It’s Lions Innovation week in Cannes and we are thrilled to have our team and some of our portfolio companies attending. The global gathering explores data and tech as creative catalysts, and brings together the startups with game-changing products and services, the investors who back them, the brands who work with them and the storytellers who can bring it all to life.

weseethrough and Sopost were picked as two of the top 50 global marketing technology startups to join the Unilever Foundry, as part of the Foundry 50 initiative. They will be at the Foundry 50 Innovation Hub and will also present respectively in the Data, Insights & Personalisation, and in the Millennials sessions on Tuesday, June 21. You can catch up with Amar and Duncan  if you’d like to learn more about how weseethrough is applying technology to the market research world. Sopost exited The Sandpit in 2014 and currently works with some of the largest brands in the world, including L’Oreal, Mondelez, PepsiCo and Benefit Cosmetics. You can email Jonny if you’d like to learn more.

A Million Ads is the latest addition to our portfolio, and was selected to exhibit in the Startup Village. The company delivers dynamic creative and deep personalisation for digital audio, and makes it easy for brands to target their users at the right moment, with the right message. You can drop by to say Hi to Steve and hear their demo, he’ll be at the Palais II on Wednesday.

Last but not least, Sandpit Lab,The Sandpit’s Innovation Lab. The company works with global brands such as Unilever, BskyB, American Express to redefine the innovation and development process. Deb and Scott will also be there and you can connect with them to grab a coffee or a glass of rose’.

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