Xcout IntelSign inSubscribe

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.

DRCTAdtechHouston, United States

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. operates a comprehensive, full-service programmatic advertising platform, managing the entire digital advertising workflow from conception to execution. This sophisticated platform is specifically designed to deliver cutting-edge advertising technology and optimize campaigns using data-driven insights. It primarily extends these crucial services to segments of the digital advertising market—encompassing both advertisers (buy-side) and publishers (sell-side)—that have traditionally been overlooked or operate with suboptimal efficiency. The firm serves a diverse range of industries, including travel, healthcare, education, financial services, and consumer products, with a significant focus on assisting small and medium-sized businesses. Established in 2018, the company maintains its corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Subscribe to see Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.’s full profile → the full roster, investors in every round, weekly hiring history and every corporate event

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. at a glance

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. is an adtech company headquartered in Houston, United States. It is publicly listed (DRCT) with a market capitalisation of $730,481. Xcout tracks 25 named people at Direct Digital Holdings, Inc., including Lashawnda Goffin (Chief Executive Officer of Colossus SSP).

Industry
Adtech
Headquarters
Houston, United States
Market cap
$730,481
Employees
79
Ticker
DRCT

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. leadership

  • Lashawnda GoffinChief Executive Officer of Colossus SSP
  • Diana DiazCorporate Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
  • Diana P. DiazChief Financial Officer
  • Anu PillaiChief Technology Officer
  • Maria Vilchez LowreyChief Growth Officer
  • Mark D. WalkerCo-Founder, Chairman & CEO

19 more named people on record for Direct Digital Holdings, Inc., with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. competitors

A few of Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.'s closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.DV · AdtechNew York City, United States
69% matchPublic

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. offers a comprehensive software platform designed for measuring, analyzing, and providing data insights for digital media, serving clients both domestically and across global markets. Through its various offerings, the company equips advertisers with impartial data analytics, empowering them to significantly enhance the impact, integrity, and financial returns of their online advertising campaigns. Among its core solutions is DV Authentic Ad, a crucial tool for assessing digital media quality by scrutinizing factors such as advertising fraud, brand suitability, ad viewability, and geographic placement for every individual digital advertisement. Another is the DV Authentic Attention solution, which furnishes predictive analytics on audience exposure and engagement, thereby optimizing campaign efficacy. Additionally, the Custom Contextual solution enables advertisers to strategically align their advertisements with pertinent content, thereby maximizing user interaction and boosting overall campaign results. The company also features the DV Publisher Suite, a specialized offering for digital publishers. This suite helps them optimize revenue and enhance inventory utilization by improving video content delivery, pinpointing missed or unsold opportunities, and consolidating data from all available inventory sources. Furthermore, DV Pinnacle provides a user-friendly service and analytics platform interface, allowing clients to configure and implement controls for their media strategies and diligently monitor campaign performance across diverse channels, formats, and devices. These sophisticated software solutions are seamlessly integrated throughout the broader digital advertising ecosystem, encompassing programmatic trading platforms, connected television (CTV), social media outlets, and various digital publishers. DoubleVerify caters to a wide array of clients, including prominent brands, publishers, and other supply-side entities, spanning numerous sectors such as consumer packaged goods, finance, telecommunications, technology, automotive, and healthcare. Established in 2008, the company maintains its headquarters in New York, New York.

Market cap$2.1B
Employees1,197
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. competitors & alternatives →
Viant Technology Inc.DSP · AdtechIrvine, United States
67% matchPublic

Viant Technology Inc. specializes in providing advanced advertising technology solutions. Among its key offerings is ViantAI, an artificial intelligence product suite. The company also provides Holistic, an integrated Omnichannel Demand-Side Platform (DSP) designed to streamline the management of advertising campaigns across various channels and provide access to crucial performance metrics. Its Household ID solution unifies diverse digital and personal identifiers to create a consistent profile for entire households. Furthermore, IRIS_ID serves as a content identifier, enabling partners to exchange granular video data, which facilitates enhanced planning, precise targeting, and comprehensive measurement for advertising within streaming platforms. The Viant Data Platform empowers users to merge their proprietary first-party data with information from leading third-party providers, unlocking valuable insights, robust reporting capabilities, and precise attribution. Additionally, the company features Direct Access, a supply path optimization program that establishes a streamlined route to high-quality advertising inventory. Its Advanced Reporting and Measurement tools deliver detailed analytics, encompassing conversion lift analysis, multi-touch attribution, foot-traffic insights, digital out-of-home (DOOH) performance, sales reports, and return on ad spend (ROAS) analytics. A Flexible Customer Engagement Model is also provided, ensuring clients benefit from transparency and maintain control over their advertising initiatives and the supporting data infrastructure. Viant distributes its platform through a dedicated direct sales team, concentrating on business development across diverse markets. Its clientele includes buyers of programmatic advertising inventory, a range of advertising agencies – from large enterprises to independent and mid-market firms – and individual marketers. Established in 1999, the company maintains its headquarters in Irvine, California. Viant Inc., a component of this entity, functions as a subsidiary of American Lifecare Holdings Inc.

Market cap$873.5M
Employees470
Viant Technology Inc. competitors & alternatives →

Get Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.'s news by email

Funding rounds, acquisitions, new executives, launches and expansions, each with a two-line summary and a link to the source. One short email a day, only when there is news.

Free: up to 5 companies, daily. Subscribers also follow whole sectors and saved filters (M&A in Israel, AI funding…), get instant alerts, in-app notifications and signed webhooks, and open the full profile behind every name. Subscribe →

Share this card

Post the link and the card appears automatically — each network fetches the image itself.

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. — share card preview

Instagram, TikTok and Slack canvases don't expand links — download the card as a PNG and post it as an image instead.

More on Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. in Xcout Intel

  • 25 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
  • 4 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
  • The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access
Subscribe to Xcout Intel →