Arts Alliance

Arts Alliance is a London-based venture capital organization established in 1996. It specializes in supporting technology companies across Western Europe, employing a hands-on approach to investment. The firm not only provides financial backing but also offers creative talent and strategic advice to its portfolio companies, which primarily operate in the technology, services, and communications sectors. Through its extensive network, Arts Alliance aims to foster the growth of entrepreneurs and enhance the development of innovative solutions within these industries.

Thomas Hoegh

Founder and CEO

Gavin Roberts

Investment Director

39 past transactions

Spoonshot

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Spoonshot Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven analytics for the food and beverage industry. Founded in 2015 and based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with additional offices in London and Bengaluru, Spoonshot provides a mobile application and online platform that offers personalized insights and recommendations. Its innovative approach combines food science and AI to analyze consumer behavior and market trends, allowing clients to develop menus, select recipes, and gather customer feedback effectively. By connecting various data sets, Spoonshot helps industry stakeholders predict future trends and identify novel opportunities, ensuring they can meet evolving consumer demands. The company, originally known as Dishq, rebranded to Spoonshot in October 2018.

Growth Street

Venture Round in 2019
Growth Street provides UK businesses with a rapid alternative to traditional bank overdrafts, addressing the cash flow challenges many growing companies face. Recognizing the need for flexibility in managing finances, Growth Street assists businesses in navigating seasonal fluctuations and balancing invoice payments against expenditures. This support helps alleviate the strain of cash flow management, which can often result in delayed payments and strained supplier relationships. By offering a streamlined financing solution, Growth Street enables businesses to focus on their growth and operational efficiency.

Aprila Bank

Venture Round in 2017
Aprila Bank ASA is a commercial banking institution based in Oslo, Norway, specializing in providing financial services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and retail customers. Founded in 2018, the bank focuses on developing digital and automated financing solutions, including Aprila Invoice Sales, which allows for the immediate sale of invoices and is integrated with cloud-based accounting systems. With its API-based technology platform, Aprila connects with approximately 130,000 SMEs through partnerships with prominent ERP and accounting software providers, facilitating seamless financial transactions and improving access to funding for businesses in the Norwegian market.

SwiftComply

Venture Round in 2017
SwiftComply is a company that provides an online compliance management platform designed for water utilities and authorities. Serving over 450 clients, the platform facilitates the management of compliance requirements, helping to protect human health and the environment. Key features of SwiftComply's platform include risk assessment, policy management, and training resources, which aid water utilities in enhancing their compliance efforts and minimizing risk exposure. Additionally, the platform serves as a connection point between restaurants and regulators, further streamlining the compliance process across different sectors. Overall, SwiftComply aims to improve regulatory compliance and operational efficiency for water authorities and related entities.

MyTutor

Series A in 2017
MyTutor provides secondary school learners with online access to over 7,000 Russell Group university students, reducing the time, hassle and cost of finding a subject expert locally. Lessons take place in their innovative online lesson space, which allows parents to substitute expensive tutors coming to their house, for live, one-to-one sessions with young, bright and successful undergraduates. If the pupil forgets something, every session is recorded, so they can play it back after. They also partner with schools and universities to provide larger contracts for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. School teachers stay up-to-date with the programme through a personalised online dashboard. The company has grown at 3x YoY for the last three years, with 200,000+ bookings and applications from 50,000 tutors. At the same time quality has been maintained, with 70,000+ 5* reviews and every tutor personally interviewed. MyTutor was founded by Robert Grabiner, Bertie Hubbard and James Grant.

people.io

Seed Round in 2016
Our mission is to give people ownership of their data by creating a ‘firewall for people’ that will give individuals control over the access, use and value of their decentralised personal data. people.io is a mobile app which helps people realise the true value of their data, by rewarding users for taking actions such as answering questions, connecting online accounts and engaging with relevant brands. Importantly, though, this data is never sold to anyone and if the user deletes their account, all their data is deleted too. For now, we’re paying people to care about their data. But we are building towards a future when there will be inherent value in having ownership and control of our personal data. Since the company was founded in 2015, we've been a part of Startup Next (the #1 pre-accelerator run by Techstars), completed two investment rounds and are now also a part of Wayra Deutschland (Telefonica's global accelerator). We are now focussed on product development and a number of major announcements throughout 2017 that will see people.io introduced to other European markets. people.io is an operating subsidiary of C8 Management Ltd.

Growth Street

Venture Round in 2015
Growth Street provides UK businesses with a rapid alternative to traditional bank overdrafts, addressing the cash flow challenges many growing companies face. Recognizing the need for flexibility in managing finances, Growth Street assists businesses in navigating seasonal fluctuations and balancing invoice payments against expenditures. This support helps alleviate the strain of cash flow management, which can often result in delayed payments and strained supplier relationships. By offering a streamlined financing solution, Growth Street enables businesses to focus on their growth and operational efficiency.

Skai

Series F in 2014
Skai, formerly known as Kenshoo, is a global leader in agile marketing software, providing solutions that empower marketers to build brands and generate demand across various media channels. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools for management and optimization, audience targeting, measurement, and forecasting, enabling clients to effectively navigate the complexities of digital advertising. Skai's platform is utilized by brands, agencies, and developers to manage nearly $350 billion in annual client sales revenue through search, social, mobile, and display advertising. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including automotive, education, financial services, and retail, and has established partnerships with major platforms such as Facebook and Google. With a presence in over 190 countries and numerous international offices, Skai caters to many prominent clients, including several Fortune 50 companies and leading global advertising agencies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Skai continues to drive innovation in the marketing technology sector.

We Are Pop Up

Seed Round in 2014
We Are Pop Up is a UK-based platform that facilitates short-term commercial property leasing, connecting brands and businesses with property owners and managers. Established in 2012, the company focuses on creating a marketplace for various sectors, including retail, art, design, dining, and events, allowing users to discover and transact rental spaces for diverse projects. By enabling collaboration among retailers, space owners, and brands, We Are Pop Up fosters innovative retail experiences. The company operates as a subsidiary of Brandspots and is headquartered in London.

Tails.com

Seed Round in 2014
Tails.com is an online pet nutrition service that provides tailor-made food designed to deliver perfectly optimised nutrition for dogs. As a bespoke pet food, online retailer they're providing dogs with their own unique, freshly-blended food. Founded from backgrounds at innocent drinks, graze.com, LoveFilm & Amazon - tails.com launched in July 2014 with the ambition to change the world of pet food for good. Their customers (or most importantly their dogs) love their products. See what they have to say on their Trustpilot site https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/tails.com The key to their success is their people and they have been widely recognised as an exciting high growth company, scooping several awards including 4th place in the 2017 Startup 100 awards

Tails.com

Seed Round in 2014
Tails.com is an online pet nutrition service that provides tailor-made food designed to deliver perfectly optimised nutrition for dogs. As a bespoke pet food, online retailer they're providing dogs with their own unique, freshly-blended food. Founded from backgrounds at innocent drinks, graze.com, LoveFilm & Amazon - tails.com launched in July 2014 with the ambition to change the world of pet food for good. Their customers (or most importantly their dogs) love their products. See what they have to say on their Trustpilot site https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/tails.com The key to their success is their people and they have been widely recognised as an exciting high growth company, scooping several awards including 4th place in the 2017 Startup 100 awards

We Are Pop Up

Seed Round in 2013
We Are Pop Up is a UK-based platform that facilitates short-term commercial property leasing, connecting brands and businesses with property owners and managers. Established in 2012, the company focuses on creating a marketplace for various sectors, including retail, art, design, dining, and events, allowing users to discover and transact rental spaces for diverse projects. By enabling collaboration among retailers, space owners, and brands, We Are Pop Up fosters innovative retail experiences. The company operates as a subsidiary of Brandspots and is headquartered in London.

We Are Pop Up

Seed Round in 2013
We Are Pop Up is a UK-based platform that facilitates short-term commercial property leasing, connecting brands and businesses with property owners and managers. Established in 2012, the company focuses on creating a marketplace for various sectors, including retail, art, design, dining, and events, allowing users to discover and transact rental spaces for diverse projects. By enabling collaboration among retailers, space owners, and brands, We Are Pop Up fosters innovative retail experiences. The company operates as a subsidiary of Brandspots and is headquartered in London.

Skai

Series E in 2012
Skai, formerly known as Kenshoo, is a global leader in agile marketing software, providing solutions that empower marketers to build brands and generate demand across various media channels. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools for management and optimization, audience targeting, measurement, and forecasting, enabling clients to effectively navigate the complexities of digital advertising. Skai's platform is utilized by brands, agencies, and developers to manage nearly $350 billion in annual client sales revenue through search, social, mobile, and display advertising. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including automotive, education, financial services, and retail, and has established partnerships with major platforms such as Facebook and Google. With a presence in over 190 countries and numerous international offices, Skai caters to many prominent clients, including several Fortune 50 companies and leading global advertising agencies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Skai continues to drive innovation in the marketing technology sector.

RollUp Media

Venture Round in 2012
RollUp Media is a content creation platform that connects independent publishers, advertisers, and writers. Established in May 2011, the company aims to enhance the content experience by focusing on authentic content that resonates with consumers. RollUp Media partners with publishers to scale content production and increase advertising revenue, while also collaborating with advertisers to create content-driven ad experiences that deliver higher brand engagement. Additionally, the company supports writers by providing opportunities for rewarding paid work, steering clear of low-quality content production. By prioritizing authentic voices and meaningful content, RollUp Media seeks to transform the landscape of digital publishing and advertising, benefiting all stakeholders involved.

Teads.tv

Seed Round in 2010
Teads.tv outstreams video advertising and the leading native video advertising marketplace.owth companies. Publishers work with Teads to create brand new outstream video inventory, monetizing it through programmatic buying, their own sales force, or third parties including Teads Demand. Teads pioneers advertising experiences that respect the user, creating unprecedented levels of premium inventory which previously didn’t exist. Brands, agencies and trading desks can access this top-tier, premium inventory, available on the web and on mobile, in the Teads Marketplace. Through our managed services capabilities, the Teads team execute on their client’s behalf using its platform.

Skai

Series C in 2010
Skai, formerly known as Kenshoo, is a global leader in agile marketing software, providing solutions that empower marketers to build brands and generate demand across various media channels. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools for management and optimization, audience targeting, measurement, and forecasting, enabling clients to effectively navigate the complexities of digital advertising. Skai's platform is utilized by brands, agencies, and developers to manage nearly $350 billion in annual client sales revenue through search, social, mobile, and display advertising. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including automotive, education, financial services, and retail, and has established partnerships with major platforms such as Facebook and Google. With a presence in over 190 countries and numerous international offices, Skai caters to many prominent clients, including several Fortune 50 companies and leading global advertising agencies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Skai continues to drive innovation in the marketing technology sector.

YCD Multimedia

Series C in 2009
YCD Multimedia, now known as YCD Atmosphere, specializes in advanced digital media solutions and applications for various industries, focusing on retail environments. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products, including YCD|CMS for content management, C-nario Messenger for digital signage, and YCD|RAMP for retail advertising. Its solutions enhance customer engagement through interactive displays and digital menu boards, while also providing playback quality across multiple screens and video walls. YCD Atmosphere supports businesses in sectors such as automotive, finance, entertainment, and food service by combining technology with professional services like content strategy and project management. The company has partnered with over 2,000 clients globally, including well-known brands. With additional offices in the UK and Israel, YCD Atmosphere maintains an extensive network of resellers to serve its international clientele.

Skai

Series B in 2009
Skai, formerly known as Kenshoo, is a global leader in agile marketing software, providing solutions that empower marketers to build brands and generate demand across various media channels. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools for management and optimization, audience targeting, measurement, and forecasting, enabling clients to effectively navigate the complexities of digital advertising. Skai's platform is utilized by brands, agencies, and developers to manage nearly $350 billion in annual client sales revenue through search, social, mobile, and display advertising. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including automotive, education, financial services, and retail, and has established partnerships with major platforms such as Facebook and Google. With a presence in over 190 countries and numerous international offices, Skai caters to many prominent clients, including several Fortune 50 companies and leading global advertising agencies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Skai continues to drive innovation in the marketing technology sector.

Monte Cristo

Venture Round in 2008
Created in Paris in 1995, Monte Cristo is a European PC and console game producer. They have released over 30 titles. In 2005 Monte Cristo set up an office in Kiev, Ukraine, in order to deploy the team sizes required for future production with greater ease. They are in development of a city-building MMO entitled Cities XL.

Skai

Series A in 2008
Skai, formerly known as Kenshoo, is a global leader in agile marketing software, providing solutions that empower marketers to build brands and generate demand across various media channels. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools for management and optimization, audience targeting, measurement, and forecasting, enabling clients to effectively navigate the complexities of digital advertising. Skai's platform is utilized by brands, agencies, and developers to manage nearly $350 billion in annual client sales revenue through search, social, mobile, and display advertising. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including automotive, education, financial services, and retail, and has established partnerships with major platforms such as Facebook and Google. With a presence in over 190 countries and numerous international offices, Skai caters to many prominent clients, including several Fortune 50 companies and leading global advertising agencies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Skai continues to drive innovation in the marketing technology sector.

YCD Multimedia

Series B in 2008
YCD Multimedia, now known as YCD Atmosphere, specializes in advanced digital media solutions and applications for various industries, focusing on retail environments. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products, including YCD|CMS for content management, C-nario Messenger for digital signage, and YCD|RAMP for retail advertising. Its solutions enhance customer engagement through interactive displays and digital menu boards, while also providing playback quality across multiple screens and video walls. YCD Atmosphere supports businesses in sectors such as automotive, finance, entertainment, and food service by combining technology with professional services like content strategy and project management. The company has partnered with over 2,000 clients globally, including well-known brands. With additional offices in the UK and Israel, YCD Atmosphere maintains an extensive network of resellers to serve its international clientele.

Cinelan

Venture Round in 2008
CINELAN is filmmaker-driven, video publisher dedicated to delivering new audiences and ongoing revenues to documentary filmmakers through the worldwide syndication of professionally-produced, three-minute films. Meeting the content needs of syndication partners and brands for high quality and engaging content, CINELAN is building the worldâ€:tm:s largest premium library of “must see” three-minute stories (all non-fiction) on a range of topics that include world affairs, environmental issues, entertainment, technology, and humor. Mainstream audiences will access CINELAN films through content-rich websites, digital cinemas, TV, and mobile devices. Our syndication process offers filmmakers painless access to quality distribution, immediate funding and a reliable revenue stream.

Daylife

Series B in 2007
Daylife is a content curation and discovery platform that focuses on providing high-quality media solutions. It serves prominent media brands and consumer websites, including USA Today, Turner Sports, Sky News, and the Washington Post. In addition to its services for other publishers, Daylife operates its own news and information website, which showcases its capabilities in content management. The platform offers advanced cloud publishing tools designed for publishers, marketers, and developers, facilitating the creation and combination of engaging content.

Povo

Seed Round in 2007
Povo is an expanding wiki-based encyclopedia of knowledge on everything local. The content is generated and entirely editable by site visitors, and licensed under Creative Commons. Currently they operate in Massachusetts and New York City. Povo is different than a typical local wiki because the platform exposes a programming language to end users, allowing development of advanced templates and very specific search techniques (among other things).

Aperto Networks

Series E in 2007
Aperto Networks is a manufacturer of highly versatile and cost-effective carrier-grade WiMAX Forum Certified infrastructure equipment. Through their award-winning PacketMAXÂ technology, they enable service providers and enterprises worldwide to profitably deliver affordable wireless voice and broadband data services to businesses, residential customers, and government organizations of all kinds. No company offers more solutions for Fixed and Mobile WiMAX applications than Aperto. Or more support for more frequencies”both licensed and unlicensed- anywhere in the world.

Player X

Series B in 2007
Player X, Ltd. operates as a mobile media company. The company offers casino games, and mobile television and video games. The company develops, publishes, and distributes mobile entertainment content through operators, portals, and handset manufacturers. Player X, Ltd. also offers content management solutions; and portal management solutions, including content sourcing and integration, partner management, QA and testing, deployment, promotion management, and reporting and invoicing. The company operates in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Player X, Ltd. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in London, United Kingdom. As of May 6, 2009, Player X, Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Zed Worldwide, S.A.

InLive Interactive

Series C in 2006
InLive Interactive, Ltd. provides interactive television solutions. It offers a technology software that allows television viewers to join television programs via mobile or landline telephones. The company's Real time player Solution enables broadcasters a technical platform to create and manage real interaction with viewers. It also offers interactive formats to international television stations and designs interactive content for existing programs. The company has strategic partnerships with T-Com, Telecom Italia, Citec, and Pelephone. InLive Interactive, Ltd. was formerly known as MiSE Interactive Systems, Ltd. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Hod Hasharon, Israel with additional offices in Germany and London.

YCD Multimedia

Series A in 2006
YCD Multimedia, now known as YCD Atmosphere, specializes in advanced digital media solutions and applications for various industries, focusing on retail environments. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products, including YCD|CMS for content management, C-nario Messenger for digital signage, and YCD|RAMP for retail advertising. Its solutions enhance customer engagement through interactive displays and digital menu boards, while also providing playback quality across multiple screens and video walls. YCD Atmosphere supports businesses in sectors such as automotive, finance, entertainment, and food service by combining technology with professional services like content strategy and project management. The company has partnered with over 2,000 clients globally, including well-known brands. With additional offices in the UK and Israel, YCD Atmosphere maintains an extensive network of resellers to serve its international clientele.

Kiala

Series C in 2005
Kiala is a provider of a network of collection points in Europe, specializing in parcel delivery and returns. The company offers a technological platform that automates transportation and delivery processes, facilitating an efficient system for delivering parcels to end consumers. By integrating a network of delivery service points, Kiala enhances the convenience of receiving and returning packages, catering to the evolving needs of consumers in the logistics sector.

Upoc

Series C in 2004
Allows users to tell their friends what they are up to from their phone. Users can also follow their friends and see what they are up to. Upoc uses SMS and shortcodes, allowing users to text in what they are doing. Users can also view their message history and create groups of friends to text to. Upoc users can access the service through the web, WAP, voice messaging ($4.99 / month), SMS or BREW (Verizon).

Atom Entertainment

Series A in 2001
Atom Entertainment aggregates and distributes the casual games, short films, and animations on the web. Atom Entertainment works with creative independent content developers to find and publish casual games, short films, video and more to meet the new consumer demand for fun, short, accessible and unusual digital entertainment. Its five brands reach a broad spectrum of highly-desirable audiences. Atom Entertainment was acquired by Viacom's MTV Networks in August 06.

HauteDecor

Venture Round in 2000
HauteDecor is creating an online destination for the interior design industry.

UBUBU, Inc.

Series B in 2000
UBUBU is a venture-backed new media company located in San Francisco. The UBUBU team is a fusion of creative, technical and business expertise with backgrounds that include Electronic Arts, Disney, Sega, Silicon Graphics, Apple, AutoDesk, Sony, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, and Charles Schwab. We have kites, paper lanterns, and a mosquito puppet hanging from our ceiling.

Upoc

Series A in 2000
Allows users to tell their friends what they are up to from their phone. Users can also follow their friends and see what they are up to. Upoc uses SMS and shortcodes, allowing users to text in what they are doing. Users can also view their message history and create groups of friends to text to. Upoc users can access the service through the web, WAP, voice messaging ($4.99 / month), SMS or BREW (Verizon).

Kibu

Series A in 2000
Kibu is a digital lifestyle brand for teen girls.

Mascot Network

Venture Round in 2000
Mascot Network is a higher education-based portal that provides information services for educational institutions. The portal offers a communication platform from which people associated with institutions could access web-based resources. It is used by colleges, universities, liberal arts colleges, and large public institutions throughout the United States.

eStyle

Series C in 2000
eStyle operates BabyStyle, a platform that provides online and offline retail locations for baby products.

AtomFilms

Series B in 1999
A leading film production company, based in Dublin. We create viral, corporate and TV adverts. Telling stories through film.
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