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Top 25 Digital advertising optimization startups worldwide

Name: Digital advertising optimization startups worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 17,570 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 17,570 digital advertising optimization startups worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 203,908 professional contacts across them, including 67,658 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers digital advertising optimization startups worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026. Country and city lists for digital advertising optimization startups follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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203,908Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest digital advertising optimization startups worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 17,570 digital advertising optimization startups worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to digital advertising optimization startups: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	The Trade Desk	Indirect evidence	Ventura, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,307 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It's more than just clicks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Kinesso	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,860 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency within Omnicom Media that provides actionable growth for both agency partners and clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Zeta Global	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,595 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA), we help enterprise brands and agencies Achieve the Impossible™ with superintelligent marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	media.net	Partial evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,011 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Media.net is an independent advertising technology platform that helps publishers, advertisers, and agencies achieve measurable outcomes across all formats and mediums.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Taboola	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,979 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	TEADS	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,789 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Teads Holding Co.(“Teads”)(Nasdaq: TEAD) is a leading omnichannel advertising platform focused on driving outcomes for brand and performance advertisers across screens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Stackadapt	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,633 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	RTB House	Indirect evidence	Warsaw, PolandHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,353 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RTB House is a next-generation performance demand-side platform (DSP) that uses proprietary Deep Learning AI algorithms to help brands grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Doubleverify	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	1,318 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DoubleVerify is a leading software platform for digital media measurement and analytics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Pubmatic	Strong evidence	Redwood City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	1,297 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PubMatic is the leading AI-powered ad tech company delivering digital advertising performance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Freewheel	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,273 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FreeWheel’s TV and video advertising technology is built for today’s ever-evolving multiscreen ecosystem.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Centro	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	1,178 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Basis Technologies is a global provider of workflow automation, intelligence and programmatic trading software for the marketing enterprise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Centerfield	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,063 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Super-powered customer acquisition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Mediaocean	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,050 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mediaocean is powering the future of the advertising ecosystem with technology that empowers brands and agencies to deliver impactful omnichannel marketing experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Quinstreet	Partial evidence	Foster City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	1,035 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Powering Performance Marketplaces In Digital Media QuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized online marketplaces that match searchers and “research and compare” consumers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Integral AD Science	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	966 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Integral Ad Science is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Magnite	Partial evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	910 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Moloco	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	893 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Moloco’s mission is to be the scaling engine for the internet economy, applying AI to help businesses of all sizes grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	BASIS	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	891 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Basis is a global provider of media automation and programmatic advertising software and services for enterprises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Adform	Indirect evidence	Copenhagen, DenmarkHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	847 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Adform is the most powerful and safe media buying platform in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	KARGO	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	843 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kargo creates memorable experiences for advertisers that go beyond the first impression to captivate consumer attention.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Smartly	Partial evidence	Helsinki, FinlandHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	827 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Azerion	Strong evidence	Schiphol-rijk, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	808 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2014, Azerion (EURONEXT: AZRN) is one of Europe’s largest digital advertising and entertainment media platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Tradedoubler	Indirect evidence	Stockholm, SwedenHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	770 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We empower a thriving partner network where everyone wins.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Applovin	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	733 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AppLovin helps businesses of any size reach over a billion people who play mobile games every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: digital advertising optimization startups. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names digital advertising optimization startups.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of digital advertising optimization startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name digital advertising optimization startups. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Digital advertising optimization startups worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

33.2%Verified-email coverage

11.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

2.5%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

10,376

11-50

5,349

51-200

1,341

201-500

317

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among digital advertising optimization startups, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for digital advertising optimization startups are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “digital advertising optimization startups”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names digital advertising optimization startups), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among digital advertising optimization startups, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 67,658 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Digital advertising optimization startups by location

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Every Digital advertising optimization startups list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names digital advertising optimization startups, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many digital advertising optimization startups are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 17,570 digital advertising optimization startups worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

The Trade Desk, headquartered in Ventura, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most digital advertising optimization startups?

The United States leads with 3,210 companies, followed by India (1,774) and the United Kingdom (806). Every digital advertising optimization startups list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most digital advertising optimization startups?

London leads with 447 headquartered companies, followed by New York (376) and Singapore (203).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.