Companies

AdGear was a programmatic advertising technology platform providing ad serving, SSP, and DSP solutions, acquired by Samsung Ads in 2016.

Adstream was a platform that delivered ad creative to TV, digital and print media and managed brand assets for advertisers and agencies. Extreme Reach acquired it in June 2021, and the Adstream business is now part of XR.

Affle is a publicly-traded mobile marketing platform that provides consumer intelligence and mobile advertising solutions across emerging markets. The company operates a mobile ad network, attribution platform, and consumer engagement solutions primarily in India and Southeast Asia.

Alphonso is a TV data and measurement company that uses Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology to track viewing behavior across smart TVs and connected devices for advertising attribution.

Amperity is a leading customer data platform that helps enterprise brands unlock the full value of their customer relationships. The company's AI-powered platform unifies data from across the enterprise to create a single, shareable view of the customer.

AI-powered user acquisition (DSP) platform that matches advertiser demand with publisher supply via real-time auctions. Core revenue driver for AppLovin.

ART19 is a leading podcast hosting, distribution, and monetization platform acquired by Amazon, powering some of the world's largest publishers and media companies.

AT Internet (now Piano Analytics) was a leading European web analytics platform known for its privacy-first approach and robust data quality, serving major enterprises across media, retail, and finance.

Attentive is a leading personalized mobile messaging platform that helps brands acquire, engage, and retain customers through SMS and email marketing. It provides tools for businesses to create targeted campaigns, automate customer journeys, and drive revenue.

AppLovin's reinforcement-learning ad-bidding engine + customer-facing self-service Ads Manager. Started internal AXON 1.0 (2018-19), AXON 2.0 launched Q1 2023, customer-facing Axon brand October 2025 (referral-only). Strategic pivot into e-commerce/Shopify integration.

BBC America is a US cable and satellite television channel jointly owned by AMC Networks and BBC Studios, delivering British programming and original content to American audiences.

Bidsopt is a programmatic advertising platform offering a full-stack DSP and SSP solution for agencies, advertisers, and publishers. The platform supports display, video, native, and mobile ad formats with real-time bidding capabilities and advanced targeting options.

Brainlabs is a global digital marketing agency specializing in performance marketing, data, and technology. They help businesses grow by optimizing their digital advertising spend across various channels, leveraging a data-driven approach and proprietary tools.

Brave Software develops the Brave web browser, a privacy-focused browser that blocks ads and trackers by default. It integrates a blockchain-based digital advertising platform using the Basic Attention Token (BAT) to reward users, publishers, and advertisers for their attention.

BuzzSumo is a leading content marketing intelligence and influencer research platform that empowers brands, marketers, and content creators to discover, analyze, and amplify high-performing content across digital channels. The platform provides comprehensive content analytics, enabling users to identify trending topics, track competitor content strategies, and discover influential voices within their industry. By aggregating social engagement data from major platforms including Facebook, Twit...

Anthropic's design-asset generation product launched 2026-04-17. Generates prototypes, slide decks, marketing one-pagers, and brand visuals from natural-language prompts; native Canva export is the AdTech-relevant hook. Figma stock dropped 7% on launch day. Distinct from claude.ai (chat surface) — this is the visual-creative product surface for marketers and brand teams.

Stagwell collective of digitally-native creative, technology and research agencies (72andSunny, Instrument, CPB, The Harris Poll, Colle McVoy, Movers+Shakers and others), formed by MDC Partners agencies in 2020.

Coupons.com was a leading digital coupon and promotional platform that connected consumers with brands through printable and digital coupons before rebranding to Quotient Technology Inc.

Crimtan is a global programmatic advertising platform offering managed services and proprietary technology for display, video, mobile, and native advertising. They provide both DSP technology and full-service media buying with a focus on performance marketing.

WPP global brand-design agency, formed Jan 2023 by merging Design Bridge and Superunion.

Dreamdata is a B2B revenue analytics platform that helps companies understand and optimize their entire customer journey from first touch to revenue. It unifies data from various marketing, sales, and product sources to provide actionable insights into what drives pipeline and revenue, enabling businesses to make data-driven decisions. The platform aims to bring clarity to B2B revenue operations and improve ROI on go-to-market spend.

Dstillery is a leading data and analytics company that provides audience targeting and measurement solutions for digital advertisers and publishers.

Electronic Arts (EA) is a major video-game publisher whose in-game advertising division, EA Advertising, sells brand placements across titles like EA Sports FC and Madden NFL.

Episerver was a leading digital experience platform (DXP) provider that rebranded to Optimizely in 2021 after merging with the experimentation and personalization platform of the same name.