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Y Combinator's Advertising & Adtech portfolio
Y Combinator has backed 56 Advertising & Adtech startups in rounds we track, $1.4B between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Velvet.
56startups backed
5stages
$1.4Braised between them
Pre-seed and seedbiggest stage
Funding by segment
- Pre-seed and seed$430M30
- Series A$258M10
- Series B$199M8
- Series C and later$476M5
- Stage not reported$34M3
Where they are based
- United States39$988M
- United Kingdom7$197M
- Netherlands2$2.8M
- China1$167M
- Spain1$535K
- Australia1$15K
- Canada1$17M
- Germany1$14M
- France1$6.1M
United States
United Kingdom
Netherlands
China
Spain
Australia
Canada
Germany
FranceFounded
7Earlier
212
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14
415
716
317
418
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24
125
26
7 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M11
- $1M to $10M25
- $10M to $50M9
- $50M to $250M11
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
47 of 56 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States39
- United Kingdom7
- Netherlands2
- China1
- Spain1
- Australia1
- Canada1
- Germany1
- France1
Startups by country, 9 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Pre-seed and seed
30 startups · $430M raised
VelvetThe digital analyst for private marketsUnited States$202M- SSKIOChina$167M
BoostableBoostable is a marketing agency based in Melbourne that specializes in web design, SEO, local SEO, and e-commerce services.United States$8.2M
MayanMayan Group, Inc.United States$8.0M
ViroolVirool is a programmatic video marketing platform.United States$6.6M- LLovd.comBuy and sell previously Lovd goods.-$4.5M
PodsightsPodsights builds the tools to take podcast advertising from guesswork to a science.United States$4.0M
Reforged LabsReforged Labs Boa is the AI creative intelligence agent that answers all your questions about what ads are performing, why they woUnited States$3.9M
Series A
10 startups · $258M raised
VelocityOur mission at Velocity is to help founders go further, faster.United Kingdom$105M
RembrandRembrand is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2022.United States$61M
BoostlyBoostly is a marketing platform designed specifically for restaurants, offering a comprehensive SMS marketing system and marketingUnited States$22M
TaivTaiv replaces commercials on live TV so that businesses can show more relevant advertisements instead.Canada$17M
BreefBreef is a digital marketplace and agency matchmaking platform that connects brands with vetted marketing, advertising, and creatiUnited States$16M
FanAIFanAI is an AI-driven audience monetization platform.United States$14M
Popular PaysPopular Pays is a platform that connects brands with creators who make content worth sharing.United States$13M- ZZyperUnited Kingdom$6.5M
Series B
8 startups · $199M raised
NativoNativo is an advertising technology platform for brand advertisers and publishers to scale, automate, and measure native ads.United States$56M
AgentioAgentio is an AI-powered ad platform that simplifies the acquisition of sponsored creator content.United States$52M
MetadataMetadata eliminates manual and repetitive work for b2b marketers so they can focus on strategy and creativity.United States$40M- SSurvataUnited States$22M
UpwaveUpwave .Germany$14M- HHeyzapHeyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love.United States$8.0M
- SStoretailStoretail is the platform of E-Retail Technologies pioneer in Trade Marketing Online solutions.France$6.1M
- PPPopular PayUnited States$1.1M
Series C and later
5 startups · $476M raised
CortexCortex Intelligence, based in São Paulo, Brazil, is a prominent technology firm specializing in Go-to-Market (GTM) intelligence, dUnited States$151M
PebblePostPebblePost provides marketers a way to transform recent online data into intelligent direct mail programs that perform.United States$109M
PermutivePermutive is a London-based technology company that specializes in predictive data collaboration for the open internet.United Kingdom$76M
ShopMyShopMy is a creator-centric ecosystem and affiliate marketing platform founded in 2020.United States$70M
PostscriptPostscript is a leading SMS revenue platform tailored for e-commerce stores, particularly Shopify brands.United States$70M
Stage not reported
3 startups · $34M raised
LobLob is a direct mail automation platform based in San Francisco, founded in 2013.United States$30M
VeritonicVeritonic is a New York-based audio effectiveness and analytics platform founded in 2015.United States$2.8M
TalkableTalkable is a premium enterprise referral marketing platform founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with United States$1.2M
How this map is made. Every startup here works in Advertising & Adtech and has raised money in a round we track that names Y Combinator as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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