Key Takeaways
- • OptimizeGEO, a Los Altos, CA-based generative engine optimization (GEO) agentic platform provider, closed a new funding round of undisclosed size.
- • The company serves 100 global brands across 20 countries and helps multinational brands measure and improve visibility across AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot.
- • Proceeds are earmarked for accelerating global growth, expanding the platform, and scaling operations.
- • Publisher context reports a pre-Series A round led by Young Capital that values the company at approximately $80 million, with total funding raised to date of $10.2 million according to ADWEEK.
- • Named backers include media dealmaker Michael Kassan, Carolyn Everson, f7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Blockchange, Polygon, Shorooq Partners, and FalconX, among others.
Summary
OptimizeGEO, a Los Altos, California-based provider of a generative engine optimization (GEO) agentic platform, has closed a new funding round, according to FinSMEs. The amount raised was not disclosed. The company intends to use the proceeds to accelerate global growth, expand its platform, and scale operations.
Founded by Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi, OptimizeGEO helps multinational brands measure, manage, and improve their media and commerce presence across major AI platforms. Its platform analyzes visibility, share of voice, sentiment, and citations across large language models including ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot. Autonomous agents then implement recommendations across technical updates, content, media, and retail strategies. The company reports serving 100 global brands across 20 countries.
The round drew a broad group of backers, including Michael Kassan, Carolyn Everson, Gulshan Verman, Mauria Finley, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Kiran Mani, and Shiv Singh, alongside institutional and strategic investors such as f7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Young Capital, Blockchange, Polygon, Better, Shorooq Partners, VC3, Oceans, Neythri Futures Fund, Perot Jain, Impact Venture Capital, and FalconX. Coverage from other outlets adds context: ADWEEK reported that the company has raised $10.2 million to date, including an earlier seed round, and that Young Capital led a pre-Series A round valuing OptimizeGEO at $80 million. Kassan, a media dealmaker, has personally invested, though he declined to disclose the size of his investment.
Founded by Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi, OptimizeGEO helps multinational brands measure, manage, and improve their media and commerce presence across major AI platforms. Its platform analyzes visibility, share of voice, sentiment, and citations across large language models including ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot. Autonomous agents then implement recommendations across technical updates, content, media, and retail strategies. The company reports serving 100 global brands across 20 countries.
The round drew a broad group of backers, including Michael Kassan, Carolyn Everson, Gulshan Verman, Mauria Finley, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Kiran Mani, and Shiv Singh, alongside institutional and strategic investors such as f7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Young Capital, Blockchange, Polygon, Better, Shorooq Partners, VC3, Oceans, Neythri Futures Fund, Perot Jain, Impact Venture Capital, and FalconX. Coverage from other outlets adds context: ADWEEK reported that the company has raised $10.2 million to date, including an earlier seed round, and that Young Capital led a pre-Series A round valuing OptimizeGEO at $80 million. Kassan, a media dealmaker, has personally invested, though he declined to disclose the size of his investment.
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