When was Parsec founded?

Parsec was founded in 2015 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Parsec located?

Parsec is headquartered in New York City, United States.

How many employees does Parsec have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Parsec is 6.

Is Parsec a funded company?

Parsec is a funded company, having raised a total of $3.58M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jun 22, 2016.

When was the latest funding round of Parsec?

Parsec's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Jul 06, 2018, with participation from 0 investor. Its primary sector is AdTech. In United States, the AdTech sector has seen $1.54B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Parsec rank among its competitors?

Parsec ranks 159th amongst 480 active competitors, of which 53 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was InMobi, which secured $350M in Dec, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Parsec?

Parsec's top competitors include InMobi, Tapjoy and AdColony. Among them, InMobi secured the most recent funding round in December, 2025.

Parsec - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Parsec is a mobile advertising network which delivers ads in SLED format. The pricing model is Cost per second that means the advertisers will have to pay based on the time users spend on the ads. Uses First party and Third party data along with cookie based data to select the target audience for advertisers and the right website for the ads. Has partnered with MOAT to measure time spent on ads. Publishers include International Business Times, The Hill, TEN, Forbes, Scripps, CBS Interactive, Answers.com etc.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2015

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Acqui-Hired

Total Funding

$3.58M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Jul 06, 2018, $*****

Investors

Bee Partners & 4 more

Ranked

159^th among 480 active competitors

Employee Count

6 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

InMobi & 969 more

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Parsec has raised a total funding of $3.58M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 22, 2016. Parsec has 2 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Parsec:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jul 06, 2018	1223424	Seed	1675143	5229232	8453289	1757487
Jun 22, 2016	1971096	Seed	9339065	8129182	7512646	Bee Partners & 4 more

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The founders of Parsec is Marc Guldimann.

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

Marc Guldimann: Former Co-Founder of Parsec and founder of 4 other companies, including Adelaide, Adelaide and Sled.

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Parsec's employee count trend

Parsec has 6 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Parsec's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Parsec include InMobi, Tapjoy and AdColony. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Parsec, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	InMobi 2007, Bengaluru (India), Series D	Provider of advertising solutions and platforms for brand building and growth	$266M	Sherpalo Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund & 44 others	74/100
2nd	Tapjoy 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Mobile advertising & monetization	$60M	ORIX, Rho Capital Partners & 12 others	70/100
3rd	AdColony 2008, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired	Premium mobile video ad network	$2M	RocketSpace, Raakwark Kaptaal & 2 others	69/100
4th	Digital Turbine 1998, Austin (United States), Public	Mobile advertising network platform	-	Herald Investment Management, Sunstone Partners ... & 1 others	67/100
5th	Yeahmobi 2011, Xi An (China), Public	Programmatic advertising and retargeting platform	$140M	CoStone Capital, Xiaomi & 4 others	63/100
6th	Vungle 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Online ad network platform	$25.6M	Crosslink Capital, Webb Investment Network ... & 23 others	62/100
7th	Mobvista 2013, Guangzhou (China), Public	Mobile advertising platform and ad network	$124M	Midas Capital, NetEase & 9 others	60/100
8th	Kard 2015, New York City (United States), Acquired	Network providing transaction data to facilitate personalized consumer reward programs	$38M	Underscore VC, Tiger Global Management & 7 others	59/100
9th	Perion 1999, Holon (Israel), Public	AI powered ad network platform	-	XAnge, LeumiTech & 1 others	59/100
10th	Millennial Media 2006, Baltimore (United States), Acquired	Mobile advertising platform	$64.8M	New Enterprise Associates, Columbia Capital ... & 8 others	59/100
159th	Parsec 2015, New York City (United States), Acqui-Hired	Cost per Second based mobile ad network	$3.58M	Bee Partners, WGI Group & 3 others	28/100