Transatlantic

What Transatlantic does

Transatlantic is a London-registered, founder-led communications consultancy operating on a fully remote basis since its founding in 2013. The firm serves fast-growth technology startups, scale-ups, and venture capital and investment firms, delivering PR campaigns, media relations, thought leadership content, narrative and messaging strategy, and ongoing press office support. Its client base spans AI, fintech, healthtech, deep tech, eCommerce, and VC, with named engagements including Faire, Checkout.com, CuspAI, Lawhive, Skin Analytics, Olio, Huboo, Evident, and Bessemer Venture Partners. The agency is structured around a senior team that directly leads accounts, with founder Gideon Joseph (15 years of journalism experience) and managing director Oonagh Barrington anchoring delivery.

The firm has formalized its offering into four service lines: Fundraise Stories, Ongoing PR Support, Thought Leadership, and Narrative & Messaging. It maintains an 'AI-empowered' workflow that combines enterprise-class AI tools with a 'human in the loop' model, positioning senior human judgment and media relationships as the primary deliverable rather than AI output. Distribution is sales-led and direct, with acquisition driven by referrals within the UK and European startup and VC ecosystems, supported by an active LinkedIn presence, a PR-insights journal, and a portfolio of case studies. The firm has also begun executing UK/US cross-border press office work without a disclosed US entity.

Revenue is generated through professional-services fees (retainers and project-based engagements) and is not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held with no institutional funding, operates as a private limited company in England and Wales under the legal name Transatlantic Entertainment, and currently lists two open roles (PR Consultant at £40-45k, Director at £60k+), indicating measured organic expansion.

Name

Transatlantic

Legal name

Transatlantic Entertainment

Website

https://transatlanticent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

London-based, founder-led communications consultancy providing PR, narrative development, thought leadership, and media relations to fast-growth technology startups, scale-ups, and venture capital firms across the UK, US, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. PR and Communications Services: Professional services revenue model providing strategic communications, PR campaigns, media relations, thought leadership content, narrative development, and press office services to technology companies and investors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Transatlantic provides strategic public relations and communications services to fast-growth technology startups, scale-ups, and venture capital and investment firms. Its work spans fundraise announcement campaigns, ongoing retained press office support, narrative and messaging development, and thought leadership content such as bylines, keynotes, and reports. The agency sells these as professional, senior-led consulting engagements, augmented by AI tools used under a human-in-the-loop approach.

Product overview

Transatlantic is a PR and communications agency offering professional services to technology startups and scale-ups. The company provides a portfolio of service offerings including fundraise story development, ongoing PR support, thought leadership content creation, and narrative and messaging strategy. These services are delivered by a team of communications professionals and do not constitute a software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fundraise Stories PR service that frames funding announcements strategically, positioning companies for media coverage and investor attention during funding rounds. Targeted at founders and executive teams running seed, Series A, Series B, and later funding rounds.
• Ongoing PR Support Retained PR support for ambitious tech companies seeking to cut through noise and connect with customers, investors, partners, talent, and stakeholders. Delivered as ongoing press office and communications counsel.
• Thought Leadership Content creation service that turns client expertise into bylines, LinkedIn posts, conference keynotes, reports, and whitepapers designed to earn sustained attention in tier-one and sector press.
• Narrative & Messaging Strategic messaging development working with leadership teams to define company stories, clarify positioning, and translate strategy into practical messaging across channels, campaigns, and stakeholder communications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 56 pieces of worldwide coverage for CuspAI seed announcement
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SupabaseminorOthersInfrastructure partner providing database and file storage services for the company's website operations. Data is hosted within the EU. Supabase acts as a data processor under a data processing agreement for GDPR compliance.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hotwire: Global tech-focused communications consultancy serving startups, scale-ups and enterprise technology clients. Direct competitor to Transatlantic in tech PR and thought leadership, with similar senior-led, journalist-background positioning.
• The Hoffman Agency: Tech-specialist PR agency with deep roots in B2B technology and startup communications across the US, EMEA and APAC. Closely comparable to Transatlantic in serving venture-backed tech companies and combining strategic counsel with media execution.
• Threepipe: UK-based integrated communications and digital agency with strong tech, eCommerce and consumer startup clients. Comparable to Transatlantic in serving high-growth UK/US tech brands with PR, content and influencer services.
• Manifest: London-based PR agency focused on high-growth tech, fintech and challenger brands. Directly comparable in client profile (VC-backed scale-ups), service mix (PR, narrative, media relations) and senior-led operating model.
• Brunswick Group: Global strategic communications firm specializing in corporate, financial and technology communications. Comparable at the upper end of Transatlantic's market—working with growth-stage tech companies, founders and investors on narrative and high-stakes media moments.
• Citypress: UK PR consultancy with strong B2B, technology and public-sector practices. Comparable in serving growth-stage technology and VC-backed clients with media relations and thought leadership services.
• Walker Sands: US-based B2B tech PR agency serving SaaS, fintech and emerging tech companies. Comparable in target audience (VC-backed tech startups/scale-ups), service mix (PR, thought leadership, content) and founder/investor communications.

Broad incumbents

• Edelman: Global communications firm with a dedicated technology practice. Provides overlapping tech-PR capabilities but as part of a broader consumer, corporate and public-affairs portfolio—competes with Transatlantic for enterprise tech clients but does not specialize exclusively in startups/VC.
• FleishmanHillard: Large global PR network with technology and innovation practices serving enterprise and growth-stage tech clients. Comparable service overlap but competes from a network/holding-company scale rather than a boutique founder-led model.

Emerging players

• Storyboard Communications: UK-focused communications consultancy working with tech, climate and impact startups. Comparable niche positioning in early-stage tech PR with senior counsel, though smaller scale and earlier stage than Transatlantic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transatlantic-entertainment-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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