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Ligatus

Defunct
Sourced & current · updated May 13, 2026

Ligatus was a Cologne, Germany-based native advertising platform — leading native ads in Europe with 37B+ monthly impressions pre-acquisition. Acquired by Outbrain February 2019 from Gruner+Jahr (Bertelsmann subsidiary). Sunset/wound-down by Outbrain in 2020 as part of platform consolidation.

Where they sit

Stack tier: Infrastructure & Data (B)

Native Advertising

Ownership

Parent: Teads

Competitors

Pre-call brief from ATDb — sourced from the live database, current as of May 13, 2026. Not a static screenshot.