UK/Ireland – GP Bullhound

GP Bullhound advised Runna on its acquisition by Strava

Gustav Radell — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:10:07 +0000

Founded in 2021 by Dom Maskell and Ben Parker, Runna delivers tailored training plans for runners of all levels—from 5Ks to marathons—designed by elite coaches. The app combines live run tracking, pace guidance, and holistic support around nutrition and injury prevention, with seamless integration across Apple Watch, Garmin, and COROS devices. With millions of users across 180+ countries…

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GP Bullhound advised WestBridge on its investment into Koto Studio.

Gustav Radell — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:16 +0000

WestBridge will support the business to deliver continued organic growth in its core US, European and APAC markets alongside M&A to accelerate scale, broaden its geographic reach and expand service capabilities Ravi Ghedia, Partner, at GP Bullhound, commented: “We see a growing premium placed on brand identity as companies fight for relevance in crowded, digital-first markets.

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GP Bullhound advised Peak on its sale to UiPath

Gustav Radell — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:49:37 +0000

Peak, an AI-native company headquartered in Manchester, streamlines AI deployment by transforming siloed data into AI-ready datasets, enabling smarter decision-making. The Peak platform enables customers to develop AI workflows, process data, and provide predictions that optimize critical business processes through APIs or integrated web applications. It also provides a new breed of AI-based…

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European SaaS Report 2024

Gustav Radell — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:58:11 +0000

In collaboration with Paddle, we surveyed over 100 European SaaS companies, ranging from early-stage ventures to late-stage growth. The report evaluates key performance metrics including growth, revenue retention, and operational efficiency, which are critical to navigating the current market environment. The report also explores public market valuations, M&A trends and fundraising activity…

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Building end-to-end social capabilities to service leading global brands

Gustav Radell — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:21:59 +0000

Founded by Adam Clyne, Coolr has become recognised as one of the UK’s leading independent social media and influencer agencies with over 35 industry awards, and working for a broad range of blue-chip consumer brands including Lidl, Samsung, Deliveroo and Burger King. GCP’s investment will help the agency to deepen its service offering and expertise for its clients while continuing the agency’…

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Reinventing the Digital Agency Model with a Global Marketplace of On-Demand Experts

Gustav Radell — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:29:50 +0000

Croud is a global digital marketing agency with a full-service capability spanning brand planning, strategy, integrated media, social, creative, and data. Founded in 2011 with the mission to reinvent the agency model, Croud combines 600+ in-house digital experts with a proprietary global marketplace of 2,900 on-demand digital marketing specialists. This disruptive operating model is enabled by its…

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Innovating Supply Chain Management for SMBs

Gustav Radell — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:24:28 +0000

Founded in 2017, Anvyl is an intelligent purchase order (PO) management platform designed to facilitate real-time collaboration between teams, suppliers, and technology. Anvyl’s platform allows consumer brands to efficiently collaborate internally and externally, gain end-to-end visibility into purchase orders, and leverage automation to ensure the highest levels of accuracy and agility throughout…

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Building the UK’s leading Digital Out-Of-Home media network for motorists

Gustav Radell — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:46:22 +0000

i-media has developed the UK’s largest network of full motion large-format digital screens at Motorway Service Areas (“MSAs”) via exclusive partnerships. With a presence at 130 roadside locations, i-media gives advertisers access to UK motorists, a varied and affluent audience, reaching an average of 6.3 million weekly visitors and more than 31 million unique visitors annually in a high dwell-time…

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Digitising fitness and leisure businesses with innovative cloud-based management software

Gustav Radell — Tue, 14 May 2024 10:03:36 +0000

Perfect Gym is a global software provider specialising in management solutions for fitness and leisure businesses. It serves various sectors, including leisure, aquatics, recreation, fitness, and health. Trusted by over 130 fitness chains across 55+ countries, Perfect Gym’s platform uses an open API to streamline operations, retain members, and drive business growth by leveraging insights from…

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Winners of 2024 Northern Tech Awards announced.

Gustav Radell — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:44:00 +0000

GP Bullhound has announced the winners of the 2024 Northern Tech Awards, held last night at Manchester Cathedral. The Top 100 Northern Tech Awards league table revealed the ranking of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in the region, and the Northern Stars awards showcased earlier-stage companies considered to have the most potential to be tech successes in the coming years.

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