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Formerly | Meltwater Group |
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Company type | Private company |
Founded | 2001Oslo, Norway | in
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Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 2,200 (2022)[1] |
Meltwater is an online media, social and consumer intelligence company. The company was founded in Oslo, Norway, by Jørn Lyseggen,[2] in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices across Europe, North America, Asia/Pacific, Australia, and Africa. The company employs around 2,200 people and has approximately 27,000 clients internationally.[1][3] In February 2023, Meltwater reported US$439 million in revenue for the full 2022 fiscal year.[4]
The Meltwater Foundation, the non-profit arm of the company, started Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, Ghana.[5] MEST is a Pan-African training program, seed fund and incubator, founded by Jorn Lyseggen in 2008, to provide training, investment, and mentoring for aspiring technology entrepreneurs in Africa.[6]