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Monterosa

Real-time engagement platform

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101-200 employees
  • B2B
  • Digital Media
  • Advertising
  • Media
Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, UK

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Company mission

To help organisations create interactive experiences for passionate audiences.

Our take

The proliferation of digital entertainment has made passive entertainment such as television a little less enticing (or possible) for audiences, who have an expectation of interaction and a huge number of devices vying for our attention. Helping to get eyes on (and generate income) for advertisers is Monterosa, a company that uses the possibilities of interactive platforms such as smart televisions and phones to increase engagement with television content.

Monterosa's engagement platform adds real-time purchasing ("shop the merch" buttons and QR codes for instance), voting systems and various kinds of gamification apps to an otherwise passive television experience. This has been appreciated by both audiences and clients, with greatly increased engagement and retained viewership. It reaches 100 million users a year and major companies using the company's platform include ITV, EA Sports and Six Nations Rugby.

Monterosa has raised capital to be put towards further developing its product offerings. Although primarily UK-based, it has recently been increasing its operations overseas, focusing particularly on the US market where it has made strategic partnerships to help grow its presence.

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Benefits

  • Private health insurance, subsidised gym membership and other benefits relevant to your country of residence
  • The opportunity to work on exciting projects – creating world-class interactive experiences reaching millions of fans of the biggest entertainment and sports events on the planet
  • A small, friendly team where you will have an opportunity to stand out
  • 4.5 days working week culture – we try and finish early on Fridays
  • 25 working days of paid holiday + additional company holidays (we call them Monterosa Mondays)
  • Flexible working hours with the opportunity to work from home or office
  • Regular social events, hackathons and meetups
  • Substantial annual conference and training budget
  • Hardware and software of your choice – we never judge your OS or IDE choices

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2022

$4.4m

EARLY VC

Oct 2015

$1.5m

SERIES A

Total funding: $5.9m

Leadership

Tom McDonnell

(CEO)

Was previously Commercial Director at Monterosa before stepping up to CEO. Before that, was Post Production & 3D Technical Manager with Aura.

Simon Brickle

(COO)

Was previously Technical Manager with the BBC and Development Team Lead at Thomson Reuters.

Igor Loboda

(CTO)

Was Senior Software Developer at the BBC and EPAM Systems.