AdGear is an online advertising technology company and the first official advertising technology provider for theGovernment of Canada.[1] The privately owned company was founded in 2008 by Yves Poiré, Vlad Stesin and Bosko Milekic in Montreal, Canada. It currently operates offices inMontreal underSamsung.
In 2013 the company announced it would power ad delivery for LaPresse+, the tablet edition of Montreal-based newspaperLa Presse.[2] The French language's tablet app will replace the weekly print edition by the beginning of 2016.[3]
AdGear also providesrich media ad serving for the tablet edition of theToronto Star's tablet app Star Touch,[4] which launched in September 2015. In September 2015, AdGear also became the first ever digital advertising technology provider for the Government of Canada.[5]
In June 2016 AdGear was acquired bySamsung Electronics.[6]
AdGear offers a full-stack of real-time advertising products, such as ademand-side platform called AdGear Trader, a data management platform, an advertiserad server and a publisher ad server.