About Us
Upgrow is a Full-Stack Digital Marketing Agency for Brands Who are Ready to Scale
As a “full-stack digital marketing agency” we provide end-to-end solutions for generating qualified leads and sales online.
End-to-end means building a marketing strategy that understands your target customer, their challenges, and your solution. We then translate that comprehension into high-performance paid search, paid social, SEO, display ads, and landing page design, with web analytics to test and refine over time.
Our focus on data-driven performance marketing allows us to optimize all points of the marketing funnel. Our team has the experience and processes to drive results faster with more efficiency and a shorter learning curve.
Upgrow's All-in-One Solutions
The Upgrow Leadership Team
Ryder Meehan
Ryder Meehan is the Co-CEO of Upgrow, bringing 16 years of digital marketing expertise from leading roles at Razorfish, Fossil, Samsung Mobile, and other major brands before co-founding the agency. Recognized as an industry expert by Forbes and Business.com, he leads business development and account services while specializing in direct response conversion marketing.
Danny Ng
Danny Ng is Co-Founder and Co-CEO, focusing on operations at Upgrow. He brings over 17 years of growth acquisition expertise in SEO, PPC, social media marketing, and analytics across B2C and B2B channels. Danny leads Upgrow’s agency operations and performance strategy, ensuring seamless execution of data-driven marketing campaigns for our clients.
Our Story
2017: Ryder’s company, Meehan Digital, and Danny Ng’s company, Adloha, begin collaborating after the two met at a networking event in San Francisco.
2018: The two formally merged their companies to create Upgrow and grew to four full-time staff by the end of the year. In 2018, we earned Google Ads Premier Agency status.
2019: The agency expanded the scope of services to include landing page funnel creation, ad graphic design, and lead flow automation. Ryder spoke at the PRNews Conference in New York as a featured presenter for SEO. Notable client projects included Lyft Business, SingleStore, InfluxData, and OpenSky.
2020: Despite the challenges of the pandemic and economic shutdown, Upgrow focused on B2B tech lead generation and continued to thrive. Our team reached fifteen full-time staff by the end of the year. Ryder created content for GreenFig’s Google Ads university-level courses that over a dozen schools still use.
2021: Danny opened our second office in San Diego, CA, and began hiring local talent in SoCal. We earned our LinkedIn Ads Partner status and became a certified HubSpot Partner.
2022: Upgrow ranked again on the Inc. 5000 list with a three-year revenue growth of 299%.
2023: Upgrow ranked again on the Inc. 5000 list, cracking into the top 2,000. Our full-time team reached 29 talented marketers, designers, writers, and analysts, and the biggest client win of the year was Bitwarden.
2024: In 2024, we exceeded 200,000 conversions for clients and hit a milestone of more than $30M in managed ad spend since our inception. Our Major client wins included DataStax, Percona, and Norwest Venture Partners.
2025: Our increased specialization in performance marketing for B2B tech companies allowed us to achieve more notable client wins, including Revver, EventMobi, and Espresso AI.
Growth+ROI is in our DNA
When Upgrow’s Founders, Danny Ng and Ryder Meehan, launched Upgrow in 2017, they understood why so many marketing campaigns fail.
Having spent more than a decade managing digital marketing for brands like eBay, Samsung, and Fossil, they recognized the need for a trustworthy performance agency; one that could not only execute but also understand strategy and all the pieces that needed to come together to see breakout results.
It goes back to the dawn of time for marketing:
- Right audience
- Right time
- Right offer
And so while countless marketers and agencies can turn on a basic Google Ads campaign or write some SEO meta titles, the secret sauce was to take a step back and appreciate these timeless marketing basics. With that solid foundation, we combine the components, from expertly managing ads and SEO operations to creating ads that get noticed, to set up incredible campaigns that convert. Finally, we use robust analytics to attribute everything.
Our experience and strategy, combined with flawless execution, is what we deliver for our clients.
Agency Awards
2X Inc 5000 Ranked
100+ Clients Served
$30M+ Ad Spend Managed
200K+ Conversions Generated
4.9 Customer Rating (Clutch)
4.3 Employee Satisfaction (Glassdoor)
How Upgrow's Approach Beats the Competition
End-to-end services and strategies where the other agencies dare not to tread.
Upgrow's Approach
- Brand Discovery
- Positioning/Differentiation
- Dream Client Persona Creation
- Problem/Solution Development
- Plan Audience Stages and Offers
- Landing Page Optimization/Creation
- Advanced Keyword/Audience Research
- Ad Copy Writing & Design
- CRO and Landing Page Testing
- Report & Optimize on Qualified Leads/Opps
- Advanced, Diverse Keyword/Audience Expansion
- Strategic Manual Bidding & Rules-Based Automation Once Data Volume is Reliable
- Comprehensive Expansion Opportunities
Other Agencies
- Simple Keyword/Audience Research
- Boring Ad Copy Writing & Design
- Only Choosing an Existing Landing Page
- Infrequent Reports & No Optimization for Leads
- Basic Keyword/Audience Expansion
- Low-Touch Automate Bidding
- Limited Channel Expansion Opportunities
Upgrow Agency FAQs
We've been burned by agencies before. How do I know you won't just hand us off to junior staff or disappear after a few months?
We’re not a typical agency. Our co-founders, Danny and Ryder, are actively involved in client strategy, and we assign dedicated senior team members who stay with you throughout the partnership. With 29 full-time marketers and a 4.9 customer rating on Clutch, we’ve built our reputation on long-term relationships. Plus, we offer a 60-day performance guarantee – if we’re not delivering results, you can walk away without penalty.
Our tech product is really complex. Will your team actually understand it, or will we spend months educating you?
Complex tech products are our specialty. We’ve generated 200K+ conversions for B2B tech companies including DataStax, Bitwarden, InfluxData, and SingleStore. Our team doesn’t need months to learn your industry because we only work with tech companies. We use our proprietary discovery process to quickly understand your product, target buyers, and competitive landscape so we can start driving results from day one.
How quickly can we expect to see real results from your campaigns?
Most of our tech clients see measurable improvements within 60-90 days. We focus on qualified leads and opportunities, not just traffic or clicks. Our data-driven approach means we optimize continuously, testing ad copy, landing pages, and targeting to improve performance over time. With over $30M in managed ad spend, we know what works and can accelerate your results using proven frameworks.
What makes your reporting different from agencies that just send basic performance updates?
We report on what matters to your business: qualified leads, opportunities, and ROI, not just vanity metrics. Our Brand Discovery process ensures we understand your goals upfront, and then we track everything from first click to closed deal. You’ll get clear, actionable insights about what’s working and strategic recommendations for growth, not just spreadsheets of data.
We need help across multiple channels. Can you actually deliver on SEO, paid ads, and landing pages, or should we work with specialists?
As a full-stack agency, we handle everything under one roof: paid search, social ads, SEO, landing page design, and analytics. This integrated approach means your messaging stays consistent across channels, and we can optimize the entire funnel, not just individual pieces. Our 2x Inc. 5000 ranking and Google Premier Partner status demonstrate we execute at the highest level across all services.
How to Find Us
We have office locations in San Francisco, CA and San Diego, CA.
