When was Outbrain founded?

Outbrain was founded in 2006 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Outbrain located?

Outbrain is headquartered in New York City, United States. It is registered at New York City, New York.

How many employees does Outbrain have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Outbrain is 323.

Is Outbrain a funded company?

Outbrain is a funded company, having raised a total of $404M across 10 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2007.

When was the latest funding round of Outbrain?

Outbrain's latest funding was a $***** Series I round on Jul 06, 2021, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Outbrain rank among its competitors?

Outbrain ranks 1st amongst 161 active competitors, of which 22 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Nativo, which secured $25M in Apr, 2023.

Who are the top competitors of Outbrain?

Outbrain's top competitors include Nativo, Context Logic and OneSpot. Among them, Nativo secured the most recent funding round in April, 2023.

Outbrain - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Cloud based platform offering native advertising solutions. It is a content discovery and distribution platform that enables users to connect marketers to the target audience through personalized recommendations. Provides content discovery and recommendations for publishers to increase traffic and generate revenue based on user specific contextual analysis and collaborative filtering.

Website: outbrain.com
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Email ID: *****@outbrain.com
Phone Number: +1 **********
Registered Address: New York City, New York

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2006

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Public

Total Funding

$404M in 10 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series I, Jul 06, 2021, $*****

Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners & 14 more

Ranked

1^st among 161 active competitors

Employee Count

323 as on Aug 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Teads & 9 more

Similar Companies

Nativo & 272 more

Exit Details

Public

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Outbrain is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Outbrain Inc. CIN: 1454938 , United States, Active		-	-	-
OUTBRAIN INC. CIN: 205391629 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	107 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

Outbrain got listed on Jul 23, 2021.

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Outbrain has raised a total funding of $404M over 10 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2007. Its latest funding round was a Series I round on Jul 06, 2021 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Outbrain has 15 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Outbrain:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jul 06, 2021	1570247	Series I	3020238	2691112	4502786	6630942
May 10, 2016	9432861	Series H	2627897	1530700	6146869	8124276
Mar 26, 2015	5994638	Series G	4540576	8141061	Susquehanna Growth Equity	2292932

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The founders of Outbrain is Erika Dean.

Here are the details of Outbrain's key team members:

Erika Dean: Global Director, Product Go-To-Market Strategy and Operations | Global Project Management of Outbrain.

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Outbrain's employee count trend

Outbrain has 323 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Outbrain's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Outbrain include Nativo, Context Logic and OneSpot. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Outbrain, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Outbrain 2006, New York City (United States), Public	Cloud based platform offering native advertising solutions	$404M	HarbourVest Partners, Index Ventures & 13 others	69/100
2nd	Nativo 2010, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired	Native advertising platform	$80.9M	Advance Venture Partners, Capital IP & 10 others	61/100
3rd	Context Logic 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired	ContextLogic: E-commerce platform connecting consumers and merchants globally	$1.7M	Western Technology Investment, XG Ventures ... & 5 others	59/100
4th	OneSpot 2005, Austin (United States), Series A	Targeted Content Advertising	$18.9M	500 Global, Mohr Davidow Ventures & 11 others	58/100
5th	Ryff 2004, Los Angeles (United States), Series B	Provides a native advertising platform for brands	$20.3M	Valor Siren Ventures, Tech Mahindra & 5 others	55/100
6th	FGL 2008, Santa Monica (United States), Seed	Platform for game developers to find publishers	$1.47M	Wavemaker Partners, Angel Vest Group & 1 others	49/100
7th	Kiosked 2010, Helsinki (Finland), Series B	Smart native advertising technology	$63.9M	European Investment Bank, Brightly Ventures ... & 6 others	48/100
8th	EyeLevel.ai 2018, Berkeley (United States), Acquired	Developer of a platform for retrieval-augmented generation applications for enterprises	$2M	Birchmere Ventures, Alumni Ventures & 3 others	48/100
9th	Appsfire 2009, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Native App Advertising Platform	$3.6M	Idinvest Partners, Lerer Hippeau & 8 others	46/100
10th	DataGrand 2015, Shanghai (China), Series C	Big data-powered content recommendation platform	$164M	Yuanhe Holdings, CBC Capital & 20 others	45/100

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Outbrain has not made any investments yet. Outbrain has made 10 acquisitions.

Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Feb 03, 2025	Acquisition	Teads	2011	United States
Nov 22, 2021	Acquisition	Video Intelligence	2016	Zurich (Switzerland)
Feb 26, 2019	Acquisition	Ligatus	2005	Cologne (Germany)