Merchant Technologies

Acquire - Improve - Grow
United Kingdom

Description:

Acquire - Improve - Grow

Company sector:

Technology
  • Our platforms include mobile payments, business management, ecommerce, business directories, & discount offers.

    Merchant Technologies was formed specially to help with the challenges facing SME’s globally. Initially the focus was on providing payment services, and the company has since added complementary solutions across e-commerce, business management and advertising.

    Our model focusses on a combination of recurring revenues and fixed contracts. Growth is both organic and via acquisitions

    SimplyPayMe

    SimplyPayMe is an award-winning global payments company whose mobile based payment and business management solution is specifically designed and engineered to meet the growing demands of the underserved SME community.

    The product suite has been specifically designed and engineered for this sector and enables seamless payments, invoicing and business management solutions, all through your smartphone.

    The mobile app is available via both the Google and Apple app stores.

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    Online High Street

    OHS is an e-commerce website and app for Independent shops such as butchers, bakers, gift stores and florists.

    The business has 000’s of stores and products listed and generates income from a SaaS based revenue model as well as from the sales of products online.

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    Mytown UK

    Mytown UK is a directory of places, featuring over 20,000 towns, villages and cities across the UK. The site also features a business directory with over 500,000 listings, offers, events and customer reviews. Income is generated from a SaaS based recurring revenue model.

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    Neighbourhood Media Networks (NMN)

    NMN is a full service media sales agency with a specialist emphasis on regional and local advertising sales.

    The experienced team includes a broad mix of field sales and tele sales executives who sell space to small & medium sized business owners (SME’s) and public agencies.

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  • Key People

    Dominic Brookman | Founder, CEO

    Seasoned media and technology executive Built a multi-national media company and sold to the world’s largest outdoor media owner, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings. Has built up sales and technology teams around the world, and been involved with over £100m in corporate transactions.

    Tim Ritson | CMO

    An early pioneer in digital outdoor media, and has worked as commercial director in UK & North America. Very experienced marketing and brand professional. Responsible for marketing, user acquisition and corporate sales & sponsorship. Ex BDP Commercial Director and CMO for Vision Media Group.

    Jane Turner | Director

    Dynamic senior executive with well-honed board level business skills & leadership experience with a multi-faceted CEO/COO career.

    Umer Ahmed | Interim CFO

    Financial executive with extensive experience of Mergers & Acquisition Revenue Recognition, Due Diligence, Business Partnering, Project Finance, Complex Finance Modelling, Raising Debt and Equity Funds, Business Integration, Trade Financing, Treasury Functions, Regulatory Reporting, and Efficiency Reviews.

    Sophie Neill | Company Secretary

    Qualified Chartered Secretary (ACIS) with 23 years’ experience. Previously worked in media, property, financial services, IT, luxury retail, banking, property and TV production.

    Philip Rogers | Company Lawyer

    Philip trained and started off his career at a magic circle firm in the City of London. He then was a founding partner of one of the Big 4 legal practices pioneering multi-disciplinary services before becoming head of corporate at a major international law firm. Philip’s practice centers around corporate and corporate finance law. He has been involved in a number of pioneering deals in the U.K. and internationally.

    David Mezei | Product Lead

    Experienced front end developer, project manager and designer. Heads up branding, design, customer research and product scoping for various Merchant Technologies owned brands. 

    Slava Iutin | Tech Lead, DevOps

    ex Whirix and SevenCrayons. Experienced tech lead.

    Cornel Bicuti | Senior Developer

    ex Meta and WhatsApp senior software engineer.

    Attila Bőr | Senior Developer, DevOps

    DevOps Engineer and Senior Software developer.

  • Latest News

    • 2024-09-12

      Merchant Technology News

    • 2024-07-06

      SimplyPayMe and Merchant Technologies

    • 2023-04-18

      SimplyPayMe Shareholder Update

    • 2023-02-23

      SimplyPayMe Update

    • 2022-05-09

      An interview with Kent Vorland

    • See more news

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