Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Advertising companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Advertising industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top San Francisco Advertising Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
AppsFlyer
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AppsFlyer is a mobile ad attribution platform that allows advertisers to analyze which campaigns drive results.
Demandbase
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Demandbase specializes in account-based marketing offering AI-enabled ABM platform.
Brave
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Brave Software focuses on increasing browsing speed and safety for users, while growing ad revenue share for content creators.
Jampp
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Jampp is the growth platform of choice for on-demand apps worldwide. We unlock programmatic UA and RTGT to drive incremental performance
HYP3R
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We are HYP3R. Our innovations help top marketers acquire high-value travelers directly and at scale.
Sendoso
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Sendoso helps companies connect and drive revenue with personalized gifts, eGifts, virtual experiences, and more.
Chartboost
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Chartboost is one of the largest mobile-games only marketplace to increase revenue and discover new players.
Firefly
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Firefly is a mobility based advertising and data platform that allows rideshare drivers to make money through digital advertising.
NextRoll
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NextRoll is a marketing technology company delivering products ambitious companies rely on to grow their businesses.
Singular
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Singular, a marketing intelligence platform, unifies marketing analytics, giving marketers actionable insights from previously siloed data
Samba TV
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Samba uses data and analytics to improve TV on any screen.
Tapjoy
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Tapjoy maximize mobile engagement and monetization for leading advertisers and app developers.
Vungle
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Vungle transforms how people discover and experience apps that delivers the highest value users through engaging video ads.
Copysmith
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The world’s best AI copywriter. Use AI to write copy for ads, product descriptions, social media posts, landing pages, blog posts, and more.
Sojern
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Sojern provides data-driven digital marketing solutions for the travel industry.
Metadata
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The autonomous demand generation platform for B2B enterprises.
Upwave
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Upwave is a marketing analytics company providing brand marketing measurement tech to the world’s leading brands, agencies, & publishers.
Perpetua
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Perpetua Labs helps brands improve the performance of their ecommerce ads using AI-powered automation.
Swrve
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Swrve is the world’s leading mobile marketing automation platform, pioneering the fast-growing mobile engagement marketing space.
Coil
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Coil specializes in providing web content monetization solutions.
Catch&Release
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Catch&Release is end-to-end content licensing platform that enables brands and advertisers to license content from anywhere on the internet.
SuperSonic
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SuperSonic designs a mobile advertising technology platform that grows business by building a platform powered by advanced technology.
MightyHive
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MightyHive is a programmatic solutions provider that simplifies complicated programmatic media buying for advertising organizations.
Octane AI
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Octane AI provides an all-in-one platform for engaging quizzes, data collection, and personalized Facebook Messenger and SMS automation.
Ampush
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Ampush fuels growth for some of the world’s most disruptive companies.
LiveRamp
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LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
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Sharethrough is a software company that powers in-feed, native ads for premium publishers & brand marketers.
Pixlee
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Pixlee is a user-generated content marketing platform that helps brands to market and sell by using real customer photos and videos.
Instapage
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Instapage is a landing page platform designed to scale marketing efforts while lowering the costs.
NinthDecimal
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NinthDecimal is the marketing platform powered by location data.
Himalaya Media
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Himalaya builds a podcast platform, audio content network, and original production studio for podcasters.
ClearSlide
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ClearSlide is the leading system of engagement to make every customer interaction successful.
vidIQ
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vidIQ is a YouTube audience development and management suite that provides applications and solutions for marketers.
Krux
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Krux helps marketers, publishers and agencies drive revenue by delivering smarter content, commerce and marketing experiences.
Marin Software
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Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Radius Intelligence
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Radius Intelligence seeks to power data intelligence across all B2B applications, channels, and users.
VidCrunch
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VidCrunch is a San-Francisco based company specializing in turning static content into engaging and monetizable videos.
Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report is a digital media company based in America, delivering digital media content on sports around the world.
Improvado
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Data aggregation for Marketers. All your marketing data in one place, without developers.
Zyper
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Zyper is a machine learning-led community marketing software that helps brands connect with their fans, and fans connect with each other.
NewCo
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NewCo is an organizer of forums and conferences used to connect people with businesses on a mission.
Scalarr
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Ant-Fraud Solution that Detects the Mobile Ad Fraud Using Machine Learning
Volta Charging
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Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Plexure
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Plexures IoT driven CRM platform delivers seamless customer experiences across multiple digital channels in the real world
Aki Technologies
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Aki Technologies empowers brands and retailers to target consumers in pivotal moments using personalized advertising.
DataFox
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DataFox is a company intelligence platform that helps you find and prioritize your target companies to source more opportunities.
Taptica
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Taptica is a performance-based online marketing network that helps businesses optimize ROI-driven marketing campaigns and raise revenue.
Chocolate
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Chocolate is a global mobile video advertising firm. We offer two core products – Chocolate Marketplace and Chocolate Ad Mediation.
Mobile Action
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Mobile Action provides a one stop-shop for app marketers to do competitor analysis and App Store Optimization in the App Store.
Delivery Agent
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Delivery Agent is a provider of e-commerce services for major entertainment and sports properties.
Wrapify
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Wrapify is an omni-channel advertising company for brands powered by the gig-economy.
Partnered
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Partnered provides sponsorship management solutions.
Polymorph
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Polymorph is a white-label SaaS monetization platform for publishers to maximize revenue, reduce costs and deliver better ad experiences.
Kaizen Platform
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Kaizen is a full-service digital customer experience optimization platform that scales data-driven creativity.
Rosebud AI
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Rosebud AI uses deep learning to create photos and videos of virtual models for brand advertising and entertainment.
Synapbox
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Synapbox is a startup that uses AI-powered tools to understand consumer engagement towards Ads.
Whisk
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Whisk powers the creation, discovery, personalization, and monetization of food content online, in-store, and at home.
MoPub
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MoPub is a mobile monetization platform that helps publishers drive more revenue from advertising and mobile transactions.
ZypMedia
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ZypMedia is a programmatic media buying platform for local advertising.
Art19
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Art19 provides tools for hosting, distribution, and monetization of podcasts.
App Samurai
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App Samurai is a mobile marketing technology company providing pinpoint solutions with in-house technologies.
RadiumOne
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RadiumOne features a software platform that automates media buying, making big data actionable for digital marketers.
Linqia
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Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
AdStage
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AdStage is an advertising technology startup powering paid marketers to understand the business impact of their campaigns.
BrightTALK
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BrightTALK provides videos and webinars for professionals and their communities.
Tubi
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Tubi is the world’s largest ad-supported video on demand (VOD) service. Available on Connected TV devices, Mobile, and the Web.
Bizo
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Bizo is a marketing platform enabling B2B marketers to identify, reach and engage their target audiences online.
Metamarkets
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Metamarkets offers an interactive analytics platform for buyers and sellers of programmatic advertising.
Virool
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Virool is a programmatic video marketing platform.
ChefsFeed
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Expert-powered food and drink discovery, inspiration, and experiences.
Appodeal
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Leading publisher centric app monetization platform.
AdEspresso
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AdEspresso offers services for advertisers and media agencies to create, analyze, and optimize their Facebook advertisements.
The Ticket Fairy
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Full-stack event marketing, ticketing, analytics and advertising platform
VigLink
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VigLink is a platform for monetizing content-driven commerce for publishers, bloggers, forums, social networks and apps.
SAY Media
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SAY Media is a digital media company that provides a technology platform and media services for brands to engage with their audiences.
Tenjin
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Tenjin brings transparency and insight into your mobile marketing.
Boost Media
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Boost Media is a startup that uses crowdsourcing and split testing to help businesses find effective words and images for their online ads.
Vidible
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Vidible is a multi-platform, programmatic video exchange platform for discovering and distributing video content.
ClearBrain
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ClearBrain provides self-serve predictive analytics for growth marketers
adRise
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AdRise is an internet TV ad platform that distributes and monetizes TV shows and movies by partnering with premium content owners.
500Friends
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500friend provides loyalty marketing solutions for internet retailers and brands.
Visually
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Visually is the content creation platform that enables businesses to connect with their audiences through premium visual content
Heyzap
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Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love.
PlayHaven
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PlayHaven offers tools for mobile developers to manage player acquisition, engagement, and monetization.
Flite
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Flite is a creative management platform that powers creatives and marketers from top-tier brands, agencies, and publishers.
Evensi
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Evensi is a platform to discover, experience, ideate, and promote events.
Motimatic
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Motimatic platform blends the latest advances in online advertising technology and motivation science.
FeedMob
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FeedMob is a mobile ad platform that specializes in honest, post-install KPI driven mobile advertising at scale.
Apsalar
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Apsalar is now part of Singular. Singular’s platform delivers attribution, cost aggregation, creative reporting & workflow automation.
CrowdOptic
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CrowdOptic uses algorithms and real-time sensor data from electronic devices to enhance security, social media sharing, and advertising.
Velti
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Velti provides mobile marketing and advertising technology and solutions for brands, advertisers, mobile operators, and media groups.
RTB-Media
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RTB-Media is a cross-channel trading desk and reporting platform for brands and agencies.
Optimal
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Optimal is a social media advertising and analytics platform. Acquired by Brand Networks in Oct 2013.
isocket
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isocket offers a technology platform that is focused on buying and selling fixed price inventory.
Common Sense Media
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Common Sense Media provides information and education to help kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology.
Sprout
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Sprout provides a platform integrated with mobile ad networks and publishers, enabling professionals to create media HTML5 ads.
Boostable
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Boostable provides a cooperative digital advertising solution that enables ecommerce businesses to offer digital advertising as a service.
Placecast
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Placecast is a location intelligence platform that leverages carrier data to deliver better audience, verification, and insight solutions.
Federated Media
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Federated Media is an integrated media company that drives engagement for brands through pure native content and advertising solutions.
