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Why C Wire exists.

Ten years spent learning how to read what a web page is actually about, and building the system that does it at scale.

01C Wire in figures

  • 200+

    Advertisers served

  • 500+

    Publishers

  • 30B+

    Monthly impressions

  • 9

    Markets

02The system

Reads

The crawler

Every page and every video, read before any bid.

Remembers

Content Graph

Every page we have read and vectorised.

Placement Graph

Every placement we have measured.

Decides

MatchPersona

Who the campaign is for.

Buys

MatchOutcome

Only what we have read, at the agreed price.

The supply beneath

Trusted Web

Publishers under direct contract. Everything above stands on this.

C Wire is a contextual advertising company. We build and run the system that reads the web for advertisers: the crawler that reads pages, the record of what each page is about, the record of how each ad slot performs, and the software that decides where an ad belongs and what an impression is worth. This page is about the people who run it, the way we work, and where to reach us.

What we believe

An impression is only worth buying when you know what surrounds it.

Not the reputation of the site, and not a category label from a list: the individual page, read in full. That is the belief the whole company is built on.

Around the product sits the supply: publishers under direct contract, screened against published criteria, with their ad slots checked one by one.

Page record

  • About

  • Language

  • Tone

  • Substance

  • Commercial conflict

  • MatchPersona

BrandDNA

Eligible to buy

Stop before the bid

How we work

Advertisers hear what we will not do as plainly as what we will. Publishers get the criteria in writing. Where we cannot do something, the site says so. The team is deliberately small and senior, with engineering, commercial and editorial judgment sitting close together.

01

We publish our standards

02

We log our removals

03

We state our boundaries

Commuters crossing the square in front of Zürich main station

Zürich, where C Wire is based.

Questions

C Wire, explained

What is C Wire?

A Swiss advertising technology company, headquartered in Zürich, that reads content and builds agentic personas so brands reach the people they need on 500+ audited European publishers and on YouTube, without cookies or user identifiers.

Where does C Wire operate?

Across nine European markets, with Switzerland, Germany, Austria and France as the core.

What is C Wire's approach in one sentence?

Start from the brand: BrandDNA and CampaignDNA are the context, MatchPersona decides who to reach and where they spend attention, and every impression is bought on content that has been read.

Does C Wire use personal data?

No. The system reads content, never people. Personas describe groups through life situation and attention, and reporting contains no user-level data.

How can I work with C Wire?

Managed by C Wire, self-service in the Console, deals into your own buying platform, or through your own AI agents over MCP or AdCP. Start with a brief: a brand, an objective and the metric you are measured on.

  • 300+

    advertisers

  • 500+

    publishers

  • 30B+

    monthly impressions

  • 9

    markets

Recognition

  • Swiss Economic Award Finalist 2025 logo
  • Ratecard Stars New AdTech Player 2024 logo
  • SEF Growth Label 2024 logo
  • IMD Startup Competition Winner 2023 logo
  • Top 100 Swiss Startups Public Voting Winner 2024 logo

Backing and governance

  1. Pre-Seed 2020

    Founder and angel capital

  2. Seed 2023

    Led by specialist AdTech investors

  3. Series A 2026

    Currently raising

Swiss-incorporated, audited annually, with an active independent board; quarterly investor updates

04Team

  • Rui de Freitas, Co-Founder & CEO

    Rui de Freitas

    Co-Founder & CEO

    LinkedIn
  • Yannick Koechlin, Co-Founder & CTO

    Yannick Koechlin

    Co-Founder & CTO

    LinkedIn
  • Martin Garling, Managing Director DACH

    Martin Garling

    Managing Director DACH

    LinkedIn
  • Tsigereda Spiess, Chief of Staff

    Tsigereda Spiess

    Chief of Staff

    LinkedIn
  • Lisa Tucci, Sales Director Switzerland

    Lisa Tucci

    Sales Director Switzerland · CH

    LinkedIn
  • Fanny Paulet, Sales Director France

    Fanny Paulet

    Sales Director France · FR

    LinkedIn
  • Maximilian Böckmann, Sales Director Germany

    Maximilian Böckmann

    Sales Director Germany · DE

    LinkedIn
  • Athina Savvidou, Agency & Client Consultant Switzerland

    Athina Savvidou

    Agency & Client Consultant Switzerland · CH

    LinkedIn
  • Lorin Vögeli, Head of Success

    Lorin Vögeli

    Head of Success

    LinkedIn
  • Maja Najdanović, Customer Success Manager

    Maja Najdanović

    Customer Success Manager

  • Sian Barker, Publisher Success Manager

    Sian Barker

    Publisher Success Manager

    LinkedIn
  • Andjela Jovanovic, Senior Ad Operations Specialist

    Andjela Jovanovic

    Senior Ad Operations Specialist

  • Martina Gioia, Product Manager

    Martina Gioia

    Product Manager

    LinkedIn
  • Svetislav Ciric, Senior Data Engineer

    Svetislav Ciric

    Senior Data Engineer

  • Milica Grujičić, Software Engineer

    Milica Grujičić

    Software Engineer

  • Jelena Jovanovic, Software Engineer

    Jelena Jovanovic

    Software Engineer

  • Alessandro Rosetti, Backend Software Engineer

    Alessandro Rosetti

    Backend Software Engineer

  • Ilia Zalesskii, Data Scientist

    Ilia Zalesskii

    Data Scientist

  • Jovan Radin, DevOps

    Jovan Radin

    DevOps

  • Federico Garzelli, Dev Ops Engineer

    Federico Garzelli

    Dev Ops Engineer

  • Lorenzo Deriu, Software Engineer

    Lorenzo Deriu

    Software Engineer

    LinkedIn
  • Elvis Kirin, Director Sales Germany

    Elvis Kirin

    Director Sales Germany · DE

    LinkedIn

05Board

  • Thomas Spiegel, Co-Founder & Board President

    Thomas Spiegel

    Co-Founder & Board President

    LinkedIn
  • Andrea Cordas, Board Observer

    Andrea Cordas

    Board Observer

    LinkedIn
  • Frederik Strange, Board Member

    Frederik Strange

    Board Member

    LinkedIn

06Advisors

  • Chris Morgan, Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

    Chris Morgan

    Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

    LinkedIn
  • Tom Triscari, Strategic Advisor

    Tom Triscari

    Strategic Advisor

    LinkedIn
  • Rémi Lemonnier, Strategic Advisor

    Rémi Lemonnier

    Strategic Advisor

    LinkedIn
  • Oliver Busch, Strategic Advisor

    Oliver Busch

    Strategic Advisor

    LinkedIn
  • Joanna Burton, Board Member & Advisor

    Joanna Burton

    Board Member & Advisor

    LinkedIn

07A selection of the brands running on C Wire

A selection of the brands running on C Wire

  • Apple logo
  • Nestlé logo
  • IKEA logo
  • Porsche logo
  • Mercedes logo
  • H&M logo
  • Lidl logo
  • Decathlon logo

Next step

Work with us, or work here.

Bring us a brief and we come back with the personas and a price. Or look at the work we have delivered.