Building the Future of Data & Advertising
What We Do
Building the Next Great Holding Company
1903 Group acquires amazing businesses at the intersection of data and advertising.
Buy Smart Companies
We target profitable businesses with proven problem-solving capabilities and a track record of delivering meaningful impact.
Build With Focus
We partner with relentless leaders and equip them with the resources, insights, and expertise to build upon their core vision.
Unlock New Growth
We empower our companies to expand faster and further, unlock new opportunities, and actualize their full potential.
Our Companies
A Portfolio Defined by Innovation and Impact
Each company we partner with shares a commitment to solving big problems and creating lasting value.
Cross Screen Media
Helping political and public affairs agencies succeed in the Convergent TV space.
Cross Screen Media is built to help political and public affairs agencies win elections and influence policy. As a leading data-driven CTV activation managed service, they drive success by identifying meaningful audiences, activating media plans that maximize reach, and connecting back to real world strategies. Cross Screen Media seamlessly fits into existing workflows to help agencies scale, differentiate and deliver high-impact campaigns for their clients.
Battleground Data
Coming Soon
Battleground Impact
Coming Soon
Leadership
Michael Beach
Co-Founder and CEO
Michael Beach is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the 1903 Group, an innovative holding company focused on building amazing businesses at the intersection of data and advertising. Michael is also the founder of Cross Screen Media (a 1903 Group company), a media analytics and software company that enables marketers to plan, activate, and measure CTV and linear TV at the local level. He has appeared in publications such as PBS Frontline, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Axios, CNBC, and Bloomberg, as well as on NPR’s Planet Money podcast.
Ravi Patel
Co-Founder and CFO
Ravi currently serves as a CFO and Board Member of 1903 Group, where he leverages his extensive experience in scaling growth-stage technology companies — driving both organic growth and strategic acquisitions with a focus on data and enterprise software solutions. In addition, he is a Managing Director at NQB8, a holding company and incubator for zero-to-one technology businesses. Ravi holds a B.S. in Economics from Northwestern University and was once a professional golfer, having competed across four countries and six tours.
Auren Hoffman
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
CEO, NQB8. Chm, SafeGraph. GP, Flex Capital. fmr CEO, LiveRamp. geo & GIS nerd. Loves: non-obvious ideas, dinner parties, weirdos, and email.
