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Marketplace · Exited

Brandcrush

Media planning that
finally plugs in.

SectorMarketplace
Entry2020
Rampersand roleSeed · lead
StatusExited
Founded
2017
Melbourne
Founders
Teresa & Matthew
Teresa Aprile · Matthew Hurle · acquired by Criteo
Rampersand role
Lead
Seed · Lead
Latest round
$1M
Seed · Sep 2019
Why we invested

Why Brandcrush,
and why then.

Brand partnerships are the oldest form of marketing and still run on spreadsheets and cold calls. Brandcrush built the SaaS layer that turned a scattered market into a real pipeline.

Teresa and the team were operators of partnership programs before building software for them. The product was credible on day one.

The journey so far

Brandcrush ×
Rampersand

2019

Seed round

Rampersand and Startmate backed Brandcrush's seed for its retail media activation platform.

A$1M
2022

US expansion

Expanded into US grocery retail media, adding partners ahead of the Criteo deal.

2023

Acquired by Criteo

Criteo acquired Brandcrush in March 2023 to accelerate its offline and in-store retail media offering.

Partner

PN

Paul Naphtali

Managing Partner

Paul led our Seed investment and supported the team to the Criteo acquisition in 2023.

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