Kubient Acqui-Hires Team from Leading Digital Media Agency MediaCrossing Inc. to Bolster Managed Solutions Division

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Kubient, a cloud-based digital advertising platform, announced its strategic acqui-hire of MediaCrossing's assets and personnel, enhancing its Managed Services division. This acquisition adds 10 experienced employees, broadening Kubient's offerings and integrating MediaCrossing's client base into its Audience Marketplace. The deal aims to provide advanced digital advertising solutions, including campaign analytics and optimization, while strengthening Kubient’s market presence. MediaCrossing's CEO will lead brand partnerships at Kubient, marking a significant step in the company's growth strategy.

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• Addition of 10 seasoned employees enhances Kubient's workforce.
• Integration of MediaCrossing's client base increases advertising dollars in Audience Marketplace.
• Broadens Managed Service division with new capabilities like performance analysis and media reconciliation.
• Enhances data analytics and optimization services for campaign management.
• Expands market footprint into new verticals.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kubient, Inc. (NasdaqCM: KBNT, KBNTW) ("Kubient" or the "Company"), a cloud-based software platform for digital advertising, announced its strategic acqui-hire of certain assets and personnel of privately-held MediaCrossing Inc. ("MediaCrossing"), a premier digital advertising agency dedicated to bringing advertising tools, technologies and expertise to brands. As a result of the acquisition, MediaCrossing will operate within Kubient's Managed Services division.

MediaCrossing Overview
Based in Stamford, Connecticut, MediaCrossing is a digital-first media buying agency focused on driving growth for both brands and agencies. The company's mission is to provide the advertising tools, technology and expertise necessary for brand leaders to focus on what matters most: growing their business. MediaCrossing leverages technology and multi-tactic initiatives to drive performance and exceed client requested KPIs through continuous innovation and client service. The company acts as a true extension of their clients' advertising teams; handling all media strategy development, planning, buying and analytics, in conjunction with offering a multitude of tactics for their clients including programmatic advertising, paid social, paid search, search engine optimization, direct to publisher, and traditional media advertising.

Acquisition Summary and Rationale

• Strengthens Kubient's current workforce by adding 10 seasoned employees across account management, advertising operations, partnerships, and additional roles, who will offer complementary and synergistic services and solutions that integrate directly into Kubient's ecosystem, which will provide clients with a comprehensive digital media mix model
• MediaCrossing personnel bring their current client base, and their corresponding advertising dollars into the Audience Marketplace, providing them with access to supply at scale
• Broadens Kubient's Managed Service division by including: assigned account managers, real time dashboard monitoring, performance analysis, quarterly reviews, media reconciliation, payment facilitation, acceptance and utilization of competitive trade credit by specific clients
• Enables Kubient to provide reporting, analytics, and optimization recommendations throughout the lifecycle of a campaign, delivering result oriented metrics and insights
• Expands Kubient's market footprint by providing access to incremental verticals                                                                                                                                                                                       

"MediaCrossing's mission is to deliver tangible results to our clients with their digital advertising campaigns through innovation and client service," said Michael Kalman, CEO and Founder of MediaCrossing. "By joining Kubient, we're able to better assist our clients in achieving their goals, as we provide them access to supply at scale through Kubient's Audience Marketplace coupled with their fraud prevention solution, KAI. Our organization believes that the future of a successful digital advertising strategy hinges upon a brand's ability to work directly and closely with supply sources, and that is exactly why we combined our capabilities with Kubient's. This is a seminal period in the ad-tech space, and we are confident that joining an innovative company like Kubient will be immediately accretive and greatly increase our value proposition."

Paul Roberts, Founder, Chairman, CSO, and CEO of Kubient added: "MediaCrossing has a vast depth of knowledge and an incredible reputation in the industry of successfully servicing direct advertiser partnerships; a growing emphasis for Kubient. Not only does this acquisition provide us with seasoned industry experts, but it also gives us direct access to MediaCrossing's customer list. Kubient will now also offer a more extensive slate of offerings for brands looking to maximize their working media budgets, as MediaCrossing provides us with additional services and capabilities. Going forward, we intend to continue leveraging M&A as an inorganic growth engine as we scale our operations."

Michael Kalman, CEO and Founder of MediaCrossing, will join as President – Agency and Brand Partnerships, and will oversee Kubient's direct advertiser and brand partnerships along with agency clients. Robert Henrikson will remain as SVP of Operations. Michael Kalman will be reporting directly to Paul Roberts, Founder, Chairman, CSO, and CEO of Kubient. Prior to founding MediaCrossing, Kalman served as VP of Business Development at ICON, where his tenure lasted 13 years. Henrikson brings more than 20 years of industry experience, holding business development and ad ops roles at brands such as Yahoo!, Bitly, and Booker Software, in addition to his time at MediaCrossing.

About Kubient
Kubient is a technology company with a mission to transform the digital advertising industry to audience-based marketing. Kubient's next generation cloud-based infrastructure enables efficient marketplace liquidity for buyers and sellers of digital advertising. The Kubient Audience Marketplace is a flexible open marketplace for advertisers and publishers to reach, monetize and connect their audiences. The Company's platform provides a transparent programmatic environment with proprietary artificial intelligence-powered pre-bid ad fraud prevention, and proprietary real-time bidding (RTB) marketplace automation for the digital out of home industry. The Audience Marketplace is the solution for brands and publishers that demand transparency and the ability to reach audiences across all channels and ad formats. For additional information, please visit https://kubient.com.

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FAQ

What is the purpose of Kubient's acquisition of MediaCrossing?

The acquisition aims to enhance Kubient's Managed Services division by integrating MediaCrossing's expertise and client base for improved digital advertising solutions.

How many employees did Kubient acquire from MediaCrossing?

Kubient acquired 10 seasoned employees from MediaCrossing to strengthen its workforce.

What impact will MediaCrossing's acquisition have on Kubient's services?

The acquisition will broaden Kubient's services, offering enhanced analytics, optimization, and access to a larger client base in the advertising market.

Who will lead the brand partnerships at Kubient after the acquisition?

Michael Kalman, CEO of MediaCrossing, will join Kubient as President – Agency and Brand Partnerships, overseeing direct advertiser and brand partnerships.