About AdsJockey

Ad buying in India runs on phone calls, PDFs and guesswork. We're replacing all three.

AdsJockey exists so that a brand in Indore can book a hoarding in Mumbai with the same confidence - and the same transparent pricing - as a national agency. Every rate public. Every listing verified. Every booking tracked.

₹180Cr+media booked through the platform
2,400+brands buying media
5,000+verified media options
28cities with live inventory

How we got here

2022
Founded in a Pune co-working space

Two ex-media planners and an engineer spend six months calling hoarding owners to build the first verified rate card - 312 listings across 3 cities.

2023
First online booking, end to end

A D2C tea brand books a Pune bus-shelter campaign without a single phone call. Payments, artwork and monitoring photos all move through the dashboard.

2024
Beyond outdoor

Radio, cinema, print and transit inventory comes online. The campaign planner launches, letting buyers mix media types in one plan.

2026
₹180 crore and counting

5,000+ verified listings across 28 cities, 2,400+ active buyers, and a 40-person team across Pune and Mumbai.

What we hold ourselves to

Rates in the open

If a price can't be published, the listing doesn't go live. No “call for pricing”, ever.

Both sides win

We only earn when a booking completes - so we're accountable to buyers and owners equally.

Numbers over adjectives

Reach figures carry their methodology. “Premium location” is not a metric; impressions per day is.

Days, not weeks

Every process we ship must be faster than the phone-and-email version it replaces. Otherwise we don't ship it.

The team

ADArjun DeshpandeCo-founder & CEO · ex-media planner
SISana IyerCo-founder & COO · supply & verification
RVRohan VenkatesanCo-founder & CTO
PKPriya KulkarniHead of Media Planning
FNFarhan NadkarniHead of Owner Partnerships
DMDevika MenonDesign Lead
VTVikrant ThakurEngineering Lead
NJNeha JhaHead of Buyer Success

In the press

THE MORNING BRIEF

“The startup quietly standardising India's most opaque ad market.”

startup_setu

“AdsJockey's verified rate cards have become the de-facto benchmark for OOH pricing.”

MediaWeek India

“Media owners report 30% faster fill rates after listing on the platform.”

Help us fix how India buys media

We're hiring across engineering, media planning and owner partnerships in Pune and Mumbai.

See open roles