Mantis Ads

The company operates a vertical adtech marketplace for restricted-category advertising. It aggregates publisher inventory and audience data, packages this supply into self-serve and managed buying workflows for advertisers, and provides publisher-side tools to monetise impressions, native placements, video inventory and audience segments. Value is created by matching cannabis-sector demand with compliant supply, reducing friction for advertisers that cannot easily access mainstream ad channels, and improving yield for publishers in the same ecosystem.

Mantis Ads is a US-based adtech company operating as a cannabis-focused digital advertising network and programmatic platform. Its legal entity is MANTIS Ad Network, LLC. The business serves both sides of the market: advertisers such as cannabis, CBD, hemp and THC brands, dispensaries and agencies; and publishers seeking to monetise cannabis-relevant audiences. Its product set includes advertiser buying tools, publisher monetisation infrastructure, direct buying paths, exchange-based reach and audience data monetisation.

The company makes money primarily from media spend transacted through its platform, using a mix of ad network margin, embedded programmatic take rates and additional fees on certain inventory paths. It also supports publisher monetisation through revenue share and CPM-linked audience data activation. Its positioning is built around compliance support for restricted-category advertising and access to endemic publisher inventory that mainstream platforms often limit.