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Swivel funding, valuation and investors
AI automation for advertising operations (formerly PilotDesk).
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series A
$5.8M · April 2025
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$5.8M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series a
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Tribeca Venture Partners
Overview
Swivel, formerly PilotDesk, builds AI automation for advertising operations teams managing campaigns, trafficking, and reporting. Tribeca Venture Partners headlined a $5.8M Series A in 2025 with Ardent Venture Partners, Roster Capital, and Aperiam Ventures participating. Tribeca leads NYC Series A deals ($3-15M) for companies with product in market and customer feedback.
Why Swivel is interesting
Ad ops still runs on spreadsheets and email — Swivel targets the unglamorous workflow layer media buyers actually live in.
Product & use cases
AI agents and workflow automation for ad ops: trafficking, QA, reporting, and platform coordination across demand-side workflows.
- Automating ad campaign trafficking between platforms
- Reducing manual reporting for agency ops teams
- QA checks on live campaign configurations
Key facts
- Series A: $5.8M headlined by Tribeca VP
- Formerly PilotDesk — AI ad ops automation
- NYC Series A specialist Tribeca lead
- Co-investors: Ardent, Roster, Aperiam
Funding history (newest first)
Series A
2025-04 $5.8MInvestors in our directory
Funds linked from Swivel's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Edge: Tribeca hands-on NYC Series A lead with ad-tech operator network.
Ad ops automation must integrate with DSP/SSP APIs that change frequently; Swivel's wedge is mid-market agencies with acute labor pain.
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Manual agency ops teams incumbent
Default spreadsheet + Jira workflows.
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Workfront / Adobe incumbent
Marketing workflow suites without ad-trafficking depth.
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Internal build scripts alternative
Agency custom automation.
Notable stories
- Tribeca's 'jump on the subway and whiteboard' model fits Swivel's NYC ad-tech customer base per VCT.
Industries
Market / IPO context
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