Best Tech for Digital Publishers Companies in New York, United States
The 67 best Tech for Digital Publishers companies in New York, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Outbrain.
Ranked: Best Tech for Digital Publishers companies in New York
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outbrain Cloud based platform offering native advertising solutions | $404M | 59 mo ago | 136 | 2006 | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | 63 patents Personalized content recommendation and curation algorithms for digital media platforms. | — |
| 2 | Taboola 🦄 Provider of a platform for advertising and driving digital performance | $160M | 42 mo ago | 281 | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | 1 award |
| 3 | Minute Media 🦄 Provider of technology and advertising solutions for publishers and advertisers | $151M | 29 mo ago | 38 | 2011 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | — |
| 4 | EX.CO Content management platform | $69M | 104 mo ago | 135 | 2012 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | — | — |
| 5 | beehiiv Provider of SaaS and app based platform for newsletter creators | $50M | 26 mo ago | 10 | 2021 | Beehiiv RSS feedPrismicSentry+41 | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Chartbeat Provider of real-time analytics and optimization tools for media companies | $41M | 95 mo ago | 87 | 2009 | WordPress Site EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+36 | 2 patents Digital advertising analytics: tracking user engagement with online ads | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 7 | Supertab Platform offering AI and content monetization solutions | $37M | 72 mo ago | 50 | 2023 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesStripe+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 8 | Apester Provider of content engagement platform | $18M | 122 mo ago | 35 | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 9 | Connatix Native ad exchange platform that performs matching in real-time | $15M | 59 mo ago | 193 | 2013 | Salesforcestyled-componentsReact+32 | — | — |
| 10 | Scroll Ad-free news and content reader platform | $10M | 92 mo ago | 13 | 2016 | — | 3 patents Scroll compressors mechanical design and synchronized audio rendering technology | — |
| 11 | LicenseStream Automated online content licensing platform | $7M | 153 mo ago | — | 2003 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Atavist Longform narrative magazine delivering incredible true stories monthly via subscription | $5M | 140 mo ago | 11 | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Civil Decentralized marketplace for journalism | $5M | 104 mo ago | 2 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Locals Subscription-based community platform for creators | $5M | 62 mo ago | 11 | 2019 | PHPFirebaseAmazon Web Services+23 | — | — |
| 15 | Pangram Developer of AI detection tools to identify AI-generated content | $4M | 12 mo ago | — | 2004 | SanityNode.jsGoogle Sign-in+20 | — | 1 job opening |
| 16 | Limbik Provider of predictive analytics solutions 42Talent top 28%AI top 35%Funding top 47%Tech bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 35% Fundingtop 47% Techbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $3M | 4 mo ago | 32 | 2001 | Framer SitesYouTubeReact+11 | — | — |
| 17 | Authorea Collaborative platform for research and learning | $2M | 125 mo ago | 88 | 2012 | RubyFacebook LoginChart.js+30 | — | — |
| 18 | Action Button Online platform providing solutions for publishers to generate interactive content through polls and opinions | $2M | 120 mo ago | 12 | 2015 | HubSpot CMS HubMaterial Design LiteAnimate.css+19 | — | — |
| 19 | Mediachain Digital media association on blockchain. | $2M | 120 mo ago | 7 | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Tizra Content creation solution | $850K | 213 mo ago | 2 | 2006 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+23 | — | — |
| 21 | SHLF Online platform to organize content | $210K | 66 mo ago | 2 | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Purple Audience engagement platform | $150K | 116 mo ago | 18 | 2016 | — | 10 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 23 | Foster SaaS-driven community-based writing platform | $125K | 60 mo ago | 25 | 2020 | — | 78 patents Railtrack fastening, joint components, and friction‑material spraying systems for rail infrastructure | — |
Top 12 Tech for Digital Publishers companies in New York
#1
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2001 · 32 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Limbik provides predictive analytics solutions. It provides an integrated network to track people and capture behavior and preference data with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. It provides moment by moment analysis of how users react to the video content and enables users to discover audience trends and behaviour, analyze video data and target customers. It helps businesses to predict the content which will succeed with video and audio attributes. Customers include ZIFF DAVIS, Group nine, Nitro Circus, IRi, and Fairfax Media.
- Feb 2026Series A$1M
- Feb 2026Conventional Debt—
- Feb 2024Seed$1.3M
- Feb 2024Conventional Debt—
#2
Seed · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2004$4Mraised▾
Developer of AI detection tools to identify AI-generated content. It offers a platform that analyzes text to determine the likelihood of it being generated by AI models. The company provides tools for plagiarism detection, content moderation, and ensuring academic integrity. Its technology supports multiple languages and integrates with various platforms, catering to educators, publishers, and trust and safety teams.
- Jun 2025Seed$2.7M
- 2024Seed$1.2M
#3
Series H · New York City, New York · founded 2011 · 38 employees$150.8Mraised▾
Provider of technology and advertising solutions for publishers and advertisers. The company offers a supply-side platform connecting publishers and brands within programmatic advertising. It also provides publishers with technology to power digital content destinations. The company delivers advertisers authentic storytelling, engaging experiences, and tailored distribution.
- Jan 2024Conventional Debt—
- Jan 2024Series H$100M
- Feb 2020Series G$40M
- Jun 2019Series G$40M
#4
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2021 · 10 employees$49.7Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS and app based platform for newsletter creators. It is designed to help creators, publishers, and brands build, grow, and monetize newsletters and website content. It offers a seamless newsletter builder, no code website creation, and various growth and monetization tools including an ad network, referral program, and subscription management.
- Apr 2024Series B$33M
- Jun 2023Series A$12.5M
- Sep 2022Seed$1.6M
- Oct 2021Seed$2.6M
#5
Taboola 🦄Public · New York City, New York · founded 2007 · 281 employees$160Mraised▾
Provider of a platform for advertising and driving digital performance. It offers tools for advertisers to manage campaigns and optimize performance. The platform provides solutions for audience targeting and creative ad experiences. It helps businesses increase website engagement, drive leads, and facilitate online purchases.
- Nov 2022Post IPO—
- Nov 2015Series E—
- Jun 2015Series E$3M
- May 2015Series E—
#6
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2006 · 136 employees$403.7Mraised▾
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.
- Jul 2021Series I$200M
- May 2016Series H$45M
- Mar 2015Series G$50M
- Oct 2013Series F$35M
#7
Series C · New York City, New York · founded 2012 · 135 employees$69.2Mraised▾
Content management platform. The platform allows businesses and publishers to create personalize brand content and engage the audience. It allows users to create and design content for a flip, poll, video, quiz, quotes, and more. It provides video OVP and monetization suite for organizations, including content and player management, the own ad server, content recommendation, and more.
- Sep 2017Series C$35M
- Mar 2016Series B$15M
- Mar 2015Series B$16M
- Jun 2014Series A$3M
#8
Acquired · New York City, New York · founded 2009 · 87 employees$41.1Mraised▾
Provider of real-time analytics and optimization tools for media companies. The company offers dashboards to track engagement, traffic sources, and content performance. It provides historical data analysis, reporting, and competitive benchmarking. The company also offers tools for headline and image testing, and audience conversion optimization.
- Jul 2018Series C$7M
- May 2015Series C$15.5M
- May 2014Series B$3.1M
- Apr 2012Series B$9.5M
#9
Unfunded · New York City, New York · founded 2023 · 50 employees$37.2Mraised▾
Platform offering AI and content monetization solutions. It provides a pay-as-you-go infrastructure for content, application, and API monetization. It offers tools and APIs for developers and businesses. The platform supports various use cases, including content creators, developers, publishers, education providers, and SaaS businesses. It enables businesses to monetize casual users through a pay-as-you-go payment model. It also provides an alternative to traditional subscription and advertising revenue models by allowing users to make small purchases that aggregate into a running balance.
#10
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2013 · 193 employees$15Mraised▾
Connatix offers a native advertising solution for displaying branded content across the web and mobile media properties in a real native way. The platform allows publishers to create Native Ad Placements and performs matching in real-time to bring the best story to the most relevant user. Clients include Bank of America, American Express, ford, Lipton, Unilever among many others.
- Jul 2021Series B—
- Oct 2017Series A$15M
#11
Acquired · New York City, New York · founded 2011 · 35 employees$18Mraised▾
Provider of content engagement platform. The platform enables content publishers to create the content in the form of quizzes, stories, polls, videos, etc and engage the community of users and monetize assets on the web and mobile. It provides features to deploy interactions to enhance user’s experience while they engage with content on the web or mobile. it also allows members to segmentize the audience, educate them about a topic/brand/product and gain insight into customer satisfaction and event feedback. It has clients such as Time, Rolling Stone, CNN, IDG, etc.
- Apr 2016Series A$12M
- Jul 2015Series A$5M
- Jul 2011Angel$1M
#12
Acqui-Hired · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2016 · 13 employees$10Mraised▾
Scroll is an ad-free news and content reader platform. It offers a subscription service that enables users to read ad-free news from different publishers. Also provides ad management solutions to the publishers. Has partnered with multiple publishers including Slate, The Atlantic, Vox, USA Today, BuzzFeed, Eater, and others.
- Oct 2018Series A$7M
- Nov 2016Seed$3M
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