AcuityAds CEO to Present at the Cantech Investment Conference

TORONTO and NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2016 /CNW/ - AcuityAds Holdings Inc. (TSXV:AT) ("AcuityAds" or "Company"), a leading provider of targeted digital media solutions, enabling advertisers to connect intelligently with their audiences across online display, video, social and mobile campaigns, today announced that the CEO of the Company, Tal Hayek will be presenting at the Cantech Investment Conference at 9:30 AM EST on the TSX main stage. As well, AcuityAds has been nominated as one of three finalists for Cantech Letter's TSX Venture Tech Stock of the Year Award.

The conference will be held on Tuesday, January 26^th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 8:00 AM to 6:00PM.  Acuity staff will be available at booth #202 throughout the day.

"2015 was a tremendous year for AcuityAds and a positive sign of things to come," said CEO Tal Hayek. "We have seen both phenomenal growth in revenue and strong commitment from our customer base, while at the same time reducing expenses.  We look forward to sharing our story with the rest of the tech investment community."

About Cantech Investment Conference:

The Cantech Investment Conference is an annual event for Canadian technology companies to display their companies to the investment community and to other tech companies alike. It directly connects investors and companies with each other while highlighting the fastest growing and most exciting tech companies in Canada.

About AcuityAds:

AcuityAds offers marketers a suite of services, technology and expertise to maximize their digital advertising investments.  Its programmatic marketing platform is powered by proprietary machine learning technology that enables advertisers to target and connect intelligently with audiences across online display, video, social and mobile campaigns.  In 2015, for the second year in a row, AcuityAds was recognized as one of the fastest growing North American technology companies by finishing in the top 10 of Deloitte's 2015 Fast 50™ competition and in the top 100 in Deloitte's 2015 Fast 500™ competition.  With sales operations in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Toronto and Montreal, Acuity's customers range from large Fortune 500 enterprises to small and mid-sized businesses. For more information, visit www.acuityads.com.

Disclaimer in regards to Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements included herein constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including but not limited to statements regarding AcuityAds' areas of focus and service offerings. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management at this time, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, AcuityAds does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect, in particular, new information or future events. The Company's client that has been mentioned in this press release has the right to exercise an out clause right at any time during the advertising campaign.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE AcuityAds Inc.

Babak Pedram, Investor Relations, Virtus Advisory Group Inc., 416-644-5081, [email protected]; Tal Hayek, Chief Executive Officer, AcuityAds Inc., 416-218-9888, [email protected]