Freebird

Freebird has evolved into a mobility-based advertising and rewards platform that connects consumer transportation with verified customer spend, enabling brands and venues to acquire customers through targeted ride incentives. Building on its early foundation in travel technology, the company raised a $16M+ Series A led by American Express Ventures with participation from Citi Ventures, PAR Capital Ventures, and others, positioning the business for accelerated growth and expanded partnerships.

In parallel, Freebird has continued to scale its model through retail investor participation, including an additional $3.2M raise on Wefunder, which supports its national rollout strategy, data-driven marketplace, and expansion into new markets and brand partnerships. The platform has already demonstrated traction with millions of rides, billions in tracked transactions, and a scalable, performance-based advertising model that aligns marketing spend directly with verified consumer activity.

Bryan helped curate the Series A capital raise strategy for Freebird by leveraging his personal network of investors and aligning positioning, narrative, and future partnerships and placement.

Through VNeck Media, he executed a full-scale media and investor outreach strategy—producing broadcast commercials, social media campaigns, webinars, and curated investor events, while securing podcast placements to elevate the Founder and CEO’s visibility. In parallel, Bryan played a key role in developing strategic brand partnerships integrated directly into the platform, strengthening both the company’s market presence and its value proposition to investors by tying growth, distribution, and monetization into a cohesive, scalable story. These efforts led to an acquisition by the AR digital platform company, Vatom. (vatom.com)