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Outbrain
eCommerce & Marketplaces · New York City, United States · Founded 2006 · IPO 2021 Unicorn
Outbrain mafia
Startups founded by Outbrain alumni
Former Outbrain employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Nevo ElmalemIsrael
Ilan AtiasUnited States
Josh GuttmanUnited States
Ouriel OhayonIsrael
Will FleissUnited States
Daniel SternlichtIsrael
Aner MazurIsrael
Simon FoucherFrance
Yaron GalaiUnited States
Andres MoranUnited States
Linda WadeUnited KingdomGlobal footprint
Where Outbrain has talent and traffic
(16 of 360 staff)
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Outbrain's 9 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Outbrain appeared as a 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.
02 · Portfolio market map
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
What the market is saying about Outbrain
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Outbrain on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
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
See Outbrain on the full Dealroom platform
Live deal flow, founder pedigree, hiring signals, revenue trajectory, and the full cap table.