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NED & Investor
Aug 2020
1854 is a digital media business curating the best contemporary photography for an international audience of arts & culture lovers and creators.
Since raising £400k at a £3m valuation in 2016 weve grown commercial and awards income and profitability, transitioned to a data driven mindset based on lean startup principles and won 6 awards including Publishing Innovator of the year, Digital Innovation of the year and Consumer Media Brand of the year.
Our primary platforms are:
British Journal of Photography
The oldest photography magazine in the world (est 1854) and an influential authority in the photography community globally. With growing reach of 3 million+ monthly, BJP is our cornerstone and enabler.
1854 Creates
In-house creative studio launched in 2017 working with brands to create visually compelling PR-able content that travels well on social media, working with our global talent pool and achieving outstanding results. We are currently scaling up and hiring. Please contact creates@1854.media for more information about what we can do for your brand.
1854 Awards
Launched in 2016 Portrait of Britain became the most viewed photographic exhibition in the world, adding to our awards program which includes Breakthrough and the International Photography Awards. With two ambitious launches planned for 2018 this is a growing and exciting part of our business.
Find out more at http://1854.media
Recently awarded the coveted PPA Publishing Innovator of the year for the second time, the PPA judges said:
“The passion, drive, and dedication of this small hard-working team really stood out, their focus on creativity and innovation is exemplary. 1854 Media’s win is a fitting reward for a brave and determined approach”.
Investor & Board Advisor
Jan 2019
Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based commercial content in the real world.
Founded in 2019, Darabase partners with property companies globally to help them understand and leverage the value of the Property Digital Rights associated with their real world and metaverse assets and estates.
The Darabase team is headquartered in London, UK and has operations and subsidiaries in the USA, Canada, Australia and the Middle East. As well as partnering with major property companies, brand advertisers and outdoor media owners around the world, Darabase has also been selected from thousands of companies to be included in a number of high profile scale up and growth accelerator programmes, including Taronga Group’s RealTechX growth program (APAC), Aldar’s ScaleUp programme (UAE) and Outlier Ventures Open Metaverse Basecamp (UK & US).
Darabase has attracted a range of strategic and influential investors including Taronga Ventures, GroundBreak Ventures, Outlier Ventures, Talon Outdoor and Root & Shoot Ventures as well as from a number of family offices and HNW.
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2020
NED & Investor
Aug 2020
1854 is a digital media business curating the best contemporary photography for an international audience of arts & culture lovers and creators.
Since raising £400k at a £3m valuation in 2016 weve grown commercial and awards income and profitability, transitioned to a data driven mindset based on lean startup principles and won 6 awards including Publishing Innovator of the year, Digital Innovation of the year and Consumer Media Brand of the year.
Our primary platforms are:
British Journal of Photography
The oldest photography magazine in the world (est 1854) and an influential authority in the photography community globally. With growing reach of 3 million+ monthly, BJP is our cornerstone and enabler.
1854 Creates
In-house creative studio launched in 2017 working with brands to create visually compelling PR-able content that travels well on social media, working with our global talent pool and achieving outstanding results. We are currently scaling up and hiring. Please contact creates@1854.media for more information about what we can do for your brand.
1854 Awards
Launched in 2016 Portrait of Britain became the most viewed photographic exhibition in the world, adding to our awards program which includes Breakthrough and the International Photography Awards. With two ambitious launches planned for 2018 this is a growing and exciting part of our business.
Find out more at http://1854.media
Recently awarded the coveted PPA Publishing Innovator of the year for the second time, the PPA judges said:
“The passion, drive, and dedication of this small hard-working team really stood out, their focus on creativity and innovation is exemplary. 1854 Media’s win is a fitting reward for a brave and determined approach”.
2019
Investor & Board Advisor
Jan 2019
Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based commercial content in the real world.
Founded in 2019, Darabase partners with property companies globally to help them understand and leverage the value of the Property Digital Rights associated with their real world and metaverse assets and estates.
The Darabase team is headquartered in London, UK and has operations and subsidiaries in the USA, Canada, Australia and the Middle East. As well as partnering with major property companies, brand advertisers and outdoor media owners around the world, Darabase has also been selected from thousands of companies to be included in a number of high profile scale up and growth accelerator programmes, including Taronga Group’s RealTechX growth program (APAC), Aldar’s ScaleUp programme (UAE) and Outlier Ventures Open Metaverse Basecamp (UK & US).
Darabase has attracted a range of strategic and influential investors including Taronga Ventures, GroundBreak Ventures, Outlier Ventures, Talon Outdoor and Root & Shoot Ventures as well as from a number of family offices and HNW.
2015
Investor, Co-Founder, Director
Nov 2015
SimplyMedia™ is a London based business focused on delivering commercial success in publishing. We're passionate about the business opportunities in publishing, both through our own publishing efforts and in supporting other publishers maximise their digital opportunities.
Founded by people who have spent their careers working with and for publishers, SimplyMedia™ have a deep-rooted understanding of what drives success and how to deliver excellence into the digital publisher value chain.
AD:VANCE™ is a programmatic monetisation offering from SimplyMedia™ designed to help you monetise more of your ads at a higher price
Through AD:VANCE™ One, we can support you existing programmatic monetisation opportunities, or through
AD:VANCE™ Complete we can take it all on for you, delivering an industry leading is a programmatic monetisation offering.
AD:VANCE™ X are high impact creative solutions available for both desktop and mobile
The iWon Platform™ is our proprietary engagement platform built around the joy of winning and offers brands a great opportunity to interact with our loyal community and very low costs
The iWon Platform™ - People love to win things! It’s a positive experience and if it’s easy to enter and the rewards are worth the effort, people will do it again and again. SimplyMedia™ has built a unique, proprietary competitions platform specifically to meet the needs of this audience, delivering fun, easy to use sites giving away £1,000’s in prizes every month.
2007
Co-Founder, Director & Co-CEO
Feb 2007
A premier digital media services agency offering expert media operations and business services to advertisers, publishers and platforms. ISO 9001:2015 certified, we are distinguished by exceptional delivery optimization and white glove service to 50+ clients.
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Feb 2007
A premier digital media services agency offering expert media operations and business services to advertisers, publishers and platforms. ISO 9001:2015 certified, we are distinguished by exceptional delivery optimization and white glove service to 50+ clients.
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