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    Marketing & Advertising Investment Firms

    Marketing and advertising technology companies build tools for reaching and engaging customers, including programmatic advertising, marketing automation, CRM, and content management.

    There are 311 venture capital and private equity investment firms investing in Marketing & Advertising tracked by Goldilocks AI. The most active by portfolio size are First Round Capital, Benchmark, and 500 Startups.

    Last updated: 16 April 2026

    Investment Firms

    311

    Total Investments

    5,716

    Top Location

    San Francisco

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Where Marketing & Advertising Investment Firms Are Based

    The largest concentration of Marketing & Advertising investment firms is in San Francisco (40 investment firms). This is followed by New York (40), London (19), Boston (11), Menlo Park (10). Overall, 66% of Marketing & Advertising investment firms are based in the United States.

    Investment Stages for Marketing & Advertising

    Marketing & Advertising investment firms most commonly invest at the Series A stage, with 244 investment firms active at this stage. This is followed by Seed (202), Series B (185), Series C (124), Series D (70).

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    First Round Capital logo

    First Round Capital

    San Francisco, California, United States

    297 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Healthcare, Fintech, AI

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    Benchmark logo

    Benchmark

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    219 investments

    Series A, Series B

    Social & Community, AI, Data & Analytics

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    500 Startups logo

    500 Startups

    San Francisco, California, United States

    200 investments

    Seed, Series A

    E-Commerce & Marketplace, Fintech, Education

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    Uncork Capital logo

    Uncork Capital

    Palo Alto, California, United States

    129 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Developer Tools, Fintech

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    Upfront Ventures logo

    Upfront Ventures

    Santa Monica, California, United States

    115 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Consumer, E-Commerce & Marketplace, Fintech

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    Eurazeo logo

    Eurazeo

    Paris, France

    101 investments

    Series C, Seed

    E-Commerce & Marketplace, Fintech, Healthcare

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    Eight Roads Ventures logo

    Eight Roads Ventures

    London, United Kingdom

    89 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare, Fintech

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    Accomplice logo

    Accomplice

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    85 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Fintech, Healthcare, Data & Analytics

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    Founder Collective logo

    Founder Collective

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    82 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, Healthcare, Enterprise Software

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    Foundry Group logo

    Foundry Group

    Boulder, Colorado, United States

    72 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Marketing & Advertising, Consumer, PropTech

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    Georgian Partners logo

    Georgian Partners

    Toronto, Canada

    68 investments

    Series C, Series B

    Cybersecurity, AI, Data & Analytics

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    Highland Europe logo

    Highland Europe

    London, United Kingdom

    64 investments

    Series B, Series C

    Fintech, Consumer, Developer Tools

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    U.S. Venture Partners logo

    U.S. Venture Partners

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    63 investments

    Series B, Series C

    Healthcare, Cybersecurity, Marketing & Advertising

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    Summit Partners logo

    Summit Partners

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    59 investments

    Growth, Series D

    Marketing & Advertising, E-Commerce & Marketplace, Cybersecurity

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    FundersClub logo

    FundersClub

    San Francisco, California, United States

    59 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, Education, Developer Tools

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    e.ventures logo

    e.ventures

    San Francisco, California, United States

    56 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Fintech, Consumer, HR & Talent

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    Square Peg Capital logo

    Square Peg Capital

    Surry Hills, Australia

    55 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Fintech, AI, Cybersecurity

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    CrunchFund

    San Francisco, California, United States

    55 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Consumer, PropTech, HR & Talent

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    Cowboy Ventures logo

    Cowboy Ventures

    Palo Alto, California, United States

    54 investments

    Seed, Series B

    Education, Consumer, Enterprise Software

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    Haystack logo

    Haystack

    San Francisco, California, United States

    54 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Data & Analytics, Fintech

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    Hubspot Ventures logo

    Hubspot Ventures

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    49 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Fintech, Enterprise Software

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    August Capital logo

    August Capital

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    47 investments

    Series C, Series B

    Fintech, Marketing & Advertising, Infrastructure & Cloud

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    Wavemaker Partners logo

    Wavemaker Partners

    Singapore

    45 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, PropTech, Marketing & Advertising

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    Avenir Growth logo

    Avenir Growth

    New York, New York, United States

    40 investments

    Series C, Series B

    Fintech, E-Commerce & Marketplace, Healthcare

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    Baseline Ventures logo

    Baseline Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United States

    39 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Food & Agriculture, Fintech, Consumer

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    Launch logo

    Launch

    San Francisco, California, United States

    38 investments

    Seed, Series A

    PropTech, Healthcare, E-Commerce & Marketplace

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    Lowercase Capital logo

    Lowercase Capital

    San Francisco, California, United States

    38 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Consumer, Fintech, Social & Community

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    Bayern Kapital logo

    Bayern Kapital

    Landshut, Germany

    38 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Climate & Energy, Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare

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    Peak logo

    Peak

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    37 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, Marketing & Advertising, Social & Community

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    Thomvest Ventures logo

    Thomvest Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United States

    37 investments

    Series B, Series C

    Fintech, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools

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    Mangrove Capital Partners logo

    Mangrove Capital Partners

    Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

    37 investments

    Series A, Series B

    Healthcare, Travel & Hospitality, Cybersecurity

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    Vulcan Capital logo

    Vulcan Capital

    Seattle, Washington, United States

    37 investments

    Series C, Series A

    Fintech, Gaming, E-Commerce & Marketplace

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    OpenView logo

    OpenView

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    37 investments

    Series B, Series A

    SaaS, Developer Tools, Healthcare

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    Bullpen logo

    Bullpen

    San Francisco, California, United States

    37 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Marketing & Advertising, Consumer, Gaming

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    SoftBank Ventures Asia logo

    SoftBank Ventures Asia

    Seoul, South Korea

    36 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Fintech, Consumer, AI

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    Spectrum Equity logo

    Spectrum Equity

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    36 investments

    Growth, Series C

    SaaS, Media & Entertainment, E-Commerce & Marketplace

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