large Team (251-1,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Series C |
| Top Investors | Primary Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Bossa Invest, Neuberger Berman, Cross Creek |
Swiftly provides a retail media platform that helps brick-and-mortar stores build their own digital advertising businesses. Their technology allows consumer brands to reach shoppers directly through the retailer's app and website, offering data-driven tools to measure campaign performance.
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Year Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Daniel Kim, Henry Kim, Karen Ho, Sean Turner |
| Funding Amount | $215.6M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Series C |
| Top Investors | Gaingels, Liquid 2 Ventures, First Star Ventures, PROOF, Sand Hill Angels |
StackAdapt runs a multi-channel programmatic advertising platform that helps digital marketers execute campaigns across native, display, and video formats. Their self-serve tools give agencies and brands the ability to plan, execute, and manage data-driven advertising to achieve their performance goals.
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Year Founded | 2014 |
| Founders | Ildar Shar, Vitaly Pecherskiy, Yang Han |
| Funding Amount | $536.6M |
| Startup Size | Major Organization (1,001-5,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Private Equity |
| Top Investors | Summit Partners, Teachers’ Venture Growth, Plaza Ventures, Intrepid Growth Partners, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund |
Pixis builds a codeless AI infrastructure platform for brands to monitor and orchestrate their marketing campaigns. Their tools empower marketing teams to optimize campaign performance using AI without writing a single line of code.
| Headquarters | |
| Year Founded | 2020 |
| Founders | Harikrishna Valiyath, Shubham A Mishra, Vrushali Prasade |
| Funding Amount | $209M |
| Startup Size | Large Team (251-1,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Series C |
| Top Investors | General Atlantic, Chiratae Ventures, Pi Ventures, Celesta Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund |
Rembrand uses AI to digitally insert branded products into any video, creating a new form of in-scene advertising. Their technology helps advertisers reach audiences by placing products directly within creator content without interrupting the viewing experience.
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 2022 |
| Founders | Ahmed Saad, David Wiener, Nikki Heyder, Omar Tawakol, Rishav Jalan, Sameh Khamis, Abdelrahman Mohamed |
| Funding Amount | $31M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Series A |
| Top Investors | Greycroft, super{set}, The Trade Desk, NAVER D2SF, Blue Moon |
Invoca builds a conversation intelligence platform that uses AI to analyze customer calls for marketing, e-commerce, and support teams. Their technology provides actionable data from phone conversations, helping companies optimize their marketing efforts and enhance the customer journey.
| Headquarters | Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 2008 |
| Founders | Colin Kelley, Jason Spievak, Robert Duva |
| Funding Amount | $201.5M |
| Startup Size | Large Team (251-1,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Series F |
| Top Investors | Accel, StepStone Group, Bonfire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Industry Ventures |
ShopMy connects brands and content creators for seamless partnerships and monetization. The platform allows creators to build their own shoppable collections, making it easy to earn from their recommendations.
| Headquarters | Holden, Massachusetts, United States |
| Year Founded | 2020 |
| Founders | Christopher Tinsley, Harry Rein, Tiffany Lopinsky |
| Funding Amount | $97M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Series B |
| Top Investors | Menlo Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Inspired Capital Partners, AlleyCorp |
Integrity Marketing Group operates as a leading distributor of life and health insurance, offering its products through a vast network of agents and agencies. They provide a comprehensive platform with wealth management and retirement planning solutions to help agents better serve their clients.
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Year Founded | 2006 |
| Founders | Bryan Adams, Mike Wingate, Tom Schueth |
| Funding Amount | $2.1B |
| Startup Size | Enterprise Organization (5,001+) |
| Last Funding Status | Private Equity |
| Top Investors | Harvest Partners, Silver Lake, HGGC, Owl Rock Capital, Crescent Capital |
Seedtag builds contextual advertising technology that uses AI to understand consumer interests for brands. This allows them to deliver large-scale, privacy-first advertising campaigns without using cookies.
| Headquarters | Madrid, Madrid, Spain |
| Year Founded | 2014 |
| Founders | Albert Nieto, Jorge Poyatos, Pablo López Torres |
| Funding Amount | $301.2M |
| Startup Size | Large Team (251-1,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Private Equity |
| Top Investors | Advent International, Oakley Capital, Acurio Ventures, Adara Ventures |
90 Additional Digital Marketing Startups Worth Following
The top 10 are just a small slice of what’s happening in digital marketing right now. Together, the companies on our full list have raised more than $2 billion, showing how much energy is flowing into the space.
Many of these companies are focused on AI and analytics, with some just starting their journey and others already well established. Here’s a look at the rest of the startups shaping digital marketing.