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The Shipyard provides marketing and advertising services focused on performance-driven brand building and relationship engineering for a wide range of clients. It designs and runs strategic campaigns by combining data analytics, creative storytelling, and innovative technology to drive brand loyalty and market results, with ongoing execution and optimization. The company stands out through a people-first culture that prioritizes personal development, mental health, and diversity, which it links to higher-quality service and client satisfaction. Its goal is to deliver measurable results by strengthening brands and boosting market performance through data-informed marketing and strong client relationships.
About The Shipyard
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consulting
Design
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$161M
Headquarters
Columbus, Ohio
Founded
2002
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- FancyAI gives The Shipyard a 2026 story for AI search budgets shifting from SEO.
- The Shipyard said TinyWins added over 75 professionals and expanded digital and AI capabilities.
- Alaris's 2025 follow-on capital funded acquisitions, signaling backer support for continued roll-up growth.
What critics are saying
- Alaris invested another US$21.5 million on May 14, 2025, increasing financial leverage and payout obligations.
- Integrating Fahlgren Mortine, TURNER, TinyWins, and FancyAI risks culture clashes through 2026.
- If OpenAI or Google changes generative ranking rules, FancyAI's GEO promise collapses quickly.
What makes The Shipyard unique
- The Shipyard acquired FancyAI on February 12, 2026, bundling GEO into client services.
- Its 2025 Fahlgren Mortine and TURNER acquisitions create a paid, earned, owned platform.
- The Shipyard Collective unifies creative, communications, media, and digital teams under one operating model.
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Funding
Total Funding
$161M
Above
Industry Average
Funded Over
3 Rounds
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 17%1 year growth
↑ 17%2 year growth
↑ 17%The Shipyard, a Columbus-based independent agency, has made a strategic investment in FancyAI, a Generative Engine Optimisation platform, becoming the first agency to offer patent-pending GEO technology directly to clients. The investment values FancyAI at an undisclosed amount. FancyAI helps brands improve visibility and credibility across AI-powered discovery environments as consumer behaviour shifts from traditional search engines to AI-generated recommendations. The platform provides actionable insights to influence how brands are interpreted and prioritised by AI systems. The Shipyard has begun deploying FancyAI's technology internally and with select clients across paid, earned and owned channels. The investment forms part of The Shipyard's long-term strategy to integrate best-in-class capabilities with proprietary technology, following recent acquisitions of TinyWins, Fahlgren Mortine and Turner PR.
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The Shipyard has acquired digital agency TinyWins in a cash-and-stock deal, expanding its integrated offering and pushing projected revenue past $100 million.
The Shipyard expands capabilities with acquisition of TinyWins, the global digital feelings studio.
Matt Bruot Named President of The Shipyard CollectiveCOLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Following The Shipyard's recent acquisition of Fahlgren Mortine, the reigning PRSA agency of the Year, and its subsidiary TURNER, one of the nation's leaders in travel, tourism and lifestyle marketing, the firm introduces a new operating model, The Shipyard Collective."With the Shipyard Collective, we have built one seamless agency value proposition that leverages all our amazing craft and creative disciplines in paid, earned, and owned media," said Rick Milenthal, chairman and CEO of The Shipyard
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About The Shipyard
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consulting
Design
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$161M
Headquarters
Columbus, Ohio
Founded
2002
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