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 54 Ad Targeting companies in California, United States. 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 Targeting Companies & Startups (California, United States)
NinthDecimal
NinthDecimal is the marketing platform powered by location data that build a precise understanding of consumers’ physical world behavior.
Founder(s): Kevin McKenzie, Nihad Hafiz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Analytics, Brand Marketing, Direct Marketing, Location Based Services, Mobile, Mobile Advertising, Video
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Krux
Krux helps marketers, publishers and agencies drive revenue by delivering smarter content, commerce and marketing experiences.
Founder(s): Tom Chavez, Vivek Vaidya
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Analytics, Big Data, Brand Marketing, Digital Media
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TrueData
TrueData is a mobile data platform that works with app publishers who generate mobile data & the companies who need data for ad targeting
Founder(s): Elliott Easterling
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Analytics, Apps, Big Data, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Publishing
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Rocket Fuel
Rocket Fuel is a programmatic media-buying platform developing artificial intelligence to improve marketing ROI in digital media.
Founder(s): Abhinav Gupta, George John, Randy Wootton
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Software
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Fanplayr
Convert browsers into buyers with real-time offers & messaging responding dynamically to shopping behavior
Founder(s): Derek Adelman, Rajiv Sunkara, Simon Yencken
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Analytics, Big Data, Coupons, E-Commerce, Real Time, Software
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4INFO
4INFO is an identity and media solutions company, solving the digital and TV convergence.
Founder(s): Pankaj Shah, Zaw Thet
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Big Data, Marketing Automation, Mobile Advertising
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Art19
Art19 provides tools for hosting, distribution, and monetization of podcasts.
Founder(s): Matt Belknap, Sean Carr
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Broadcasting, Internet, Podcast, Software
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WMG International
WMG International is an ad tech company that creates ingenious and easy-to-use programmatic products for traffic monetization.
Founder(s): Maksym Kovalenko
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Exchange, Ad Server, Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Digital Marketing, DSP
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Katana
Katana provides audience-specific digital media marketing services, informed by data and driven by modern technology.
Founder(s): Andreas Roell, JJ Bannasch, John Nguyen, Melissa Lopez
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Digital Media, Social Media, Social Media Advertising
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LifeStreet Inc.
LifeStreet builds solutions to help mobile app developers find and grow their audiences in the programmatic space.
Founder(s): Mitchell Weisman, Serge Ioffe
Location: San Carlos, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, App Marketing, Apps, Business Development, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Apps
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Bringhub
Bringhub is the leading contextual marketing platform.
Founder(s): Albert Khasky, Brian Marvin, Dominik Pantelides, Sascha Hasan
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, SaaS, Software
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The Mobile Majority
We help brands realize the full potential of mobile.
Founder(s): Rob Emrich, Sam Goldberg, Sam Kim
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Big Data, Brand Marketing, Digital Media, Mobile, Video
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Emojot
CX platform delivering powerful real-time insights by capturing top-of-mind emotions and overlaying enterprise data with emotionality data.
Founder(s): Andun Liyanagunawardhena, Manjula Dissanayake, Sachintha Ponnamperuma, Shahani Markus
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Analytics, Brand Marketing, Customer Service, Digital Media, Events, Market Research, SaaS, Social Media, Software
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Alphonso
Alphonso is a software company that offers TV data and measurement services for brands and agencies.
Founder(s): Ashish Chordia, Dan Sun, Lampros Kalampoukas, Manish Gupta, Naren Sirugudi, Raghu Kodige, Ravi Sarma
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Analytics, Big Data, Brand Marketing, Software
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Confection.io
Privacy-First Data Generator
Founder(s): Bruno Cantuaria, Quimby Melton
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Lead Generation, Lead Management, Marketing Automation, Privacy
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Essence
Essence, part of GroupM, is a global data and measurement-driven agency whose mission is to make advertising more valuable to the world.
Founder(s): Andrew Shebbeare, Andy Bonsall, Matt Isaacs
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Analytics, Consulting, Mobile, Social Media
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Onvedeo
TRANSFORMING DATA INTO ENGAGING VIDEO STORIES
Founder(s): Boubou Guiro
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Analytics, Real Estate, Video
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AdGlance
Ads Inside, Ads in Sight, Ads with Insight
Founder(s): Aga Alak, Fidan Rasul
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Ad Retargeting, Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, AgTech, Local Advertising, Outdoor Advertising
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AdsWizz
AdsWizz is a leading global technology provider of advertising solutions for the digital radio and audio industries.
Founder(s): Bruno NIEUWENHUYS, Philippe-Alexandre Leroux
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Ad Server, Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Audio, Broadcasting, Music
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Hire.Ventures
Hire Ventures provides recruiting and human resource consulting services to small and mid-sized companies.
Founder(s): Darren Lawson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Consulting, Employment, Human Resources, Recruiting
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Adconion Media Group
Adconian Media Group provides customized solutions and innovative products delivered across multiple screens on a single platform.
Founder(s): Fred Krueger, Tyler Moebius
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Social Media
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OpusAds
The most comprehensive Ad Platform.
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Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Online Portals
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CLOUT
World’s first spending score. Seamless card-linked rewards & targeted marketing.
Founder(s): Francis König, Vic Melkonian
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Direct Marketing, Email Marketing, FinTech, Loyalty Programs, Marketing, Marketing Automation, Predictive Analytics, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Marketing
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MetroGuild Inc
MetroGuild is a company specializing in acquiring prospective customer information from a wide range of digital and non-digital media
Founder(s): Arif Amirani, Cyrus Irani, Etienne Coulon
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Digital Media, Lead Management
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Appvertiser
Growth Marketing Agency for App Developers and Tech Companies.
Founder(s): Hagop Hagopian
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, App Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Apps, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Marketing
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BlueLithium
BlueLithium is an online advertising network focused on serving ads based on behavioral targeting of its users.
Founder(s): Gurbaksh Chahal, Krishna Subramanian
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Ad Targeting, Advertising
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found.ee
found.ee is a web platform that allows users to shorten URLs and generate retargeting pools consisting of interested consumers via clicks.
Founder(s): Jason Hobbs
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Retargeting, Ad Targeting, Advertising, Internet, Music
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Adconion Direct
Adconion Direct is a marketing agency that focused on brand intelligence.
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Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Email, Mobile, Social Media, Video
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magnify360
magnify360 is a landing page optimization platform that allows its users to launch, change, and serve pages automatically.
Founder(s): Benoit Vatere, Olivier Chaine
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, CRM, E-Commerce, Lead Generation, Personalization
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Adadyn
Adadyn is a global advertising technology platform that facilitates end-to-end campaign management.
Founder(s): Kiran Gopinath
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, E-Commerce, Internet, Marketing Automation, Mobile Advertising, Real Time, Retail Technology
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Marco
Marco is building a new privacy-centric blockchain approach to targeted digital advertising.
Founder(s): Avi Horowitz, Hannah Hoyt
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Blockchain, Location Based Services, Social Media
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AdFury
Landing pages that automatically synchronize with advertising.
Founder(s): Christopher Hoover, Matt Macchia
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Digital Marketing, Enterprise Software, Lead Generation, Marketing, Search Engine, Software
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AdRocket
AdRocket is an ad targeting network for email, providing publishers with individually-relevant ads for email, websites and RSS.
Founder(s): Tao Ge
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Email, Publishing
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TextualAds
Textualads leverages the user’s social presence to create and send highly-targeted and engaging mobile SMS campaigns.
Founder(s): Craig Davis
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Apps, Mobile, SMS, Social Media
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StratDev Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing Agency
Founder(s): Jordan Calderon
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Digital Marketing, Mobile Advertising, SEO, Social Media, Social Media Advertising, Web Design, Web Development
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GET IT Mobile
GET IT Mobile drives high volume mobile app install campaigns for the world’s largest app publishers.
Founder(s): Chris Tanner, Steve Gleitsmann
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Mobile
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Getfugu
GetFugu is a technology company focused on developing mobile search tools.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Augmented Reality, Data Visualization, Image Recognition, Mobile, Software
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Zafu
Zafu is an e-commerce personalization and recommendation engine that tailors content to each individual shopper on a one-to-one basis.
Founder(s): Robert Holloway
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Analytics, Big Data, E-Commerce, Fashion, SaaS
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Quantaad
Quantaad is a service that uses ad targeting on mobile platforms.
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Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Ad Targeting, Real Time, Sensor
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Sportgenic
Sportgenic, an online media and tech company, connects sport enthusiasts with products and information to fulfill their passion for sport.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Social Media, Sports
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PayBrisk
PayBrisk enables businesses in emerging markets or targeting emerging markets to accept payment online through multiple payment options.
Founder(s): Selasi Tsikata, Seth Adinkra
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, E-Commerce, Emerging Markets, Internet, Mobile Payments, Payments
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Principle Company
Principle Company offers facebook ads management, SEO audit, data management, visualization and marketing analytics consulting services.
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Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Analytics, Consulting, Marketing, SEO
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Orpix
Orpix is a technology company that provides solutions for vehicle classification and sporting event video analysis.
Founder(s): Nadav Ben-Haim, Ori Ben-Haim, Serge Belongie
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Analytics, Computer Vision, Homeland Security, Image Recognition, Software, Sports
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AdInterax
Use adInterax, a Yahoo! advertising technology, to reach your audiences by engaging them with targeted rich media ad campaigns that result
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Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising
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JrPixels
JrPixels is a Growth Engine that provides turn-key growth solutions for modern businesses.
Founder(s): Jeff Shoemaker, Ryan Fuller, Ryan M. Fuller, Sanford Diday
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Analytics, Brand Marketing, Business Development, Consulting, Database, Finance, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Mobile Apps, Product Design, Social Media, UX Design, Venture Capital, Video, Web Design, Web Development
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Reedge
Conversion Rate Optimization Tool
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Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Marketing, SaaS, Software
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Musica Roots
All Things Latin Music, Entertainment & Lifestyle
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Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Brand Marketing, Concerts, Content Marketing, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Marketing, Music
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Qlarius
Providing consumer-centered platforms/apps for consumer data and media sponsorship. Parent company of the YouData and Sponster brands.
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Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Identity Management, Payments, Privacy
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Media DNA
MDNA is a marketing company that provides precise targeted audience through marketing teams.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Lead Management, Marketing
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B.H. Direct Response
B.H. Direct Response provides performance marketing and advertising, ads production, leads generation, and PPC media placement services.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Consulting, Lead Generation, Marketing
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WordNetworks
WordNetworks Inc. is a technology producer for the online publishing industry. Our Targeting and Payload Delivery system: Intextual allows
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting
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IJudge
IJudge is an online platform that ranks its users opinions, content, and URLs for the use of consumers, publishers, and agencies.
Founder(s): Ben Woodard, Eric Rodrick
Location: Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Market Research, Social Bookmarking, Social Network
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Segment Interactive
Segment Interactive is an R&D user-focused intelligence technologies that reengineers how retailers target and sell to their audiences.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Analytics
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Admetry
Admetry is a Mobile Engagement Management platform
Founder(s): Bob Mitton, CK Chinnaswamy
Location: Pescadero, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Mobile, NFC
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