The real people behind 250+ brands.
From the data scientists building our own technology to your account strategists, we work together to help ecommerce retailers turn purchase intent into profitable sales.

Who we are and our culture
We’re a team of data scientists, engineers and strategists, with our office in Leeds and colleagues across the UK. We spend time with our clients in person, at their head offices and in their stores, because knowing a brand well is how we grow it. And twice a year the team comes together for our summer and Christmas parties.





Meet our leadership team

- First business at 14
- Co-founded EcoMarket
- On BBC, The Drum, The Grocer
Read moreRead less about Liam Patterson
Liam started his first business at 14, buying and selling promotional goods with a school friend. He went on to co-found EcoMarket, the online marketplace TechCrunch called the “Etsy for Eco”, which grew to more than 2,000 artisan producers, and then ran Dizinga, a print-on-demand platform used by thousands of artists. Scaling that store on Google Shopping is where Bidnamic began: bidding right on every individual product was a problem nobody had solved, so he and Ingvar built the technology to do it. Today he’s a regular commentator on BBC News, The Drum and The Grocer.

- PhD in Physical Chemistry, Leeds
- 7 years at Bayer
- Co-founded Dizinga & Bidnamic
Read moreRead less about Dr Ingvar Kraatz
Ingvar is a scientist by training. He began as a technical apprentice at Schering in Berlin and spent 7 years in Bayer’s chemical laboratories before moving to Leeds for a degree in Mathematics and Chemistry and a PhD in Physical Chemistry. He co-founded Dizinga with Liam, then Bidnamic, where he runs the business day to day and publishes our analysis of Google’s changes, such as a study of 4,200 campaigns after the August 2026 bidding update.

- Chartered accountant (FCA)
- Ex-PwC, Tenzing, Pemberton
- At Bidnamic since 2022
Read moreRead less about Nik Hood
Nik is a chartered accountant (FCA) who has specialised in alternative assets for most of his career. His roles include Head of Alternative Investment Management at PwC in Zurich, CFO of Tenzing, and Finance Director and then Partner at Pemberton Asset Management. He sat on the BVCA’s Legal & Technical Committee, lobbying government and the FRC on industry matters, and has tutored the EVCA’s technical courses. He joined Bidnamic as Chief Financial Officer in 2022, and holds an Economics degree from the University of York.

- 4+ years working with Google
- Board member since 2023
- Owns sales, marketing & success
Read moreRead less about Oliver Mountain
Oliver spent more than 4 years working with Google, first as an account strategist and then as an agency development manager supporting some of the fastest-growing agencies in the UK. Before that he ran UK and Ireland sales for Vishay, a $3bn semiconductor group, and commercial truck sales for Mercedes-Benz. He joined Bidnamic in 2019, led business development, and since 2023 has sat on the board as Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for sales, marketing and client success.

- At Bidnamic since 2018
- Ex-Memrise, NET-A-PORTER
- MSc, King’s College London
Read moreRead less about Robin Edwards
Robin has built Bidnamic’s technology since 2018, rising from senior software engineer to engineering lead, principal architect and, in 2024, Chief Technology Officer. Before Bidnamic he led the platform team at Memrise, was technical lead at Migreat, and engineered at NET-A-PORTER. He holds an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering from King’s College London (Distinction) and a first-class degree in Computing.
Our story so far
- 2018
Bidnamic is founded
Liam and Ingvar started Bidnamic with a team of six, after outgrowing manual Shopping campaigns at their print-on-demand store, Dizinga.
- 2019
On stage at Search Leeds
We ran a panel on winning market share in a crowded online market.
- 2020
Our first US event
Four of the team flew to eTail West in Palm Springs to meet American retailers.
- 2020
An Ecommerce Trailblazer
BusinessCloud named Bidnamic one of its 100 Ecommerce Trailblazers.
- Jul 2021
Revenue doubles
Turnover grew 100% year on year, and we opened a second Leeds office across the road.
- Oct 2021
IRX and Retail Week
We exhibited at IRX in Birmingham, and Ingvar pitched in Retail Week’s startup zone.
- May 2022
£4m Series A
Gresham House Ventures led our first institutional investment.
- Aug 2022
Bidnamic opens in the US
Bidnamic LLC was incorporated, with a base at Capital Factory in Austin, Texas.
- 2023–24
A new leadership team
Oliver Mountain joined the board as CRO in 2023, and Robin Edwards became CTO in 2024.
- May 2026
Visibility Tracker launches
Our free tool shows which competitors are winning share of voice on your Google Shopping search terms.
- Sep 2026
Our Shopify app launches
We fund Shopify stores’ Google ad spend up front, and take a share only of the sales Shopify verifies.








