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Teads has raised $60.8M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Teads.
Teads has raised $60.8M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Teads provides an omnichannel outcomes platform for the open internet. It delivers connected consumer experiences across screens, leveraging an AI-powered approach to achieve measurable advertising results, spanning from brand awareness to performance. The platform integrates creativity, data, and technology, enabling brands to captivate audiences with engaging ad formats.
Teads was founded in 2011 by Gilles Moncaubeig, Pierre Chappaz, and Bertrand Quesada. Their founding insight recognized an opportunity to elevate digital advertising beyond walled gardens, seeking superior methods to connect brands with consumers. They established an independent advertising solution for the open internet, fostering a vibrant ecosystem.
The company primarily serves advertisers and media owners, empowering brands to craft impactful consumer experiences that consistently yield tangible outcomes. Teads' long-term vision aims to transform the open internet into a dynamic and sustainable ecosystem for all participants, continually redefining omnichannel marketing possibilities.
Key people at Teads.
Teads has raised $60.8M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Teads's investors include Elaia Partners, Partech Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Richard Titus.
Teads has raised $60.8M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $30.0M Series B in January 2015.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2015 | $30M Series B | — | Elaia Partners, Partech Ventures | Announced |
| Aug 1, 2011 | $25M Series U | — | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2010 | $5M Series A | — | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Elaia Partners, Partech Ventures | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2010 | $800K Seed | — | Richard Titus | Announced |
Teads is a global media platform specializing in programmatic digital advertising, delivering full-funnel, outcome-oriented ads powered by AI-driven optimization, creative technology like Teads Studio, and contextual targeting across web, CTV, and omnichannel environments[1][2][3][4]. It serves advertisers, agencies, and premium publishers—such as BBC, The Economist, and El Pais—by providing a single access point to buy and monetize high-quality inventory, reaching up to 1.9 billion unique monthly users in brand-safe content while solving challenges like outdated ad experiences, inefficient targeting, and cross-screen measurement[1][2][3][5]. With over 1,000 employees across 30 markets and 29 offices in 21 countries, Teads drives growth through innovations like the Omnichannel Graph for incremental reach and Google Cloud integrations for big data insights[2][3][4][5].
Teads pioneered outstream video advertising, an innovative format that evolved from its initial focus into a comprehensive global media platform as outstream became industry standard[3]. Founded before 2015 (with significant scaling via Google Cloud by then), the company grew through direct integrations with premium publishers and expansions into AI, creative tools, and omnichannel capabilities, including CTV via Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) data[2][3]. Key milestones include building contextual targeting on open web data, launching the Omnichannel Graph in June 2024 for cross-screen campaigns, and forming partnerships like with Stats Perform for sports data, humanizing its rise through a commitment to user-friendly, high-quality ads amid industry shifts[2][6].
Teads rides the wave of omnichannel advertising amid cookie deprecation and privacy shifts, leveraging contextual and AI signals as a high-fidelity proxy for targeting without user IDs[2]. Timing aligns with CTV growth and demand for cross-screen efficiency, where market forces like fragmented audiences and rising programmatic spend favor its ACR-enriched data and symmetrical web-CTV taxonomy for incremental reach[2][6]. It influences the ecosystem by partnering with premium publishers and agencies (e.g., Dentsu, Kraft Heinz), elevating ad quality, and enabling data-driven monetization, while tech like Google Cloud supports scalability in high-traffic environments[3][5][6].
Teads is poised to dominate omnichannel ad tech by deepening CTV integrations, expanding attention measurement, and forging premium partnerships amid AI ad optimization trends[2][6]. Upcoming focuses include new formats, global data alliances (e.g., sports), and performance excellence via cloud infrastructure, potentially amplifying its role as the open internet's outcomes platform[3][6]. As privacy regulations tighten and CTV surges, Teads' human-AI blend and decisive culture position it to shape efficient, engaging advertising for brands worldwide, building on its pioneering outstream roots to deliver sustained full-funnel impact[4].
