Startups built on programmatic technologies are among the fastest-growing companies in the United States, as reported Monday in Inc. Magazine’s annual 500/5000 revenue survey.
Among the notable entries in this year’s list: Demand-side platform MediaMath’s revenue in 2013 reached $310.8 million, representing 490% growth over three years. Its competitor DataXu also made significant revenue strides for the second year running, growing from $87 million in 2012 to $118.4 million in 2013. (However DataXu’s three-year growth rate has slowed considerably from an almost absurd 21,337% last year to 823% in the current report.)
A few other entries jumped out: Independent trading desk Accordant Media raked in $27.1 million (a 1,663% growth rate), and Integral Ad Science, despite having been around for a while, achieved noteworthy growth of 3,232% to $23.4 million.
Below we’ve compiled a list of ad tech companies that made the Inc. 500/5000 list, showing 2012 revenues and presented in descending order from highest growth rate to lowest.
Disclaimers: (1) Results are not audited, and (2) some revenues derive from media costs, which are passed on to publishers and ad platform partners.
- AdKarma – $13.3 million (7,635%)
- Tune (formerly HasOffers) – $18.9 million (3,939%)
- AdColony – $52.8 million (3,236%)
- Integral Ad Science – $23.4 million (3,232%)
- LiveRamp (acquired by Acxiom) – $21.0 million (2,665%)
- Ensighten – $8.3 million (2,416%)
- LiveRail (acquired by Facebook) – $72.7 million (1,893%)
- Solve Media – $13.0 million (1,798%)
- Accordant Media – $27.1 million (1,663%)
- PK4 Media – $7.1 million (1,212%)
- myThings – $44.7 million (1,100%)
- TruEffect – $21.3 million (953%)
- DataXu – $118.4 million (823%)
- eXelate – $28.1 million (687%)
- ReTargeter – $8.2 million (658%)
- TubeMogul – $57.2 million (562%)
- Altitude Digital – $21.9 million (549%)
- MediaMath – $310.8 million (490%)
- Ace Metrix – $10 million (490%)
- Bizo – $37.1 million (465%)
- Ad-Juster – $4.1 million (361%)
- Madison Logic – $18.7 million (268%)
- Resonate – $19.2 million (265%)
- Mixpo – $14.1 million (240%)
- Dstillery – $52.9 million (159%)
Aug 27: Updated with additional companies.