Top Influencer Marketing Startups in 2024

Linqia combines the science and accountability of online media with award-winning service to deliver guaranteed influencer marketing results for our clients. Our AI-driven platform and team of experts are leading the transformation of influencer marketing into a scalable media channel. The Linqia platform also serves as a social content lab, where marketers can organically test and amplify the best performing influencer content to drive greater ROI from their paid, owned and earned media. Founded in 2012, Linqia works with over 300 leading national brands including Black & Decker, Gerber, Herdez, Kimberly-Clark, Mezzetta, McDonald’s, NBC, Nestle, Purina, Square, Unilever, Uniqlo, Viacom and Walmart. Linqia is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with offices in New York, Chicago, and Bentonville.

We hold a firm conviction that small businesses serve as the backbone of our economy and are an essential part of the social fabric that connects people. With the advancements in technology and access to resources, starting a small business has become more accessible than ever before. However, despite this progress, many small businesses struggle to succeed due to the high cost of business tools and services, which are often priced for larger enterprises. This unfortunate reality puts small businesses at a disadvantage, as they lack the resources to invest in expensive tools and services that could help them grow and compete in their respective markets. They are often unable to allocate significant funds towards marketing and advertising, which are critical for expanding their reach and attracting new customers. We believe that small businesses deserve access to affordable tools and services that can help them thrive and compete with larger companies. Our mission at Social Cat is to provide small business owners the tools and resources to run marketing as a professional without breaking the bank. Our goal is to level the playing field for small businesses and help them grow, succeed, and make a positive impact on the economy and the communities they serve.

AspireIQ solves the massive problem that faces every consumer business of how to produce, track and optimize branded content across the web. The platform makes the process of collaborating with photographers, models, influencers and other creatives more seamless and scalable than ever before in addition to providing the infrastructure to constantly learn and target the right content for the right person through the right channel.

inBeat is a micro-influencer marketing agency that serves online brands to help them with their social media influencer marketing requirements. Our service is designed to help clients get the most out of working with influencers. The average cost per engagement for micro-influencers is much lower than for typical macro-influencers and celebrities. We take care of everything for you; discovery, negotiation, payments, agreements, and strategy.

The Cirqle is a cloud-based software platform allowing agencies and brands to manage, monitor and measure real-time, scaleable cross-border influencer campaigns. Our platform provides clients with key insights on their talent’s social performance, whilst allowing OAuth verified Influencers and agencies to easily create beautiful influencer campaigns with trackability to off-and-online sales.

Our Agency TikTal is a dedicated TikTok influencer marketing and talent agency. We support brands' launch creative activations leveraging the power of video. We are on a mission to deliver memorable stories in a native format and looking for people to join us on the mission.

Kale is a rewards platform that provides everyday people with an easy way to earn cash by talking about the products they love. We've partnered with brands like Notion, Häagen-Dazs, Olipop, Oura Ring, Anthropologie, Free People, G Fuel etc. The team is based out of New York City and we have a very fun and collaborative environment.

Run Influencer Campaigns With The Tools You Already Have. Gatsby adds influencer insights & collab tracking to marketing automation tools brands already have, like Klaviyo, Omnisend, Yotpo and Gorgias, so they can get more done. Our Why Facebook ads are expensive. We hear it all the time. Brands are looking for another scalable way to acquire new customers. Brands are thinking about influencers, but don't know where to start. The agencies & platforms are expensive, manual DMing is a nightmare, and who has time to keep that collaboration spreadsheet up to date? Solution What if there was a way to turn your Klaviyo account into an influencer marketing platform? That's what Gatsby does. But not just Klaviyo, how about Gorgias, Omnisend, and a bunch of other tools brands are already using. Website: gatsby.ai Sales Overview: bernstein.box.com/s/hriwqe5pgwwo4bvmr998b1n25x68x00c Shopify App: apps.shopify.com/gatsby

Influenxio is the leading social marketing platform powered by hundreds of thousands of creators across social media. We empower brands to build large-scale influencer programs to drive massive impact, as well as local business owners to increase sales by the power of word of mouth across social media. From discovery down to payment, Influenxio’s platform allows for seamless collaboration between brands and influencers at scale. Finding the fit influencers for an advertiser or finding paid sponsorships for an influencer has never been easier!