Meltwater (company)

For water released by the melting of snow or ice, see Meltwater.
Meltwater
FormerlyMeltwater Group
Company typePrivate company
Oslo Stock Exchange: MWTR
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001) in Oslo, Norway
Founder
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jørn Lyseggen (Chairman)
  • John Box (CEO)
RevenueIncrease US$439 million (2023)[1]
Number of employees
2,200 (2022)[1]

Meltwater is an online media monitoring company. It is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Børs) (ticker code: MWTR).[2] The company was founded in Oslo, Norway, by Jørn Lyseggen,[3] 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][4] In February 2023, Meltwater reported US$439 million in revenue for the full 2022 fiscal year.[5]

The Meltwater Foundation, the non-profit arm of the company, started Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, Ghana.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Meltwater Q4 2021 presentation" (PDF). Meltwater Group. 24 February 2022.
  2. ^ "NewsWeb". newsweb.oslobors.no. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  3. ^ Ringheim, Gunnar (2010-11-29). "Odelsgutten ble imperiebygger". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  4. ^ "Meltwater admitted to trading on Euronext Growth". Euronext. 2020-12-03.
  5. ^ "NewsWeb". newsweb.oslobors.no. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  6. ^ Edenhall, Ylva (2011-02-18). "Hon utbildar it-företagare i Ghana". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  7. ^ Bright, Jake (17 October 2015). "Ghana's MEST Incubator to Launch Pan-African VC Fund, Expand Training Programs". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 January 2017