Deals & Moves

AI-powered Creative Intelligence platform AdGraam raised Rs 3 crore in seed funding led by Umair Mohammad, co-founder of Nitro Commerce.

Othello, an AI-powered sales call coaching platform with customers including Microsoft and Capital One, raised $8 million.

London-based Affinity Labs raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Fuel Ventures and Antler to build an AI factory for creator-led software brands.

Agentic adtech platform PubX raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Chicago Ventures to expand its ad-buying platform into the US.

Mobile measurement platform AppsFlyer raised $1 billion in Series E funding from Google, Meta, Unity, and Moloco at a $2.7 billion valuation, abandoning a $1.9 billion private equity sale ahead of a planned IPO.

Canadian programmatic advertising platform StackAdapt raised $190M in Series D funding, achieving unicorn status with a valuation exceeding $1 billion. The funding will support international expansion and product development in native, display, and video advertising.

GumGum raised $75M in Series E funding to expand its contextual advertising and intelligence platform as the industry shifts away from third-party cookies. The funding supports AI-powered contextual targeting technology and international expansion.

Data management platform Permutive raised $75 million in Series D funding to expand its privacy-first audience platform for publishers. The funding supports development of cookieless targeting solutions and edge computing technology that processes data on users' devices rather than in centralized servers.

InfoSum, a data collaboration platform for advertising, raised $15M in Series B funding to expand its privacy-first data connectivity infrastructure. The funding supports growth in helping brands and publishers connect first-party data without sharing raw data.

Scibids, an AI-powered advertising optimization platform, raised $14M in Series A funding. The platform uses custom AI algorithms to optimize programmatic bidding strategies, helping advertisers improve campaign performance across DSPs.