The Trade Desk

The Trade Desk is a technology company that operates a self-service cloud-based platform designed to facilitate data-driven digital advertising campaigns. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ventura, California, the company enables advertisers and agencies to create, manage, and optimize campaigns across various formats, including display, video, audio, native, and social media, on multiple devices such as computers, mobile devices, and connected TVs. The platform acts as a demand-side solution, allowing users to programmatically purchase digital ad inventory while leveraging data to enhance ad performance. The Trade Desk generates revenue by charging fees based on a percentage of its clients' advertising expenditures, and it also offers additional data and value-added services to support its users.

Jeff Green

Founder and CEO

Samantha Jacobson

Board Member, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President

David Uchimoto

Senior Director, Research and Development

4 past transactions

Sincera

Acquisition in 2025
Sincera is a metadata company that helps you build better products for digital advertising.

Rembrand

Series A in 2025
Rembrand is an advertising agency that specializes in a range of marketing services, including brand strategy, campaign management, and social media marketing. The agency focuses on online marketing techniques such as content marketing, display advertising, and newsletter campaigns. Additionally, Rembrand offers services for brand creation, revitalization, design, and experience, as well as employer branding and search engine marketing. In a notable development, Rembrand has also developed a programmatic product placement platform that utilizes generative AI to enhance videos with virtual product placements. This innovative approach allows brands to connect with creators, making virtual placements more scalable and effective in monetizing video content without relying on interruptive ads.

Sincera

Seed Round in 2023
Sincera is a metadata company that helps you build better products for digital advertising.

Adbrain

Acquisition in 2017
Adbrain Ltd. operates a real-time, self-service demand-side advertising platform that enables marketers to understand and engage with customers across various internet-connected devices and channels. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, with additional operations in New York, the company specializes in identity resolution technology, creating actionable customer ID maps that allow for effective targeting as consumers switch between devices. Adbrain's platform champions a transparent media buying model, empowering advertisers to run campaigns independently while retaining insights into their customer interactions. This comprehensive approach facilitates a single customer view, enabling marketers to measure user behavior and optimize their strategies across both online and offline environments. In 2017, Adbrain became a subsidiary of The Trade Desk, Inc.
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