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Outbrain
The world's largest discovery platform. Reach engaged audiences while driving better results for your business
At a glance
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Listing
- IPO 2021
- Sector
- eCommerce & Marketplaces
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Outbrain.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed2 investors entered at this stage
- GIGlenRock Israel
- LGlgilab
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
Lightspeed Venture Partners- LRLeon Recanati
- GVGemini Israel Ventures
Series B and later10 investors entered at this stage
- TGThe Baupost Group
- CICiti
- HPHarbourVest Partners
- SESusquehanna Growth Equity
- RHRhodium
- JGJefferies Group
Zohar Gilon
Viola Ventures
Index Ventures
Vintage Investment Partners
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Outbrain employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
SESensi.AiEst. 2019
Nevo ElmalemIsrael
SDSmall DoorEst. 2017
Josh GuttmanUnited States
MEMelioEst. 2018
Ilan AtiasUnited States
FUFunderaEst. 2013
Andres MoranUnited States
SASamyRoadEst. 2013Global footprint
team presence
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Outbrain was the backer or acquirer, 2011–2024. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
9 deals across Outbrain's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Outbrain's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Outbrain on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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