PR and LinkedIn agency for AdTech scale-ups: making yourself heard in a market that is reinventing itself
You build solutions that make brands visible at scale. Yet your buyers (CMOs, media buyers, DPOs) have already evaluated dozens of tools like yours. They make their decision before the demo. Linker builds the communication that gets your startup's name and perspective into their radar, long before they even need to look for you.
4000+
500+
250+
Communication challenges for AdTech companies
In a market where walled gardens capture 70% of digital advertising spend, independent AdTech companies don't win on features. They win on trust, credibility, and the founder's point of view.
Differentiating in a market saturated with "AI-powered, cookieless, privacy-first"
Your competitors use the same terms. DSP, SSP, retail media, identity graph: the promises all sound the same. What differentiates an AdTech company in the long run is a founder with a recognized public point of view on real market debates: SPO, post-cookie measurement, Ad Context Protocol, CTV. Linker builds that positioning.
Raising funds in a selective market
AdTech funds are more selective than ever. With walled gardens capturing nearly 70% of digital advertising spend, investors demand crystal-clear differentiation and a credible founder. An established presence on LinkedIn and in the tech and business press precedes and reinforces your pitch.
Selling to skeptical and over-solicited buyers
Your CMOs, media buyers, and DPOs have been disappointed by broken AdTech promises. They no longer trust sales pitches; they trust the founders they have read about in Minted or followed on LinkedIn. Your public credibility is a sales prerequisite, not a bonus.
Recruiting engineers who avoid AdTech
AdTech suffers from an ambiguous image among developers: tracking, surveillance, opaque monetization. The data scientists and engineers you are looking for choose their employers based on the founder's public vision. Communicating about responsible advertising and the technology you are building means recruiting differently.
Standing out against the walled gardens
Google, Meta, and Amazon capture 70% of digital advertising spend. As an independent AdTech company, your differentiation isn't just technological—it's narrative. Why you, rather than a native tool within an existing platform? This answer needs to circulate before every sales meeting.
Building an international reputation from the start
Most French AdTech companies sell in Paris, London, Amsterdam, and beyond as soon as they reach the scale phase. Your credibility in France (coverage in Les Echos, presence in Minted) builds the reputation that precedes your arrival in every new market.
LinkedIn and Press Relations for AdTech companies
Your buyers, investors, and talent have two distinct ways of staying informed: they scroll LinkedIn to follow live market debates (SPO, retail media, post-cookie, CTV) and they memorize the names they see in Minted, CB News, or Les Echos. Linker works on both simultaneously for AdTech founders in France.
LinkedIn to engage your prospects, investors, and talent on a daily basis.
CMOs, DPOs, and media buyers with the budget to purchase an AdTech solution use LinkedIn as an active monitoring tool. Linker positions AdTech founders as the opinion leaders their vertical consults—whether in programmatic, CTV, retail media, or identity resolution—before every purchasing or investment decision.
Public Relations
Public Relations to establish your legitimacy in the media that matters.
An op-ed in Minted or an interview in Les Echos establishes a level of credibility that even the best LinkedIn profile cannot replicate alone. Linker places AdTech companies in the media that your buyers, investors, and target talent actually read, with angles rooted in the live debates of your market.
The two levers together for greater impact
LinkedIn and Public Relations combined create the influence system necessary for a founder in the AdTech ecosystem. This is where your buyers, investors, and future talent live. Together, these two levers build lasting thought leadership: you become the opinion leader in your AdTech segment.
Startups & scale-ups supported by Linker
How Linker intervenes based on your stage in the AdTech lifecycle
Your AdTech company's journey always has a story to tell. Some milestones only happen once: a post-cookie pivot, a first major account, a fundraising round in a niche market. Failing to communicate them means leaving credibility on the table.
Build the authority that precedes the pitch
AdTech funds monitor your segment long before they meet you. Linker deploys a LinkedIn strategy on your founder profile rooted in your vertical (programmatic, CTV, retail media, identity resolution) so that you embody a recognized expert perspective. In parallel, we secure op-eds in Les Echos or Minted so that investors have already encountered your name in a positive context before your first email.
Turn your launch into a statement on current AdTech debates
Whether you are launching a post-cookie solution, a CTV module, a retail media offering, or an attention measurement tool, Linker orchestrates your media window. We craft the angle for Minted, CB News, or AdtechNews, coordinate founder posts on LinkedIn, and secure coverage in the media your buyers and investors read. Your launch becomes a definitive stance on a market debate, not just another product announcement.
The founder as a signal of trust for buyers and talent
In AdTech, commercial decisions often pass through media agencies before reaching brands. A planner at Publicis Media, GroupM, or Havas who has read about you in Minted or followed you on LinkedIn will recommend you even before the official RFP. Linker builds the visibility that makes you the AdTech solution that agencies recommend, publishers want to meet, and programmatic and ad ops engineers want to join.
Are you preparing for a funding round, a launch, or an expansion in AdTech?
30 minutes to analyze your positioning, understand your goals, and define the communication levers that make sense for your current stage. Based in Paris, we work with AdTech startups all across France.
Why choose Linker for your AdTech startup communications
We work exclusively with tech startups and scale-ups, and we know AdTech. Our sector expertise combined with mastery of LinkedIn and PR is what positions you as the go-to authority in your segment.
We know AdTech
Programmatic, SSP, DSP, CTV, retail media, identity resolution, brand safety, SPO: no need to explain your market to us. We know the sub-segments, the current debates, and the authoritative media outlets that your buyers and investors follow.
LinkedIn + Public Relations
You know your product; we know LinkedIn and PR. We know how to speak to AdTech investors, media buyers, and the tech talent you want to hire.
AdTech media network ready to activate immediately
Minted, CB News, AdtechNews, Stratégies, La Réclame, Les Echos: long-term relationships with the journalists who actually cover French AdTech.
Full delegation or guided support
Would you rather delegate entirely or stay in the driver's seat? Linker adapts to your needs, whether for LinkedIn or PR. The goal remains the same: positioning you as the thought leader in your AdTech segment.
They built their AdTech credibility with Linker
Founders who closed their Series A with established notoriety in trade media. AdTech CEOs who receive inbound requests from CMOs without any cold outreach. Executives who have become the go-to experts for Minted and CB News.
Our communication services for AdTech startups
LinkedIn helps you own the space and build daily social proof. The press helps establish your status and secure your long-term authority. Together, they create an influence system that transforms AdTech CEOs into thought leaders in their segment.
Discover the services offered by our LinkedIn and Public Relations (PR) agency in Paris.
LinkedIn Agency
Engage your prospects, investors, and talent.
Whether through ghostwriting, LinkedIn coaching, content strategy, or personal branding, Linker builds your LinkedIn presence within your AdTech vertical: programmatic, CTV, retail media, and identity resolution. We structure the angles that resonate with your audience and write content that stays true to your voice.
Public Relations Agency
Establish your authority in key media outlets.
From tailored journalist pitches, op-eds, and press releases to media training, Linker positions you in publications like Minted, CB News, AdtechNews, Stratégies, and Les Echos on the topics driving your market: post-cookie measurement, CTV, retail media, brand safety, and AI in advertising. Every piece of coverage serves a specific goal.
Frequently asked questions about startup communication in AdTech
Communication for an AdTech business cannot be improvised in a sector where your buyers are market experts themselves. Here is what you need to know before you get started.
Resources LinkedIn & PR for startups and scale-ups
LinkedIn communication and Public Relations agency in Paris.
