Bedrock Platform today (19th February, 2026) announced the successful close of its seed extension funding round, led by London-based First Party Capital, with NY-based Aperiam Ventures joining as a co-investor. The round brings additional strategic capital and deep ad tech [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Apple’s new ‘Answers’ team aimed at enhancing AI search capabilities, OpenAI’s $8.3bn fundraising round, and Shein’s €1m greenwashing fine in Italy.

In today’s Digest, we cover TripleLift laying off staff amid cuts, xAI seeking a $200bn valuation in its next fundraise, and Hearst taking over the Dallas Morning News after 140 years.

Paapi, a next-generation ad measurement platform, has closed a £420,000 pre-seed funding round led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active early-stage investor. The initial round was oversubscribed by 20%. Paapi is tackling one of ad tech’s biggest challenges: giving brands [...]

FirstPartyCapital (FPC), the leading global sector-focused fund, today (11th June, 2025) announces a multi-million pound investment from IX Labs, the investment arm of Index Exchange, one of the world’s largest independent supply-side platforms (SSPs). This strategic partnership comes as FirstPartyCapital [...]

StackAdapt, a leading AI-powered programmatic advertising platform, has announced a USD$235m (£187.6m) equity funding round. Led by Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), the investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the round also saw participation from Intrepid Growth Partners and [...]

Ad tech startup XPLN.AI has announced a USD$8mn (£6.1mn) funding round, led by Ventech and Spring Invest.  Redefining advertising effectiveness: For the past 15 years, standard advertising metrics such as impressions, viewability, and completion-rates have dominated the definitions of ad quality, [...]

Adelaide, the leader in attention-based media quality measurement, has secured an additional $1.4m (£1.079m)in a seed-extension round led by Aperiam Ventures. New investments from GOAL Ventures and Nishat Mehta, along with participation from previous investors BlueTree and Human Ventures, contributed [...]

Kevel, the API led ad serving company, is announcing it has raised USD$23m (£18m) in Series C funding. This round of funding was led by Series B investor Fulcrum Equity Partners with investment from Godwin Capital Group, Iberis Capital, Dunnhumby [...]

NumberEight, a London-based startup using on-device AI to deliver ‘privacy-first’ identity solutions for the advertising industry, has raised USD$2.7m (£2.1m) in Pre-Series A funding led by ACF Investors. The investment will be used to drive commercial growth, bolster product development, [...]