We Grow Startups

What We Grow Startups does

We Grow Startups (also trading as WeGrow) is a London-based digital marketing consultancy founded in 2016 by co-founders James Schad and Laura Daniel. The firm positions itself as a strategic growth partner for 'ambitious companies,' delivering an integrated four-pillar service offering: Strategy & Analytics, Paid Media, Creative, and CRM. Its disclosed client base is enterprise-grade and cross-sector, including DeepMind (AI research), the British Film Institute (film and culture), Save My Exams (education), and Marquee.tv (streaming). The agency operates with a 1-10 person headcount and a bespoke engagement model, with no public revenue, funding, or pricing disclosure.

The firm's service stack is built on first-party data utilisation and cross-channel execution, anchored by preferred partner status with Meta and Google (paid media) and Klaviyo and Hubspot (CRM and marketing automation), with additional working capability in Blueshift, ActiveCampaign, and Mailchimp. Strategic work emphasises anticipating lapsing customer behaviour, identifying cross-sell opportunities within existing customer bases, and building lookalike audiences seeded from the most valuable customers. Creative services (design and copywriting) are produced in-house to support both paid and email channels. The agency builds automated lead-nurture and lifecycle flows on the CRM platforms it supports.

We Grow Startups operates as a privately held, founder-controlled professional services business (We Grow Startups Ltd, UK company number 10416768) with no external funding, parent company, or subsidiary relationships disclosed. Revenue is generated through bespoke, quote-based engagements under multi-year contracts. Distribution is direct B2B, with sales engagement initiated via email to the co-founders. Geographic reach is UK-focused, with no international expansion signals evident in available data. The firm is not a software or platform business — it sells human-delivered marketing services, with the underlying technology stack comprised entirely of third-party platforms.

Name

We Grow Startups

Legal name

We Grow Startups Ltd

Website

https://wegrowstartups.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

We Grow Startups is a UK-based digital marketing agency offering strategy, paid media, creative, and CRM services to growth-stage and enterprise companies. The firm serves notable clients including DeepMind, BFI, Save My Exams, and Marquee.tv.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Marketing Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Marketing Consulting Services (541613), Advertising Agencies (54181)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Product & Growth Marketing Strategy (MPAAAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creative & Brand Campaign Development (BPAFAAAB), B2B Demand Generation & Lead Nurture Agencies (BPAFAKAA)

Keywords

• Digital marketing services
• Paid media management
• Marketing strategy consulting
• CRM implementation
• Creative content production

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marketing Agency Services: Professional services revenue from strategy & analytics, paid digital media, creative services, and CRM implementation. Services are bespoke and tailored to each client's goals, audience, budget and customer journey.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

We Grow Startups is a UK-based strategic growth marketing agency that delivers bespoke marketing services across four integrated pillars: Strategy & Analytics (cross-channel planning using first-party data), Paid Media (data-driven paid digital media campaigns across social and search platforms), Creative (design and copywriting asset production), and CRM (strategy and automated flow development on platforms such as Hubspot, Klaviyo, Blueshift, ActiveCampaign, and Mailchimp). Engagements are tailored to each client's goals, audience, budget, and customer journey.

Product overview

We Grow Startups is a strategic growth marketing agency offering a unified suite of four integrated services: Strategy & Analytics (cross-channel planning using first party data), Paid Media Services (data-driven campaigns across social and search platforms), Creative Services (design and copywriting assets), and CRM Services (automated flows and customer lifecycle management). These services work together as a cohesive marketing offering rather than as separate software products, with the agency leveraging platforms like Hubspot, Klaviyo, and others to implement CRM strategies for clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy & Analytics Cross-channel strategic planning service focused on using first-party data to deliver business goals, including anticipating lapsing customer behavior and identifying cross-sell opportunities to existing customers.
• Paid Media Services Data-driven, iterative paid digital media campaign management across multiple social and search platforms, using first-party data to acquire more customers who look like the client's most valuable ones.
• Creative Services Creative strategy advisory and asset production (design and copywriting) designed to convert across both paid and email channels.
• CRM Services Best-practice CRM strategy design and automated flow development to nurture leads into sales and maximize first-party data value, leveraging platforms such as Hubspot, Klaviyo, Blueshift, ActiveCampaign, and Mailchimp.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MetacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred partner for Meta advertising platform. The agency uses Meta's paid social capabilities as part of their cross-channel marketing strategy for clients, leveraging first-party data for customer acquisition.
• GooglecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred partner for Google advertising platforms including search and display. Agency leverages Google's paid search capabilities alongside other channels for integrated client campaigns.
• KlaviyocoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred partner for Klaviyo email marketing and automation platform. Agency builds automated flows and CRM strategies using Klaviyo to nurture leads into sales for clients.
• HubspotcoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred partner for Hubspot CRM and marketing automation. Agency implements Hubspot for clients seeking comprehensive CRM strategies and first-party data management.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Search Laboratory: UK-based digital marketing agency focused on paid search, paid social, SEO, and analytics. Directly comparable on data-driven paid acquisition and bespoke client engagement for ambitious growth-stage companies.
• Jellyfish (Brandtech Group): Global digital marketing agency with deep paid-media and analytics heritage and Google/Meta platform partnerships. Comparable full-service offering, with much broader geographic reach and enterprise scale.
• Dept Agency: European digital agency combining creative, technology, and data-driven marketing. Overlaps on the Strategy + Paid + Creative + CRM integration thesis, but at significantly larger scale across multiple geographies.
• Croud: UK-headquartered digital marketing agency offering paid media, SEO, content, and data & analytics. Closely comparable in service mix (paid + analytics + creative) and mid-market/enterprise client focus.
• Propeller Group: UK independent digital agency offering paid media, CRM, and creative services. Closely comparable boutique profile, with a similar four-pillar service model targeting ambitious growth-stage and mid-market brands.
• Brainlabs: UK-based digital performance marketing agency specializing in paid media, programmatic, and SEO. Directly comparable to We Grow Startups on the paid-media pillar, though typically operating at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Huble Digital: Hubspot Elite partner agency providing CRM strategy, marketing automation, and inbound services. Comparable on the CRM and first-party data capabilities We Grow Startups positions, though more narrowly focused on the Hubspot ecosystem.
• 45 RPM: Smaller UK digital performance agency focusing on paid search and paid social for challenger brands. Comparable on the data-driven paid acquisition and boutique service model, though with a narrower service offering.

Broad incumbents

• Publicis Groupe: Global advertising holding company with data, media, creative, and CRM capabilities (e.g., Publicis Sapient, Digitas). Sets the competitive baseline for integrated marketing services at enterprise scale.
• WPP: Global advertising and marketing services holding company. Relevant as a broad incumbent in the same space; We Grow Startups competes with WPP network agencies (e.g., GroupM, Ogilvy) on enterprise pitches but operates without the holding-company overhead.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/james-schad
• Xx.com/wegrowstartups

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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