CPL

CPL is a ‘digital native’ publishing business with two major assets: an ultra low-cost publishing platform and a growing catalogue of magazine titles.

  • Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Currency GBP
  • Founded December 2012
  • Employees 4
  • Website cyclopublishing.com

Company Summary

Established in 2011, CPL now publishes titles for Cycling, Running and Triathlon. It also owns www.worldcup.co.uk and has three additional titles designed and ready to publish.

The platform, in addition to publishing our own titles, enables the business to generate revenue by providing end-to-end publishing services for publishers [Contract Publishing] and providing the platform, under license, to third parties.

Team

  • Strategy, Operations

    Media Strategist and Entrepreneur with over 25 years experience. Founder - Denovo New Media in 1995, and 4 other technology start-ups. Launched digital services for BBC, FT, HMV, Virgin, Sony, C4 and many more.

  • Justin Bowyer
    Editorial

    Contributor to Outdoor Fitness and Runner’s World magazines. 15-plus years of content provision for clients as diverse as Football 365, Reuters and the BBC. He has written for every major UK publisher and is a regular contributor to both Runner’s World and Outdoor Fitness. His latest book is ‘Running: Motivation, Nutrition and Hydration’. Written for every major UK publisher. Presents a monthly show on BBC Radio.

  • David Powell
    Sales and Marketing

    David Powell enjoyed a 30-year career in the international travel and financial services business, as a senior executive first with American Express and subsequently with Thomas Cook. In this time, he worked and lived in Asia, Australia, the USA, the UK and twice in Japan. Along with BBI he is an investor in CPL.

  • Stephen Thompson
    Technology

    A key engineer for the BT Mosaic Video on Demand platform. Wide expertise in service and application design and rapid prototyping. Specialist in iOS, Objective-C, jQuery, HTML[5], CSS[3], PHP, MySQL, Oracle PL/SQL and more.

Previous Investors

  • Design & Development [D2] Limited
    Lead Investor
    Unconfirmed
    Technology Strategy Board
    Grant Funding
    Unconfirmed
    BBI
    Seed Investors
    Unconfirmed

Starting a startup?

Join the world's largest startup network for guidance, tools, and fundraising opportunities.

Get Started for Free