At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 26 Ad Network companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Ad Network Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Appodeal
Leading publisher centric app monetization platform.
Founder(s): Natalie Portier, Pavel Golubev
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Android, Apps, Mobile, Mobile Advertising
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Heyzap
Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love.
Founder(s): Immad Akhund, Jude Gomila
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Mobile, Mobile Advertising
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Tenjin
Tenjin brings transparency and insight into your mobile marketing.
Founder(s): Amir Manji, Christopher Farm
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Analytics, Android, Apps, Big Data, iOS, Mobile, SaaS
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ChefsFeed
Expert-powered food and drink discovery, inspiration, and experiences.
Founder(s): Jared Rivera, Steve Rivera
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Digital Media, Guides, Media and Entertainment, Mobile, Mobile Advertising, Social Media, Social Media Advertising, Video, Video Advertising
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Sprout
Sprout provides a platform integrated with mobile ad networks and publishers, enabling professionals to create media HTML5 ads.
Founder(s): Carnet Williams, Kevin Hughes
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Ad Server, Advertising, Apps, Internet, Publishing, Web Development
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Bold Financial Technologies
Bold Financial Technologies is a payment and compliance operations for on-demand service operators.
Founder(s): Noah Spirakus, Sean Safahi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Marketplace, Payments
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Grow Mobile
Grow Mobile provides a single, mobile ad buying platform for marketers to buy, track and optimize mobile app promotions.
Founder(s): AJ Yeakel, Brendan Lyall, Minglei Xu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, App Marketing, Apps, Mobile
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NovoRoll
NovoRoll helps publishers, SSPs, and ad networks better monetize their traffic by introducing high paying out-stream video formats.
Founder(s): Oded Pelled
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Marketing, Video Advertising
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OmniVirt
Leading Immersive Advertising (VR/AR) Platform
Founder(s): Brad Phaisan, Michael Rucker
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Ad Network, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
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Fetch It
A mobile advertising network & bidding exchange for geo-delivered rewards to tourists
Founder(s): Chris Halim, Duncan Seay, Jeff Caden
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Messaging, Mobile, Mobile Advertising, Private Social Networking, Social Media
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Perengo
Perengo is a programmatic recruitment automation and analytics platform for performance-conscious recruiters.
Founder(s): Artur Lapinsch, Erik Wagner, Mike Kofi Okyere
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Analytics, DSP, Employment, Human Resources, Recruiting, Social Recruiting, Software
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LookSmart
LookSmart is an advertising network solutions company providing performance solutions for online search advertisers and publishers.
Founder(s): Brian Cowley, Evan Thornley, Tracy Ellery
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Internet, Publishing, Search Engine
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OffersHub
Performance Marketing And Affiliate Tracking Software for all your ad network needs.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Affiliate Marketing, Analytics, Machine Learning, Software
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TechPRO Media
B2B Publisher & Content Distribution
Founder(s): Dan Yada
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Information Technology, Mobile, Web Development
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Chymera VR
Chymera VR provides a advertising and monetization network for mobile virtual reality.
Founder(s): Smeet Bhatt, Sushil Kumar
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Video, Virtual Reality
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Aptimus
advertising network
Founder(s): John Sperling, Tim Choate
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Events, Internet, Publishing
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Revisitors
Revisitors is a service provider which operates as an online advertising network.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising
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Hello Chair
Hello Chair focused on exploring opportunities in applied machine learning and internet advertising.
Founder(s): Kevin Corcoran, Luke Iannini, Michael Jacobs
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
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LeadR
LeadR provides a platform where small businesses can instantly sell unfit leads coming from advertising networks to other small businesses.
Founder(s): Assaf Laufer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Business Information Systems, CRM, Information Technology, Marketing, Software
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Canned Banners
Canned Banners is providing a platform for creating flash banner ads, design and online advertising.
Founder(s): Chris Mears, Jeremy Knight, Myles Younger
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Internet, Web Design
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CrowdMob
CrowdMob is a performance-based mobile advertising network targeting users seeking entertainment.
Founder(s): Alex Han, Damon Grow, Matthew Moore
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, E-Commerce, Local, Location Based Services, Mobile, Social Media
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Alcance Media Group
Hispanic focused digital marketing
Founder(s): Christopher Stanley, Mark Stacey
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Consulting, Language Learning
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Your Truman Show
Your Truman Show develops social, discovery, and advertising targeted products for video on the web.
Founder(s): Arturo Artom, Luca Ferrero
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Developer Tools, Video
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4delite
Online rich media publishing platform.
Founder(s): Eugene Walden
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Mobile Advertising, Web Development
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i-movad
Worldwide Advertising, Business Development (Alliance/Partnership), and Investment business.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Advertising, Angel Investment, Mobile Advertising
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Shieldstream Consulting
Shieldstream provides fundamental business guidance around products and their management, development, marketing and strategy.
Founder(s): E. Damien Fuentes, Stuart Davis
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Consulting, E-Commerce, E-Commerce Platforms, Loyalty Programs, Payments
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