About us
What began in 2020 as a simple dinner conversation quickly sparked a bigger vision — fuelled by our deep belief in the power of independent specialist agencies and the pioneering minds that lead them.🎥 Watch our brand film: "The Marketing Age"
What drives us?
We believe that indie & specialist agencies are the future of marketing services.
So, we created a marketplace that makes it fast and simple for corporate buyers to find and easily procure them. Our journey has taken us from an agency marketplace to a robust platform powering everything from discovery to contracting and invoicing for agency-run projects. Today, StudioSpace is powered by technology and a growing team of passionate minds from around the world, united by a shared vision to transform how brands engage with marketing talent.
Pete Sayburn
Co-Founder, CEO
As the CEO of StudioSpace, Pete aims to empower businesses with a streamlined and efficient process for their creative and marketing needs. Pete foresees a world where companies can easily connect and collaborate with expert agencies, fostering innovation and creativity.
Gideon Hyde
Co-Founder
Gideon has over 20 years of experience in corporate innovation; as a business builder, programme leader, corporate adviser, coach, public speaker and author.
Paul Bowman
Co-Founder / Head of UK Sales
Paul is responsible for onboarding new corporate clients onto StudioSpace’s agency marketplace platform and servicing the needs of their procurement, marketing, innovation and digital teams.
Robin Scarborough
Co-Founder / MD, Australia & APAC
Robin is responsible for building the StudioSpace business and helping big brands to access the best teams across digital and marketing services, in Australia and APAC
2021
Ex-Market Gravity (acquired by Deloitte Digital) founders team up again to reimagine how the biggest brands can more easily access the best independent & specialist agencies.
2022Feb
StudioSpace is born and the beta version of its marketplace launches in the UK and Australia.
2022Oct
StudioSpace raises a £1.5m seed round led by Fuel Ventures, after 9 months in beta in the UK and Australia; early enterprise clients include Aviva, Jaguar Land Rover, AXA and TAL.
2023Sep
New marketplace platform launches, delivering a better agency briefing and matching experience.
2024May
Follow-on investment of £1.1 million from Fuel Ventures.
2024Aug
Product update enabling integrated contracting and invoicing within the platform.
2025May
Roll-out of enterprise controls and client dashboards.
2025Aug
Marketplace refresh launched.
StudioSpace 2025