Best AdTech Companies in France
The 202 best AdTech companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Criteo.
France's AdTech ecosystem gets ranked here by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, tracking 202 companies with $489M in total capital raised. No unicorns yet, but the concentration is real: Criteo leads at $60M, Ebuzzing follows at $53M, and Geolid, Invibes, Arcads, and Happydemics fill out a top tier that together accounts for a meaningful share of the whole pool. That's the funding picture. The global market underneath it is bigger, hitting roughly $783.5B in 2024 and forecast to reach $1,496.2B by 2030 at a 14.3% CAGR, driven by AI-powered targeting, mobile expansion, and omnichannel strategies pulling budgets in every direction.
So what does France's slice of that actually look like? Honestly, I find the absence of a unicorn more telling than alarming. Data privacy and regulatory pressure keep French AdTech building carefully, not recklessly, and as shown in 2021 research on platform governance, compliance constraints shape competitive structure in ways funding totals alone don't capture. Active backers like Kima Ventures and Bpifrance signal institutional confidence in the cohort. You're looking at a market where predictive analytics and playable ads are the hot themes, and the capital, while concentrated, keeps moving.
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Ranked: Best AdTech companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Criteo Provider of commerce media platform connecting marketers and media owners | $60M | 164 mo ago | 3,563 3,563 → 3,918 (+10%) | 2005 | Michael Komasinski CEO and Board Member | 17 signals ▼61% Earnings · Leadership · Announcements | 61 patents Online ad targeting, bidding optimization, and dynamic creative generation for display ads | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Ebuzzing Technology driven video advertising solutions | $53M | 160 mo ago | — | 2007 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Geolid Cloud-based communication platform for local marketing | $36M | 99 mo ago | 200 | 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Invibes Offers an ad network that supports in-feed format advertising | $27M | 52 mo ago | 170 | 2010 | — | 8 signals ▼56% Earnings · Announcements · New product | — | — |
| 5 | Vectaury Location-based programmatic advertising platform | $24M | 92 mo ago | 100 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | NextPerf Re-targeting and Real-time content delivery. | $20M | 180 mo ago | 65 | 2008 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Teemo Offline real-life targeting and measurement platform. | $18M | 111 mo ago | 26 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Ad4Screen Mobile advertising and CRM company | $16M | 177 mo ago | 80 | 2010 | Philippe Leclercq Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 9 | Arcads AI-powered platform that enables users to create engaging video ads | $16M | 6 mo ago | — | 2023 | Dylan Fournier Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 10 | Happydemics Feedback collection tool for businesses | $16M | 18 mo ago | 66 | 2013 | Lucie Chardin COO | 3 signals ▲200% Leadership | — | 1 partnership |
| 11 | Twenga Audience acquisition solutions | $15M | 132 mo ago | 30 | 2006 | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Adikteev Provider of app retargeting to retain and re-engage existing users | $13M | 100 mo ago | 18 | 2012 | Xavier Mariani CEO & Co-founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 13 | Adot Data and technology provider for advertising | $12M | 117 mo ago | 137 | 2014 | Yannis Yahiaoui Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 14 | tvty TVTY measures and strengthens TV's impact on digital and offline outcomes in real-time to unlock advertisers'… | $11M | 117 mo ago | 49 | 2009 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Armis Web-to-store advertising solution | $8M | 99 mo ago | 59 | 2016 | David Baranes Co-founder & co-CEO | 22 signals ▲38% M&A · Funding · New product | — | — |
| 16 | Ezakus Web and Mobile predictive targeting campaigns | $8M | 138 mo ago | 41 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Gadsme Platform offering ad network software | $8M | 50 mo ago | 13 | 2020 | Simon Spaull Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder | — | 15 patents 3D web content management and visibility computation for interactive graphics rendering | — |
| 18 | Ividence SSP for email advertising | $8M | 168 mo ago | 11 | 2008 | Eric Didier Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 19 | Ysance Offers people based advertising platform | $8M | 130 mo ago | 160 | 2005 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Adyoulike Native Advertising Technology Platform | $7M | 115 mo ago | 70 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | ScreenTonic Mobile ad serving technology | $7M | 241 mo ago | 11 | 2001 | Didier Kuhn | — | — | — |
| 22 | StickyADS.tv Programmatic technology platform for Video Ad | $6M | 156 mo ago | 100 | 2009 | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Tempr AI Cloud based platform offering predictive analytics solutions | $5M | 49 mo ago | 26 | 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Sublime Programmatic advertising campaign platform | $5M | 132 mo ago | 123 | 2012 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | MediaBong Video syndication service provider | $5M | 133 mo ago | 12 | 2011 | Laurent Bury Founder & CEO | — | 7 patents Dynamic video ad delivery with real‑time user attention measurement and retargeting | — |
| 26 | DynAdmic Video Targeting Through In-Stream Audio Recognition | $4M | 108 mo ago | 30 | 2012 | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Hawk Provider of omnichannel campaign management platform | $4M | 122 mo ago | 140 | 2013 | Renaud Biet Co-Founder | 3 signals ▼40% Leadership · Funding | — | — |
| 28 | MakeMeReach Manage Facebook and Twitter Campaigns | $4M | 181 mo ago | 138 | 2009 | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Fidzup Retargeting solutions for brick and mortar businesses | $4M | 115 mo ago | 20 | 2011 | — | — | 6 patents Robust noisy-channel symbol detection and telecom terminal positioning technologies. | — |
| 30 | MobPartner Performance based mobile ad network | $4M | 182 mo ago | 45 | 2007 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Mobile Network Group Mobile advertising solution | $3M | 148 mo ago | — | 2011 | Paul Amsellem CEO | — | — | — |
| 32 | AdServerPub Performance-based ad network with retargeting capability | $3M | 156 mo ago | — | 2009 | Ylan TEMIM Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 33 | Feeligo Provides brand stickers in all mobile and web messaging services | $3M | 126 mo ago | 11 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Digiteka Online video monetization and distribution solutions provider | $3M | 162 mo ago | 35 | 2006 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Scibids Platform offering programmatic DSP software | $3M | 93 mo ago | 74 | 2016 | Remi Lemonnier Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 36 | Weborama Platform offering ID less ad server solution | $3M | 193 mo ago | 203 | 1998 | Alain Levy CEO | — | 21 patents Online behavioral profiling and cookie-based user tracking for targeted advertising | 1 launch |
| 37 | ELISE Technologies Provider of social media ad campaign management platform | $2M | 95 mo ago | 26 | 2014 | Quentin Lechemia Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 38 | Reminiz Video content discovery application | $2M | 107 mo ago | 14 | 2013 | Jack Habra Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 39 | Elium Cloud-based ad network solutions provider | $2M | 91 mo ago | — | 2016 | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | SYNC TV advertising management platform | $2M | 116 mo ago | 20 | 2011 | Colas Overkott Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 41 | Pubstack.io Cloud-based advertisement monitoring and analytics solution. | $2M | 83 mo ago | 46 | 2018 | Loic Sfiligoi Co-Founder | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 42 | Qwarry Ad campaign management platform for enterprises | $2M | 76 mo ago | 38 | 2019 | Geoffrey Berthon CEO and Founder @ Qwarry | — | — | — |
| 43 | Prim-Vision Mobile marketing for lead generation, loyalty management | $2M | 203 mo ago | 2 | 2007 | Georges Maurel CEO | — | 13 patents Personalized, secure, non‑intrusive mobile message delivery and filtering for advertising/gaming. | — |
| 44 | AlephD RTB Technology for Publishers | $2M | 151 mo ago | 14 | 2012 | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Adways Interactive Video Platform | $2M | 114 mo ago | 31 | 2010 | — | — | 4 patents Digital video advertising and editorial display hardware for targeted visual media | — |
| 46 | Playtem Native advertising for games | $2M | 141 mo ago | — | 2012 | Michael Alves CTO & Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 47 | Greenbids AI based sustainable advertisement optimization solutions for enterprises | $2M | 36 mo ago | 10 | 2022 | Jean-Baptiste Pettit Co-Founder and CTO | — | — | — |
| 48 | Kamino Retail Retail media monetization platform | $1M | 32 mo ago | — | 2023 | Emmanuel V Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 49 | PixelMe Link management and retargeting solution | $1M | 90 mo ago | 3 | 2017 | Maxime Berthelot CEO | — | — | — |
| 50 | Abyssale Automated advertising management platform | $677K | 54 mo ago | 12 | 2018 | Alessandro Stigliani Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 AdTech companies in France
#1
Seed · Mont Saint Aignan, Normandy · founded 2023$16Mraised▾
AI-powered platform that enables users to create engaging video ads. It transforms basic product links or text into captivating short video ads using AI technology. Users can write scripts, select AI actors, and generate AI UGC video ads with ease. The platform offers a library of AI actors to choose from and allows for the quick generation of multiple variations for experimentation and success at scale.
- Dec 2025Seed$16M
#2
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2013 · 66 employees$15.8Mraised▾
Feedback collection tool to businesses. Allows businesses to create surveys and polls, distribute it across multiple channels, segment responders, conduct A/B testing, and integrate it with their content. Provides reporting features as well to analyze feedback results. Capable of handling huge amounts of data, and can track data metrics like time spent hesitating on a question.
- Dec 2024Series B$13.7M
- Dec 2020Series B$3.6M
- Jun 2020Series B$6.3M
- Oct 2018Series A$1.4M
#3
Public · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2010 · 170 employees$27Mraised▾
Invibes provides a proprietary technology that offers in-feed advertising which matches the format of ad unit to the publisher content. The technology takes the user off site to the brand page while video or richmedia ad unit is played in-feed while keeping user on the site and optimized to display on premium media outlets.
- Jan 2022Post IPO$18.8M
- Apr 2021Post IPO$6M
- Nov 2019Post IPO$2.2M
- Apr 2014Seed—
#4
Public · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2005 · 3563 employees$60Mraised▾
Provider of commerce media platform connecting marketers and media owners. The platform aims to deliver consumer experiences from product discovery to purchase. It offers advertising solutions for performance and retail media. The company provides tools for customer acquisition, retention, and retargeting. It also offers video advertising and cross-channel campaign management.
- Sep 2012Series D$38.8M
- May 2010Series C$7M
- Jan 2008Series B$10.4M
- 2006Series A$3.8M
#5
Acqui-Hired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2007$53.3Mraised▾
Ebuzzing creates engaging, high impact video experiences, distributing video ads to audiences through placements within social media, and premium media properties. Ebuzzing is focused on creating innovative video distribution channels and formats that leverage the interactive nature of the Web. Outstream formats, which have been invented by Ebuzzing allow web publishers to insert video ads inside non-video content. Ebuzzing's video formats are user-initiated. Ebuzzing rebrands to Teads following the merger with Teads, a video supply side platform, in October,2014.
- Feb 2013Venture Debt$11M
- Aug 2011Series B$25M
- Dec 2010Series A$5M
- Apr 2009Series A$7M
#6
Series B · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2010 · 200 employees$36.1Mraised▾
Geolid offers a cloud-based communication platform for local marketing. It offers an online local marketing platform which allows small businesses to attract customers to their site, develops point-of-sale attendance, and measure investments in communication. It also offers an online platform for businesses to manage their social media communication & reputation. Uses data mining to identify the optimal internet advertising strategies for SMB's based on geographic area, trade, and budget. Also analyzes the ROI of campaigns, by measuring the number of phone calls caused by the announcement through call tracking.
- Mar 2018Series B$18.6M
- Sep 2015Series B$11.3M
- Jan 2013Series A$4M
- May 2010Series A$2.2M
#7
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020 · 13 employees$8Mraised▾
Platform offering ad network software. It is an online in game advertising platform. It is a platform for both advertisers and publishers to monetize games and ad experiences that deliver the attention and ensures brand lift. It is an in-game advertising platform designed for the gaming and e‑sports industries. Features include realistic experiences with premium in-game branded ads, improve game retention, control campaigns, increase revenue and drive stronger CPMs, etc.
- Apr 2022Seed$8M
#8
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2014 · 100 employees$24.4Mraised▾
Vectaury, previously known as Adnow, offers location-based programmatic advertising platform for retailers and brands to reach their target customers. The proprietary technology offers a methodology to anonymously profile mobile users by collecting smartphone data and geolocation data. It provides a demand-side platform integrated with its own DMP for advertisers to buy media inventory in real-time. In addition, it offers a trading desk platform and also offers a data management platform which collects customer data and enables advertisers to plan, design and manage ad campaigns. Clientele includes Nissan, Monoprix, L'oreal, Volkswagen, Yves Saint Laurent, ERAM and CHD Expert Group.
- Oct 2018Series A$23.1M
- Oct 2015Seed$1.3M
#9
Acquired · Chauconin Neufmontiers, Ile de France · founded 2023$1.3Mraised▾
Retail media monetization platform. Its solutions include campaign management, insights, analytics, CRM, customer engagement, and more.
- Sep 2023Seed$1.3M
#10
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2022 · 10 employees$1.7Mraised▾
AI based sustainable advertisement optimization solutions for enterprises. The platform leverages AI for data visualization via a dashboard that allows advertisers to see the carbon emissions of campaigns and track progress. It is designed to decarbonize digital advertising by tracking carbon emissions.
- Jun 2023Seed$1.7M
#11
Series A · France · founded 2020 · 26 employees$5Mraised▾
Cloud based platform offering predictive analytics solutions. It provides a platform that offers solutions for predicting the future of advertising returns by using machine learning technology. It also provides data centralization, cohort analysis tables, smart and visual dashboards, etc.
- Apr 2022Series A$5M
#12
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2014 · 26 employees$17.9Mraised▾
Teemo, formerly known as Databerries, offers an offline real-life targeting and measurement platform. Enables advertisers to target their audience based on the places they attend in real life with the geolocation data. The platform anonymously collects IDFA and GAID data and measures the number of people who visit point of sale and provides insights on their habits. Enables app publishers to monetize their geo-location data to improve their yield.
- Mar 2017Series A$16M
- Dec 2015Seed$1.9M
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