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Can a Manchester-based creative-technology studio scale immersive experience delivery globally across cruise, themed entertainment, and hospitality while keeping finance operations lean through multi-currency treasury and cloud HR?

Founded2022
HQManchester, UK
FoundersPeter Cliff, Jos van der Steen
IndustryHospitality / SaaS
The story

Founded in 2022 as a creative innovation studio delivering bespoke immersive experiences for cruise, themed entertainment, and hospitality clients. Quickly spun out Game Volt as a product arm in 2023 to capture the competitive socialising trend with standardised, deployable interactive systems. The company's rapid international growth — UK, US, Middle East — drove adoption of Airwallex for multi-currency treasury and FX, and Rippling for cross-jurisdictional HR and payroll management, representing the only meaningful embedded finance layer in what is otherwise a technology and creative services business.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2022
Founded in Manchester; delivered first major theme park attraction within the first year.· pivot
2023
Launched Game Volt — a plug-and-play interactive product arm targeting competitive socialising venues worldwide.· pivot
2024
Expanded into the US with an Orlando hub; launched flagship Arena and Supercharged Shuffleboard products now installed in 200+ venues.· acquisition
2025
Unveiled Glow Court — the world's first outdoor interactive LED sports court installed on a cruise ship; opened third hub in Abu Dhabi, UAE.· banking
2025
Adopted Airwallex for FX and global treasury, saving £110,000 in conversion and transfer fees within under a year.· banking
The stack
Payroll
Rippling
FX & payouts
Airwallex
Accounting gap: none