Meltwater (company)
| Formerly | Meltwater Group |
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| Company type | Private company |
| Founded | 2001 in Oslo, Norway |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$439 million (2023) |
Number of employees | 2,200 (2022) |
Meltwater is an online media, social and consumer intelligence company. The company was founded in Oslo, Norway, by Jørn Lyseggen, 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. In February 2023, Meltwater reported US$439 million in revenue for the full 2022 fiscal year.
The Meltwater Foundation, the non-profit arm of the company, started Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, Ghana. 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.