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Kevel

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Powers innovative retail media networks through the Retail Media Cloud™, enabling retailers to differentiate, improve shopper experience, and control their data

Durham, United StatesFounded 2010Marketing
Valuation $250–500M Last recorded · 2026
Revenue $10–50M Latest reported FY
Headcount 100–500 Current team size
Total funding $50–100M Disclosed equity funding
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About Kevel

Kevel is a technology startup that specializes in providing customizable ad server solutions through its APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). Essentially, Kevel offers the building blocks for companies to create their own ad platforms without having to start from scratch. This allows businesses to integrate sponsored listings, native ads, and other ad formats into their platforms quickly and efficiently.

Kevel serves a diverse range of clients, including e-commerce platforms, event ticketing services, and financial technology companies. For instance, Slickdeals uses Kevel to integrate featured listings into their deal discovery platform, Ticketmaster personalizes event recommendations to boost revenue, and Klarna uses Kevel to monetize through user-targeted native ads.

The company operates in the digital advertising market, which is a highly competitive and rapidly evolving space. Kevel's business model is based on providing its API services to clients, who then use these APIs to build and manage their own ad servers. This model allows Kevel to generate revenue through subscription fees or usage-based pricing, depending on the client's needs.

Kevel's key selling points include the flexibility and speed of its solutions. Traditional ad servers can be costly and time-consuming to build and scale, but Kevel's APIs enable businesses to launch custom ad platforms in just weeks. This not only saves time and money but also allows companies to focus on creating unique ad products tailored to their specific audience.

In summary, Kevel empowers businesses to drive ad revenue without compromising on security or user experience. By offering a robust and flexible API infrastructure, Kevel helps companies take control of their ad serving needs and innovate in the digital advertising space.

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At a glance

Status
Operational
Founded
2010
Headquarters
Durham, United States
Employees
175
Open positions
5
Dealroom signal
82.0/100
Industry
Marketing, Enterprise Software
Sub-industry
Ecommerce Solutions
Sector
Marketing, Retail, API, Retailtech
Business model
SaaS
Client focus
b2b
Investment activity
2 companies, latest Feb 2025
Capital deployed
—
Preferred round
ACQUISITION

Funding history

6 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES C✓Equity / VC Mar 2024 $23M $92M Dunnhumby · Iberis Capital · Fulcrum Equity Partners · Commerce Ventures ↗
SERIES CEquity / VC Jan 2023 $0 — Triangle Tweener Fund ↗
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Financials

Revenue over time

Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.

YearRevenueGrowth
2026
2025
2024 —
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Growth signals

Kevel website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Kevel is 67K monthly website visits, up 15.5% over the last three months. Kevel's team grew 6.7% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits67K 3-month web change+15.5% 1-year team growth+6.7%
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Investments and acquisitions

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Investors

19 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed6 investors entered at this stage

Series A4 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later5 investors entered at this stage

  • Lighter Capital
  • Triangle Tweener Fund
  • Dunnhumby
  • Iberis Capital
  • Godwin Capital Group

Other known investors4 additional known investors

  • Carnrite Ventures
  • MDO Holdings
  • Triangle Angel Partners
  • York IE
Team profiled 28 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
16 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States33.9%
🇵🇹 Portugal20.5%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom12.5%
🇩🇰 Denmark9.8%
🇧🇷 Brazil3.6%
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Market sentiment

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