7 Best Bevel PR Alternatives in 2026 (Compared)

Full disclosure: this guide is written by Joseph Tannous, founder of Jamco PR, which is one of the alternatives below. We've tried to be fair about when each agency is the better choice, including when that isn't us.

Founders and marketing leads at fintech, venture-backed and enterprise tech companies often ask how Bevel PR compares with other journalist-led tech PR agencies. This guide answers that directly: what Bevel PR is today, who it suits, and six alternatives, with when each one fits better. For the wider field, see our list of journalist-led tech PR agencies and our shortlist of senior-led boutique tech PR firms.

What Bevel PR is, and who it suits

Bevel was founded in New York in 2017 by Jessica Schaefer, who previously ran communications at the investment firm Point72. In July 2023 it was acquired by Avenue Z, a Miami-based digital marketing group, and bevelpr.com now redirects to Avenue Z's site.

Avenue Z describes Bevel PR as a boutique, specialty PR and strategic communications shop for fintech, venture capital, private equity and consumer brands, working with clients from venture-backed startups to public companies. Its listed services are media relations, crisis management, branding, thought leadership, corporate communications and public affairs. As part of Avenue Z, it can be paired with search, social and performance marketing.

Bevel PR suits fintech companies, investment firms and consumer brands that want PR and digital marketing from one group. We couldn't find a statement on Bevel's or Avenue Z's pages that its team is journalist-led, so if former reporters on the account matter to you, ask who will run it.

Why companies compare Bevel PR with other agencies

• They want a firm founded or staffed by former journalists, and want to see that on the agency's own site.
• They need coverage fast, for a launch, a funding round or a big enterprise deal.
• They sell enterprise tech or IT services rather than consumer or investment products.
• They want PR on its own, without a wider digital marketing program.
• They want to know what is guaranteed and what is only pitched before they sign.

Which Bevel PR alternative is best?

For guaranteed placements on the business publications executives, investors and acquirers read, for the company and its leaders, fast, choose Jamco PR: Business Insider, USA Today, Yahoo Finance, AP News and 35+ other outlets, the first live in as little as 24 hours.

For a New York firm founded by a former Forbes business reporter, Haymaker Group. For a US tech agency with veteran journalists from Bloomberg, CNBC and other top outlets on the team, Bospar. For financial services and technology with journalist-trained staff and media training, Gregory. For digital assets and frontier finance from a former New York Post correspondent, Eden Communications. For a financial-services specialist with its own VC arm, Vested. For a large global firm where brand meets capital, Prosek Partners.

The shortlist at a glance

1. Jamco PR: best for guaranteed results without a long retainer

Jamco PR gets B2B tech companies and their executives on Business Insider, USA Today, Yahoo Finance, AP News, Benzinga, Investing.com and 35+ other publications. Placements are guaranteed: if one doesn't go live within 60 days, it's replaced with another top-tier outlet at no extra cost. The first placement can be live in as little as 24 hours, and most clients see their first article within 14 days.

Jamco isn't a journalist-founded firm. It suits companies that want certainty on where and when they appear, rather than a long pitching program. Choose Bevel PR or a journalist-led agency below instead if you want ongoing pitching to specific reporters, crisis work or media training.

2. Haymaker Group: best for a firm founded by a former Forbes reporter

Haymaker Group is a New York PR agency. Its website says its founder started the firm after working as a business reporter at Forbes, and that it works with companies from startups to the Fortune 500. Services include media relations, executive thought leadership, messaging, media training, bylines and crisis work.

Good fit for tech companies in the US that want reporter-style storytelling and media relations.

3. Bospar: best for former top-tier reporters on the team

Bospar was founded in 2015 and lists offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Boston. It says its team includes veteran journalists from Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNET, CNBC, Fox News, InformationWeek, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Technology and AI lead its industry list, alongside fintech and healthcare.

Good fit for US tech companies that want former business and tech reporters working on their pitches, plus launch and funding announcements.

4. Gregory: best for financial services and technology companies

Gregory (Gregory FCA) is headquartered in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, with offices in Boston, New York and London. Financial services and technology are its core industries. It says 18% of its team comes from outlets such as The New York Times, CNBC and Barron's, and it offers media training alongside media relations.

Good fit for fintech and technology companies that want journalist-trained media relations and executive coaching from one agency.

5. Eden Communications: best for digital assets and frontier finance

Eden Communications is a New York strategic communications firm for companies at the frontier of finance and technology, with a focus on digital assets and financial services. Its founder, Ebony Lewkovitz, was a reporter and The New York Post's Washington correspondent, and earlier worked at ABC, The Sydney Morning Herald and Al Jazeera.

Good fit for crypto, digital asset and fintech companies that want a journalist-founded team, including on policy and regulatory communications.

6. Vested: best for a financial-services specialist

Vested is a financial marketing and communications agency with offices in New York and London and an operation near Des Moines, Iowa. It works with banking, fintech, insurance, mortgage, private equity and wealth management firms, says its teams are FINRA and CFA trained, and has its own VC arm, Vested Ventures.

Good fit for fintech and financial firms that want PR, content and advertising from a team that works only in finance.

7. Prosek Partners: best for a large global firm where brand meets capital

Prosek Partners was founded in 1990 by Jennifer Prosek and has more than 500 employees, with offices in New York, London, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and other cities. It describes itself as a global marketing and communications firm for complex B2B businesses at the intersection of brand and capital, with investor relations and public affairs as well as PR.

Good fit for investment firms and larger fintech or B2B companies that need communications, investor relations and special situations support across regions.

Bevel PR vs the alternatives

How Bevel PR compares with journalist-led tech PR agencies

Bevel's public pages describe a boutique PR and strategic communications shop inside a digital marketing group, with strengths in fintech, venture capital and consumer brands. Journalist-led agencies such as Haymaker Group, Bospar, Gregory and Eden Communications say on their own sites that their founders or staff came from newsrooms.

That background helps with story angles and reporter relationships, but it doesn't guarantee results. Whichever firm you choose, ask for recent placements in the outlets your buyers read and who will run your account day to day.

How we chose these agencies

We looked for firms that compete for the same buyers as Bevel PR: fintech, venture-backed and B2B tech companies in the US. We checked every fact on each agency's own website, and for Bevel used its pages on Avenue Z's site and local press on the acquisition. We left out claims we couldn't verify, and we don't name other agencies' clients.

What to ask a Bevel PR alternative before you sign

• Which fintech or B2B tech companies have you placed in the last 6 months, and where?
• Who will run our account day to day, and did they work as journalists?
• What is guaranteed, and what is only pitched?
• How will you help us show up when buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a shortlist?
• How will we measure results: articles published, branded search and pipeline, or activity reports?