Meta42 (acquired by Cogo Labs)

Meta42 is a data-driven marketing company based in Baltimore, MD, founded on the premise of Identity-Based online marketing. Each of us is unique in the offline world and that should be true online as well. Most online databases are plagued by inaccurate, duplicate and cookie-based data that doesn’t accurately reflect the individual on the other end. By using consumer email addresses as the connective tissue, we’ve built a verified, opted-in database that enables us to run performance-based email and programmatic campaigns for our clients. We work with brands, agencies and lead buyers, from startups to the Fortune 100 to deliver the customers they need to grow their businesses. Yes, it’s about math, and data, and performance, but as seriously as we take all these things, we believe that people always come first. Our people, our partners, and—oh yes—online consumers too, always come first.