{"id":50343,"date":"2017-10-09T17:17:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=50343"},"modified":"2019-04-29T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:21:54","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-2017-appsumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-appsumer\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2017: Appsumer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start-up name: <\/strong>Appsumer<br>\n<strong>Founder: <\/strong>Shumel Lais<br>\n<strong>Started in: <\/strong>2015<br>\n<strong>Based in: <\/strong>London<br>\n<strong>Business description: <\/strong>Marketing analytics platform<\/p>\n<h3>Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/tech-business-of-the-year-2017-meet-the-finalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tech Business of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Appsumer story:<\/h3>\n<p>After wasted hours compiling reports from various interfaces, Shumel Lais decided there had to be a better way to inform advertising decisions. So, he set out to build an intelligent system that would enable customers to &ldquo;just plug and play&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Lais launched&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2017\/57-appsumer\/\">Startups 100-featured<\/a> Appsumer, an analytics platform that automates the decision-making process for in house marketing teams by unifying data &ldquo;from EVERY source&rdquo; and offers predictive insights into future performance to inform confident decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The software is available on a subscription model, with various tiers depending on the level of ad spend a customer wishes to store and analyse in the platform.<\/p>\n<p>To date, Appsumer has secured a variety of major clients including Viber, Lovoo, Trainline, Touchnote and Canon and it boasts that 100% of businesses that have entered into a trial membership have progressed to paid with a 0% churn rate.<\/p>\n<p>And the potential of its powerful analytics software hasn&rsquo;t just been recognised by UK firms. In fact, 85% of the company&rsquo;s revenue currently comes from outside&nbsp;of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>With seven years of user acquisition experience under his belt and expeirence in managing marketing for 40 brands across 30 countries, Lais is well placed to scale Appsumer to where it needs to be..<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s also supported by a team of 20 that has collective experience managing performance marketing for major global brands including eBay, and JustEat.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Appsumer made our shortlist:<\/h3>\n<p>Bolstered by a team with global experience in performance marketing, Appsumer has seen rapid growth in a short space of time, attracting a number of major clients along the way and disrupting a young sector with a fast and effective product.<\/p>\n<h3>Where to find out more about Appsumer:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Website:&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appsumer.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.appsumer.io<\/a><strong><br>\nTwitter: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/appsumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@appsumer<\/a><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start-up name: Appsumer Founder: Shumel Lais Started in: 2015 Based in: London Business description: Marketing analytics platform Shortlisted category: Tech Business of the Year The Appsumer story: After wasted hours compiling reports from various interfaces, Shumel Lais decided there had to be a better way to inform advertising decisions. 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