What Guerrilla Media Collective does

Guerrilla Media Collective (operating as Guerrilla Translation) is a non-hierarchical translation cooperative founded in 2013 and registered in Seville, Spain as Guerrilla Media Collective S.Coop.And de Interés Social. The cooperative provides professional translation, editing, and documentary subtitling services to activist organizations, social movements, commons/P2P networks, and independent media publishers. Content focus areas include social justice, feminism, decolonialism, post-capitalism, P2P/commons, and political theory, with delivery primarily in English and Spanish.

The collective's core technology is its governance and economic model rather than a software product. It operates under a Distributed Cooperative Organization (DisCO) framework combined with Open Value Cooperativism and feminist economics principles, which structure non-hierarchical decision-making, track contributions beyond monetary value (including care work and commons contributions), and enable equitable compensation. Revenue is generated through three streams: professional translation services provided on a project basis, grants and donations from foundations such as the Guerrilla Foundation, and content licensing under a Peer Production License (P2P Attribution-ConditionalNonCommercial-ShareAlike). The 7-person team is based in Berlin and Seville and reaches clients through content marketing, blog publishing, social media, and referrals from partner networks.

The go-to-market motion is community-led, with the cooperative attracting clients through its ethical positioning and political solidarity stance within the commons/P2P movement. Articles and translations are distributed via the direct website and republished on partner platforms including the P2P Foundation Blog, Shareable, Reality Sandwich, and Occupy.com. Strategic partnerships include the P2P Foundation (core content collaboration), DIWO Co-op (a sister cooperative in Madrid), and infrastructure support from Hacklab Cochabamba. The collective was nominated for the 2014 OuiShare Awards in the Innovation/R&D category.

Name

Guerrilla Media Collective

Legal name

Guerrilla Media Collective S.Coop.And de Interés Social

Website

https://guerrillatranslation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Guerrilla Media Collective is a non-hierarchical translation cooperative founded in 2013 that provides translation, editing, and subtitling services to activist organizations, commons/P2P networks, and independent media publishers, operating under a DisCO governance model based on feminist economics principles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Translation and Language Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (71151), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonprofit & Cause Communications (BPAFADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Branded Documentary / Nonfiction (Corporate & NGO) (MPADADAK), Alternative/Independent Newsweeklies & Opinion Press (MPAJADAH)

Keywords

• Translation services
• Video subtitling
• Multilingual editorial
• Cooperative organization
• Commons publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Seville

HQ country

Spain

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. Translation Services: Professional translation and editing services provided to individuals, organizations, and publications working on social justice, commons, and activist topics.
2. Grants and Donations: Funding received from foundations like Guerrilla Foundation to support operations, team gatherings, and special projects.
3. Publishing and Content Licensing: Content published under Peer Production License, with conditional non-commercial share-alike terms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Guerrilla Media Collective (operating as Guerrilla Translation) is a non-hierarchical translation cooperative that provides professional translation and editing of essays, interviews, articles, and documentary subtitles focused on activism, P2P/commons, feminism, decolonialism, and post-capitalism. The collective operates under a Distributed Cooperative Organization (DisCO) model and open cooperativism framework, translating between English and Spanish primarily for social movement organizations and independent media outlets.

Product overview

Guerrilla Media Collective operates as a unified content and translation service platform. The core offering is professional translation services delivered by a non-hierarchical cooperative model based on feminist economics principles. Supporting this are video subtitling and documentary services, an editorial blog (GT Blog) publishing essays, interviews, translations, and transcriptions on social movements and political theory, and an associated wiki knowledge resource. The collective focuses on activism-related content covering topics such as P2P/commons, post-capitalism, feminism, decolonialism, and the 15M movement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Translation Services Professional translation and editing services provided by a non-hierarchical, feminist economics-based collective. Translates articles, essays, interviews, and other content between multiple languages, primarily English and Spanish, for activist organizations, commons/P2P networks, and independent media.
• Video Subtitling and Documentary Services Subtitling and translation services for documentaries and short films, including political and social issue documentaries. Includes work on documentary subtitling for festivals such as Zemos98.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Servidor Libre de Trayectorias Tecnológicas (Hacklab Cochabamba)coreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite hosting provided by the free server of Trayectorias Libres, managed by Hacklab Cochabamba via Codigo Sur, with support from Hivos. This infrastructure partnership supports the collective's digital operations.
• DIWO Co-opcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorker-owned cooperative based in Madrid, Spain, functioning as a sister-coop to Guerrilla Translation. Continually collaborates with and supports the collective.
• P2P FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaborative relationship; GT translates and republishes content on the P2P Foundation Blog. Michel Bauwens of P2P Foundation is featured in interviews and articles.
• Zemos98minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpanish organization for which GT subtitled the documentary 'Municipal Recipes' for their 2015 festival.
• Goteo.orgminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCrowdfunding platform referenced in relation to the 15Mparato campaign; GT publishes content related to crowdfunding initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Enspiral: Network of cooperatives and freelancers using open-book accounting and shared infrastructure. Comparable to Guerrilla Translation as a working example of cooperative, values-led professional services outside traditional corporate structures.
• ZNet: Long-running activist media platform publishing anti-capitalist and social-justice content. Comparable as outlet for the same progressive thought-leader ecosystem that Guerrilla Translation serves and translates.
• LanguageDAO: Web3-enabled translation cooperative that pools translator labor for decentralized projects. Comparable to Guerrilla Translation in cooperative structure and cross-language commons production, though operating in a different funding/technology paradigm.
• Roar Magazine: Independent progressive publication covering social movements, radical politics, and post-capitalism. Comparable as peer in the alternative/activist media ecosystem where Guerrilla Translation publishes and translates content.

Others

• P2P Foundation: Core strategic partner and primary content source/syndication channel for Guerrilla Translation. Comparability is operational (content pipeline, mutual collaboration) rather than competitive, sharing the commons/P2P mission and network.
• Commons Strategies Group: Consultative and publishing initiative working on commons-based approaches to economics and governance. Comparable as operational partner and content source within the same peer-production ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Translators without Borders: Large nonprofit translation organization providing language services to humanitarian and development causes. Comparable to Guerrilla Translation in mission-driven translation work for nonprofits, but operates at much greater scale and with broader humanitarian focus.

Direct peers

• Kató Network / Kató Language Services: Worker-owned cooperative translation and interpreting agency operating on social-enterprise principles. Direct comparability in cooperative governance model and ethical positioning within the translation industry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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