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Best Mobile Companies in Maryland, United States

The 34 best Mobile companies in Maryland, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Millennial Media.

34companies tracked
$66.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · MOBILE × MARYLAND

Our analysis of 77 Mobile companies

$13.3b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

77companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
11unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Maryland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Millennial Media
Mobile advertising platform
$65M147 mo agoAcquired—2006—81 patents
Cross-device mobile ad targeting and real-time bidding optimization for digital media
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2Tapstream
App marketing cloud powering user acquisition and engagement for top apps
$677K156 mo agoSeedBenjamin Fox
Co-founder & CTO
2012———
3GroupFlier
Online platform providing articles on business, tech, travel, and automotive
$500K191 mo agoDeadpooledGeoff Crawshaw
Co - Founder & CTO
2010———
4Dig-It! Games
Developer of educational and entertainment games for mobile and online platforms
$225K118 mo agoFunding Raised—2005Master SliderSlider RevolutionCart Functionality+17——
5WatchParty
Online platform offering chat rooms
$120K180 mo agoDeadpooledRichard Fawal
ex-Founder and CEO
2010———
6AdKarma
Video supply-side Platform
——AcquiredBobby Campbell
Ex-CEO and Founder
2010———
7Alicce
Weather & calamity alert app
——DeadpooledJosh Tchan
Founder
2016———
8Apartment Geofencing
Provider of location based advertising and analytic tools
——UnfundedMatthew Kilmurry
CEO
2019———

Top 5 Mobile companies in Maryland

#1
Acquired · Baltimore, Maryland · founded 2006 · 460 employees
$64.8Mraised
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Millennial Media is an independent mobile ad-platform and data company. It aims to partner with advertisers seeking to reach mobile consumers, application and media developers seeking to maximize ad revenue, and mobile operators seeking to further monetize their networks. It offers audience targeting, cross-screen, programmatic buying as it's services along with mobile customer intelligence. Millennial Media has expanded its offerings to key customer segments, to include OEM and platform partnerships that seek to access its strong base of developers and publishers. Since adding $27.5M to its strong cash position in January 2011 (bringing total equity funding to $65M), The customers include Ubermedia, Coca-Cola, Zynga. It has acquired Jumptap, Metaresolver, Condaptive and Tapmetrics. Millennial Media was number 74 on the Inc. 500/5000 list, based on its 3-year revenue growth rate from 2008 to 2010.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2014Post IPO—
  • Nov 2013Post IPO$175.4M
  • Jan 2011Series D$27.5M
  • Nov 2009Series C$16M
Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, CRV, New Enterprise Associates, New Amsterdam Growth Capital, Eniac Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesDigicertAmazon Cloudfront
#2
Deadpooled · Takoma Park, Maryland · founded 2010
$120Kraised
▾

Online platform offering chat rooms

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2011Seed$20K
  • Mar 2011Seed$25K
  • Sep 2010Seed$75K
Founders & team
Richard Fawalex-Founder and CEO
Investors
Intridea
#3
Funding Raised · Bethesda, Maryland · founded 2005 · 6 employees
$224.9Kraised
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Developer of educational and entertainment games for mobile and online platforms. The company creates games designed to promote critical thinking and independent learning. Its educational games incorporate content in math, science, social studies, and language arts. The business also develops casual mobile games, drawing from its history with educational titles.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$224.9K
Investors
National Science Foundation
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCart FunctionalityCentosEasydigitaldownloadsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#4
Seed · Columbia, Maryland · founded 2012 · 2 employees
$677Kraised
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App marketing cloud powering user acquisition and engagement for top apps. It provides a total app marketing toolkit with analytics, deep links, app invites, and campaign landers. The platform helps app marketers measure and optimize traffic sources, engage users by personalizing the new user experience and boosting engagement and retention rates. It also allows for A/B testing of in-app marketing content for maximum conversions and helps transform the user base into a powerful acquisition channel. The platform offers a beautiful, easy-to-use interface with real-time reporting. It supports SDK integration for iOS, Android, and other platforms. It offers pricing details, documentation, and support. It is a B2B, SaaS, and Software company.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2013Seed$677K
Founders & team
Benjamin FoxCo-founder & CTOSlaven RadicCo-founder & CEO
Investors
BDC, Launch Ventures
Tech stack
NginxOpen Graph
#5
Deadpooled · Bethesda, Maryland · founded 2010
$500Kraised
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Online platform providing articles on business, tech, travel, and automotive. This platform delivers diverse content, including articles on business strategies, technological advancements, travel guides, automotive trends, and game reviews. It serves as a comprehensive resource for individuals seeking information and insights across various sectors. The platform offers content related to application reviews, project management, and lifestyle topics such as health and education. It aims to provide valuable information and perspectives to its readers, covering a wide array of subjects from finance to leisure. The website operates as a content provider, delivering articles and insights across multiple categories.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2010Seed$500K
Founders & team
Geoff CrawshawCo - Founder & CTO
Investors
Novak Biddle Venture Partners

Funding & investor landscape

$66.3Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
11disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Acta Wireless1 rounds
BDC1 rounds
Bessemer Venture Partners1 rounds
Bullpen Capital1 rounds
CRV1 rounds
Columbia Capital1 rounds
Eniac Ventures1 rounds
First Principles1 rounds
Intridea1 rounds
Launch Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Richard Fawal
ex-Founder and CEO · WatchParty
Benjamin Fox
Co-founder & CTO · Tapstream
Slaven Radic
Co-founder & CEO · Tapstream
Geoff Crawshaw
Co - Founder & CTO · GroupFlier
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 825,294 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN MARYLAND · Networking & Security

How research on 5G 6G in Maryland is moving

A read on the academic research around 5G 6G in Maryland — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 70 papers.

70 papers · stance +0.69 · 54% breakthrough · 4% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University of Maryland, College Park61
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County7
  • University of Maryland Eastern Shore2
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore1
leading researchers
Tom Goldstein · Oscar Castañeda · Giuseppe Durisi · Sven Jacobsson · Christoph Studer · Beibei Wang
prism intelligence · tone & topics
86% positive · 6% critical tone
TelecommunicationsComputer ScienceMathematicsSecurityNetworkingCybersecurity
▲ Breakthroughs37 · 53%
▲ 50%→64% share
▲1.3× share momentum4 median citations38% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (50%→64% of field), led by Beamforming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming9→13
Newly emergingWireless 0→5
Landmark Decentralized Baseband Processing for Massive MU-MIMO Systems · 140 cites
◆ Advancements28 · 40%
▼ 43%→27% share
▼0.6× share momentum7 median citations25% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (43%→27% of field), led by Beamforming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming21
  • MIMO6
  • Wireless5
  • Electronic engineering4
  • Telecommunications4
Landmark A compressive beamforming method · 142 cites
▼ Concerns3 · 4%
▲ 4%→9% share
▲2.2× share momentum2 median citations67% since 2021mostly methods-led
Concerns are rising (4%→9% of field), led by Beamforming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming2
  • Channel (broadcasting)1
  • Transmitter1
  • Channel sounding1
  • Channel state information1
Landmark A cross-layer traffic analysis countermeasure against adaptive attackers of Wireless Sensor Networks · 3 cites

Common questions

How many Mobile companies are there in Maryland, United States?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Mobile companies headquartered in Maryland, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Mobile companies in Maryland, United States?
The Mobile companies in Maryland, United States on this list have raised a combined $66.3M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Mobile company in Maryland, United States?
Millennial Media is the highest-funded Mobile company in Maryland, United States, with $64.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Mobile companies in Maryland, United States are funded?
5 of the 34 Mobile companies in Maryland, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Mobile unicorns are there in Maryland, United States?
None of the Mobile companies in Maryland, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Maryland, United States Mobile companies?
The most active investors in Maryland, United States Mobile companies on this list include Acta Wireless, BDC, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bullpen Capital, CRV.
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