Founded
2019
Lisbon, Portugal
Team
25+
Senior practitioners, three timezones
Why we exist
Most agencies sell hours. We sell outcomes, then we ship them weekly so you can see them happening.
Twenty-five humans
building quiet growth.
GrowMate started in 2019 in a Lisbon co-working space with three laptops and a strong opinion about how agencies should work.
Seven years later we're still small on purpose. Twenty-five senior practitioners across Delaware, Dubai and Dhaka — no juniors, no account managers shielding you from the people doing the work, and no decks measuring "synergy".
How we think about the work.
01
Receipts > vibes
Every campaign ships with a metric. If we can't measure it, we don't pretend it worked.
02
Small things, often
Compounding beats heroics. We'd rather ship 40 small wins than launch one viral thing per year.
03
Direct, never sharp
We'll tell you the homepage isn't working. We'll never make you feel bad about it.
04
Borrow boldly
There are no original ideas, only fresh executions. We steal the structure and bring our own taste.
05
Boring on purpose
Reliable processes, predictable cadence, weekly receipts. Drama belongs in the campaign, not the standup.
06
Less, but better
We say no to 70% of inbound. The clients who do work with us get our full attention.
The team.
You'll work directly with these people. No layers, no handoffs, no "let me loop in your account manager."
🌿
Maya Okafor
Founder & Strategy · Lisbon
✍️
Daniel Park
Head of Content · Brooklyn
📈
Sara Lindqvist
Growth Lead · Stockholm
🔎
Rohan Mehta
SEO & GEO · Singapore
🎨
Elena Rivas
Creative Director · Barcelona
⚡
Tomi Adebayo
Paid Media Lead · London
✉️
Yuki Tanaka
Lifecycle Strategist · Tokyo
⚙️
Isabel Costa
Design Engineer · Lisbon
A short timeline.
2019
GrowMate founded in Lisbon
Three founders, one shared belief: agencies could be smaller, sharper, and more honest.
2020
First retainer client signs for 12 months
They're still a client. Hi, Helio 👋
2022
Brooklyn office opens
A second timezone unlocks 24-hour campaign cycles.
2024
GEO practice launches
We start optimizing for ChatGPT and Perplexity citations before most agencies notice they exist.
2025
Singapore studio + 17th hire
Asia-Pacific clients now served from local timezone. We're officially 'globally distributed'.
2026
You, hopefully
Look, we're not getting younger. Reach out.
↘ Let's talk
Ready to grow
on purpose?
Book a 30-minute call. We'll either give you 3 things you can do this week — or politely pass and recommend someone better. No pitch deck