LiveIntent

New York, NY, USA Advertising Technology Acquired

LiveIntent is a people-based marketing and identity platform that turns the authenticated email address into a portable, cross-channel identifier. The company operates a large identity graph (over 235 million unique hashed email addresses per month) used to identify, target, and monetize audiences across email, web, mobile, and connected TV. Through its publisher network of more than 2,000 premium publishers, LiveIntent also powers email monetization and ad serving inside the inbox. Founded in 2009 by Matt Keiser and headquartered in New York City, LiveIntent was acquired by Zeta Global in October 2024 for approximately $250 million and now operates as a Zeta Global company.

Acquired

LiveIntent has been acquired

Acquired by Zeta Global October 21, 2024 ~$250M (cash + stock)

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2009

Employees

201–500

Total Funding

$32.5M

4 rounds

Funding

Total raised $32.5M across 4 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series D

Date

June 17, 2015

Amount

$32.5M

Valuation

Lead Investors

FTV Capital
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
June 17, 2015 Series D $32.5M FTV Capital
December 27, 2013 Series C Not disclosed
2012 Series B Not disclosed

Leadership

  • Matt Keiser

    Founder & CEO

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  • Brett Pinegar

    COO & CFO

  • Jon Beck

    Chief Revenue Officer

  • Kerel Cooper

    SVP, Global Marketing

  • Andrew MacMannis

    SVP, Demand Sales and Client Services

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Zeta Global

    AI-powered marketing technology and data cloud platform; LiveIntent's eventual acquirer, previously a competitor in identity-driven omnichannel marketing.

  • The Trade Desk

    Programmatic advertising platform whose Unified ID 2.0 framework offers an email-based open-web identity alternative competing with LiveIntent's nonID.

  • LiveRamp

    Identity resolution and data connectivity platform offering RampID and Authenticated Traffic Solution, directly competing with LiveIntent's identity graph.

  • Criteo

    Commerce media and retargeting platform with first-party data and identity solutions competing for email and web advertising budgets.

  • Epsilon (Publicis Groupe)

    Data-driven marketing and identity company with a large consumer identity graph used for people-based advertising and CRM activation.

  • Acxiom (IPG / Interpublic)

    Customer data and identity platform offering identity resolution and audience targeting services that overlap with LiveIntent's offering.

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