🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 101 Top English Advertising Startups & Firms

August 14, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best English Advertising companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Advertising industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top English Advertising Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

HH Global

HH Global

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HH Global is the trusted marketing execution partner of the world’s leading brands.

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Captify offers a search retargeting service that enables advertisers to focus on users to match their desired audience with inventory.

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Minute Media

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Minute Media is a media and technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content.

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Fetch

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Fetch, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, is a global mobile-first agency.

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Gener8 Ads

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Gener8 enables people to control and earn from their own data.

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Permutive

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Rebuilding data in advertising to protect privacy

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Qubit

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Qubit specializes in personalization at scale for e-commerce companies.

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Blippar

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Blippar is a technology company specializing in augmented reality, artificial intelligence and computer vision.

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Takumi

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Takumi is a platform that gives large brands and advertising agencies access to branded influencer creative at scale.

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SuperAwesome

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SuperAwesome offers kid-safe tools and technology for the children’s digital media ecosystem.

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LoopMe

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LoopMe is closing the loop on brand advertising, using AI, attribution and analytics to deliver measurable uplift in brand outcomes.

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Bidstack

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Bidstack empowers brands to place advertising into spaces that sit naturally within video games.

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M&C Saatchi

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M&C Saatchi is founded on the principle of Brutal Simplicity.

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Blis

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Blis is the leading privacy-first, location-powered programmatic advertising partner.

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Croud

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Croud is a digital marketing agency that provides services including SEO, PPC, content, programmatic, paid social, and analytics

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GWI

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GWI is the leading supplier of target audience insight to the global marketing industry.

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Realeyes

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Measuring Human Response At The Speed & Scale Of AI

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Zephr

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Zephr is a technology platform for media companies to grow their subscription revenue.

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Mirriad

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Mirriad’s patented, AI and computer vision technology dynamically inserts products and innovative signage formats after content is produced.

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Social Chain

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Social Chain a social media marketing agency.

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Whalar

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Whalar is an influencer marketing platform focused on creators with influence.

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AudioMob

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Monetizing mobile games non-intrusively using audio ads! AudioMob are the creators of Audio Enhanced Banners & Rewarded Audio

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Admix

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Admix is the first programmatic monetisation platform for in-game advertising

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Poplar Studio

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Poplar is a creative platform that enables brands and retailers to produce 3D and AR experiences on-demand, powered by a talent cloud.

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Unruly

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Unruly is an advertising technology company that gets videos watched, tracked, and shared across the Open Web.

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Ad-Lib.io

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Ad-Lib is a creative technology that uses artificial intelligence models to make digital advertising better and cheaper.

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Vidsy

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Vidsy helps global brands create effective video ads, efficiently and consistently across digital.

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Bidvine

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Bidvine make hiring local, trusted service professionals ridiculously simple – and help people use the time saved to pursue their passions.

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Contact

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Marketplace for creative talent

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Adludio

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Adludio is a next generation mobile advertising platform to create, distribute, and optimise campaigns.

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Uhive

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Uhive is a social network that lets users socialize, interact, and find people across the world while earning its own digital currency.

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Ve Global

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Ve Global a marketing technology business.

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UENI

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UENI is a London based tech company that’s empowering businesses to get online and find the tools they need to succeed.

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Skimlinks

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Skimlinks is the leading commerce content monetization platform, supporting publishers’ creation of a new revenue stream.

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FIXR

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FIXR is a leading ticketing and event management platform

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FanCircles

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Reach followers and fans through your own fan club platform built for music artists, YouTubers, television shows and celebrities

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WPP

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WPP creates transformative ideas and outcomes for its clients through an integrated offer of communications, commerce, and technology.

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Supponor

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Supponor transforms real world mass-audience TV visible signage into highly targeted virtual brand messaging in sports broadcasting.

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Codec

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We help brands to discover and tap in to the pockets of culture that drive growth. Powered by award-winning AI.

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Realife Tech

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Realife Tech is an experience automation platform that provides customized communication channels for event guests.

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MSQ Partners

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MSQ Partners is a joined-up community of agencies, helping businesses build High EQ brands.

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Tailify

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Tailify provides a one-stop-shop for Influencers & Brands by offering high technological solutions.

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OnePulse

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OnePulse is a mobile app that connects people and businesses with opinions and reward them through PayPal.

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Adnow

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Adnow is a high-end advertising firm that works with RTB, big data and AI to serve the most relevant and interesting ads.

Deep Zen

A Million Ads

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We are the dynamic audio experts. We create data-driven audio ads with thousands of ad variants that are more contextually relevant for consumers and drive better engagement for brands.

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Dianomi

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Dianomi is a global leader in content marketing.

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Coniq

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Coniq is the Total Customer Engagement Company.

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LAB

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LAB is a digital agency that offers a full suite of digital services.

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Influencer

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Word Of Mouth Redefined.® Run by Creators, for Creators.

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Kindred

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Kindred is an impact driven tech company that has developed the world’s first sustainable app monetization network.

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Good-Loop

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Good-Loop converts advertising money into charitable donations – whilst delivering 70% higher engagement for the advertiser. Win-win : )

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NumberEight

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On-device AI software to predict user context using mobile sensors

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Odore

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We bring digital and data to sampling, providing data driven sampling solutions so brands get to know their customers better.

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Lobster

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Lobster is a platform which enables brands, agencies and the media to licence visual content directly from social media users.

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Akkroo

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A universal, customisable lead capture solution that helps businesses maximise their return on exhibiting at events.

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Convertr

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Convertr is an API-first data optimization platform that acts as a firewall. We protect companies against expensive, bloated databases.

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Appsumer

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Appsumer automates user acquisition & performance marketing dashboards, reports & insights

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Wooshii

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The Video Production Marketplace

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StickerRide

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Crowdsourcing platform for outdoor advertising on vehicles.

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Fanvue

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Fanvue, an all-new platform aiming to shape the future of content monetisation.

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Four Communications

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Four is a leading independent, integrated communications agency with offices in London and the Gulf.

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Luna Labs

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Luna Labs is a startup that’s built a platform allowing app developers to create and manage video and playable ads.

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Duel

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Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy

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Threedium

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We create memorable brand experiences, drive product considerations and deliver conversions through 3D/AR Technology.

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Adbrain

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Adbrain powers marketers and their partners to understand and engage with their customers 1:1 across devices, channels and platforms.

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Commanders Act

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Online marketing solutions and advertising efficiency and performance are then improved.

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Nozzle.ai

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Nozzle.ai is an eCommerce and advertising optimization platform for Amazon.

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KF Beauty

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We identify, develop and market innovative products in the Health & Beauty sector.

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InSkin Media

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InSkin Media is an advertising technology business, which develops high-impact, non-intrusive brand advertising formats.

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Smartzer

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Smartzer makes videos and live streams interactive & shoppable on e-commerce, video ads and social.

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BeeLiked Media Ltd

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An interactive content platform for brands to engage their digital audience, build first-party data and drive sales

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Trackonomics

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Trackonomics is a technology that provides publishers with the arsenal to capitalize on their affiliate links.

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Scoota

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A single programmatic platform that enables advertisers to create, activate, measure and optimise brilliant brand campaigns at scale.

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PubX

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PubX empowers Publishers to make more money from their programmatic advertising via an AI-powered dynamic floor pricing tool.

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Programmai

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Programmai is a predictive marketing technology that radically improves the incrementality of acquiring new and repeat customers.

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Viral Loops

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The all-in-one viral marketing platform to launch your referral programs, sweepstakes, competitions and pre-launch campaigns.

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Monterosa Productions

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Monterosa is the global leader in audience interaction technology and commerce

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Admedo

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Admedo is a self-serve online advertising platform that focuses on developing performance-driven tools.

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Glimpse Protocol

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Glimpse Protocol delivers accurate digital ads with zero data disclosed.

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Exit Bee

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Re-imagine display advertising.

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Tapdaq

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Tapdaq helps mobile developers to maximise their revenue with unbiased ad mediation, and retain their most valuable users.

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Avocarrot

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Avocarrot is the leading programmatic native ad exchange for mobile publishers.

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Kin

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Kin is an app that provides family members with secure personal media.

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Squawka

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Squawka is a digital media company focused on using stats & data viz to fuel content for fans

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Blend Media

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Blend is the world’s leading 360˚ VR video solution for Brands, Agencies and Publishers.

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TLC Marketing

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TLC Marketing is a rewards company that turns brand positioning into experience-led promotions.

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GlobalReach Technology Ltd

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The most complete, scalable Wi-Fi authentication and provisioning platform.

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Guinness World Records

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Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievement.

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Moovshack

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The first fully interactive, mobile-first property platform that doubles as a free-to-list portal & a brandable estate agent app

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Zone

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Zone is a digital agency. A Tech Track 100 company, we help great brands thrive in a digital world.

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Linkdex

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Linkdex offers a SaaS-based platform unifying search, social, PR and content channels.

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Smartology

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Digital advertising technology company

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Affectv

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Affectv is an advertising technology company that runs media campaigns for global brands.

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Bagboard

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Bagboard is an advertising platform that creates premium, eco-friendly, and reusable bags to replace single-use plastic ones.

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myThings

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myThings provides conversion-driven personalized display advertising solutions for online retailers in Europe.

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The Exchange Lab

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The Exchange Lab, a digital media marketplace, delivers campaigns evaluating the audience interactions to help its clients find prospects.

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Localistico

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Localistico is a local marketing and analytics platform for brick-and-mortar retailers.

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Sliide

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Mobile technology company that work with MNO, MVNO and OEM partners globally to increase engagement, drive revenue, and decrease churn.

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KidsKnowBest

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A full-service creative agency; driven by insights; powered by youth. Delivering effective and results-led solutions.

Buzzbike

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Buzzbike is a London based subscription service offering a stunning 3-speed city bike, an award winning lock, free repairs, theft protection, rider events and app to track your rides! Your wheels your way for one monthly fee, cancel anytime.

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