Infectious Media has won the Deloitte Fast 50 award for the fastest growing UK technology company. Founded by Martin Kelly and Andy Cocker in 2008, Infectious Media achieved an exceptional growth rate of 9,774%. The Fast 50 awards ranks companies on percentage growth in revenue over five years, Infectious Media also came top in the London region and the Media and Entertainment sector.
Martin Kelly, CEO and Co-Founder of Infectious Media, said of the win “As a digital advertising business this award really validates our technology first approach, and it has been a real pleasure sharing the night with other leading tech entrepreneurs. We’re very excited to be in programmatic media trading, this industry has exploded recently, something that has been key to our growth. But mainly we are very proud of our team, this is a testament to the sustained effort they have put in.“
Infectious Media was one of the first practitioners of real-time advertising globally and a pioneer in Europe. Its proprietary advertising technology, Impression Desk™, encompasses a data management platform (DMP), and a suite of bidding, analytics and optimisation tools. These enable the buying of traded media across display, video, mobile and social networks through bespoke integrations with publishers.
Infectious Media has grown from eight people in 2010 to over 50 today, with offices in London, Paris and Hamburg. The team consists of analysts, data scientists, engineers, digital media practitioners and business operations professionals, who manage digital advertising for leading brands such as Sky, Waitrose and John Lewis.