Top Monetization Startups in 2027

Skillz is the leading marketplace platform that helps players discover mobile games and compete against other players around the world. At the same time, the company helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz has hosted over 2 billion tournaments entries for 30 million mobile players worldwide and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. Headquartered in San Francisco and Portland, the company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises including the investment arm of the NFL and owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets and Sacramento Kings. Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

OpenAudience is the people-based marketing platform for the open web. OpenAudience allows publishers to gain insights about their audience and rethink how to value consumer attention. OpenAudience allows marketers to plan and buy with ease and performance across the open web, across all screens. The first of its kind capability to unlock walled garden advertising efficiency and ease across the entirety of the open web has been engineered around three core pillars: privacy, knowledge and performance. People first, reaching every digitally addressable adult across every device, screen and household on the open web. Clients work with OpenX because of our commitment to quality, our ability to deliver highly efficient and scalable marketplaces and our superior partner service. We are ranked as one of the cleanest supply sources for high-quality inventory in the world across both desktop and mobile app. Investment in high-quality teams and technology enables us to transact ever increasing value for clients as the industry expands to new platforms and screens.