150+ Best UK Advertising Startups & Companies | Best Advertising Companies Award 2021

Advertising is big business in the UK. We have selected the top 150 Advertising companies across the size spectrum to showcase. These startups and companies are all taking different approaches to innovating the Advertising industry, that diversity of innovation is what makes the UK so great. 

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

Innovation

Growth

Management

Societal impact

The best Advertising startups and firms in the UK

We have profiled the top 150 Advertising startups, companies and firms in the UK. This list is in no particular order, all of the companies showcased here are exceptional companies, well worth following. 

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Minute Media

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

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LoopMe

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

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Permutive

Rebuilding data in advertising to protect privacy

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Qubit

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

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M&C Saatchi

M&C Saatchi Group is a creative company that connects specialist expertise, fuelled by data and technology.

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HH Global

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

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Blippar

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

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Mirriad

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

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Gener8 Ads

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

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GWI

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

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SuperAwesome

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

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Fetch

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

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Bidstack

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

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AD

Media Agency

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Takumi

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

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Realeyes

Measuring Human Response At The Speed & Scale Of AI

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Blis

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

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Croud

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

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Admix

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

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Social Chain

Social Chain a social media marketing agency.

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Captify

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

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Zephr

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

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Four Communications

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

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Whalar

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

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Contact

Marketplace for creative talent

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The Engine Group

A creative community that provides clients with best-in-class communications expertise under one roof.

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Ad-Lib.io

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

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AudioMob

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

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Poplar Studio

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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Vidsy

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

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Adludio

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

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Bidvine

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

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WPP

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

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Skimlinks

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

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LAB

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

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UENI

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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Ve Global

Ve Global a marketing technology business.

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Uhive

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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FIXR

FIXR is a leading ticketing and event management platform

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Unruly

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

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Codec

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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Dianomi

Dianomi is a global leader in content marketing.

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Tailify

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

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Supponor

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

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A Million Ads

A Million Ads provides dynamic audio advertising for users of digital radio and streaming services.

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Realife Tech

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

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FanCircles

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

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OnePulse

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

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Coniq

Coniq is the Total Customer Engagement Company.

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MSQ Partners

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

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Kindred

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

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Convertr

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

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Feed

Automated ads designed to work for small budgets.

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Duel

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

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Adnow

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

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Adbrain

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

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Wooshii

The Video Production Marketplace

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Appsumer

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

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NumberEight

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

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Akkroo

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

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Illuma

Leading the way in contextual scaling for online advertising campaigns. Privacy friendly, without using cookies or personal data.

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Zone

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

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Nozzle.ai

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

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Lobster

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

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Odore

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

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Kin

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

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Threedium

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

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Smartzer

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

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Good-Loop

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

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more2

We believe to be great, you have to be single-minded in your focus. Our focus is on growing retail businesses.

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Kape Technologies

Kape Technologies is an online distribution and digital product hub.

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Scoota

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

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Trackonomics

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

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Exit Bee

Re-imagine display advertising.

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StickerRide

Crowdsourcing platform for outdoor advertising on vehicles.

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Luna Labs

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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Glimpse Protocol

Glimpse Protocol delivers accurate digital ads with zero data disclosed.

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Commanders Act

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

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Affectv

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

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KF Beauty

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

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Tapdaq

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

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Fanvue

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

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Squawka

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

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Avocarrot

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

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Monterosa Productions

Monterosa is the global leader in audience interaction technology and commerce

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TLC Marketing

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

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Blend Media

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

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Admedo

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

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Maison Sport

Maison Sport is a marketplace connecting ski instructors with people learning to ski

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Viral Loops

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

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InSkin Media

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

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Localistico

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

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BitPoster

BitPoster is a marketplace for programmatic trading of outdoor media.

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PubX

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

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Moovshack

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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Buzzbike

Buzzbike is launching a tech-driven cycle scheme for London, creating a new sponsorship platform for brands.

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Ostmodern

Ostmodern is a creative strategic firm that stays abreast of the latest technological trends in developing digital media products.

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Exterion Media

Exterion Media is an Out-of-Home advertising company.

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Ksubaka

We provide powerful immersive brand experience & data platform which allows brands & retailers to link offline customers to online profiles

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Smartology

Digital advertising technology company

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Sliide

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

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Linkdex

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

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myThings

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

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Bagboard

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

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Programmai

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

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Glow Digital Media

Glow Machine is an ad tech platform for creating, improving and understanding Facebook and Twitter Ad campaigns.

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GlobalReach Technology Ltd

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

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Shopitize

Connecting shoppers with brands on mobile

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KidsKnowBest

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

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Lineup Systems

Lineup Systems provides CRM tools for multi-channel media companies.

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PlayMob

Playmob is the gaming engagement platform for brands with purpose.

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The Exchange Lab

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

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PowerLinks Media

PowerLinks Media is an advertising platform that enables advertisers to deliver tailor-made experiences through multiple devices.

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AdTonos

Creating innovative technologies for voice commerce, enabling voice transactions. Bringing the power like Adwords has to audio advertising.

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Videoplaza

Our mission is to empower broadcasters & video publishers to build profitable and sustainable businesses in the internet-delivered TV worl

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Intelligent Reach

Intelligent Reach optimises the product discovery journey with augmented product data and scientific testing that drives conversion.

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Guinness World Records

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

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DingIt.tv

DingIt is a leading destination for premium eSports and Gaming content

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Traktion.ai

Traktion enables businesses to increase their ROI on digital campaigns by connecting them to verified digital marketers.

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Influencer

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

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Constant Commerce

We are the only platform to offer marketers every tool to support an end to end shopper journey from inspiration to (any) checkout

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Honeycomb

A tv and video ad management platform

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BeeLiked Media Ltd

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

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Fenestra

Fenestra is a computer software company that specializes in booking, billing, payments, and audit transactions.

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AudienceRate Ltd

AudienceRate Ltd provides online advertising platform products and services.

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EyeQuant

EyeQuant is a predictive AI that shows how much of user attention is captured by your designs.

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Bubbl Ltd

Cutting-edge mobile app plug-in that allows companies to hyper-focus their marketing efforts with geo-triggered customer engagement tools.

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Jellyfish

Jellyfish works as a digital platform, supporting and drives digital transformation by providing strategy, technology, and training.

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Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time provides impactful integrated communication solutions.

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Venubox

Venubox uniquely connects hospitality venues with consumers by delivering offers tailored to both their interests and physical location

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VisualDNA

VisualDNA combines psychology and big data to allow businesses to understand their customers and people to understand themselves.

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GreenJinn

GreenJinn is the leading UK cashback app for grocery shoppers. It helps brands to reach consumers where they live the most: their smartphone

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Livity

Livity, a multi disciplined youth marketing agency.

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Hungly

The "Pinnacle" of Social Media Marketing providing the entire solution for digital marketing needs.

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Great British Chefs

Great British Chefs premium food publisher with 1.3m social followers. We have 3,500 recipes from Britain's and Italy's Greatest Chefs.

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Avocet

Avocet provides a demand-side platform for digital advertising with viewability, cross-device and class-leading optimization all built-in.

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Pouring Pounds

Pouring Pounds is a cashback and voucher website that enables members to save on regular purchases at any of their partner retailers.

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Sine Wave Entertainment Ltd

Sine Wave Entertainment is a virtual space for MMO developers and creators to interact with each other.

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MP

Data Driven Marketing

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Nez

Nez is a local marketing channel for the eating and drinking out of home sector

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Captive Media

Captive Media manufactures an interactive entertainment and digital signage system for installation in washrooms.

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Statiq

Statiq identifies relationships between people and places over time, enabling digital marketers to make better-informed decisions.

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Darabase

Darabase is the AR Outdoor Media Company, a turnkey platform and solution for brands and retailers wanting to run AR content in the world.

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Shoppar

Generate digital content for Social Media advertising that performs

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Cablato

Cablato develops and deploys broadcast quality video personalisation technology for OTT & addressable TV industries.

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Dennis Publishing

Dennis Publishing is one of the leading independently owned media companies in the UK.

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iotec

iotec are the leading, independent, ethical digital media consultants and practitioners.

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Brainlabs

Brainlabs is a data-led marketing agency, helping businesses build experimentation-led marketing through display, CRO and analytics.

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Artificial Artists

Artificial Artists makes 3D animation more accessible to digital media.

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Samba Networks

User first advertising for the new economy. Samba is the leader in user first mobile video formats for brand advertising

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