Marco Mereu

As Co-Founder and CEO of Framerate, Mereu oversees all day-to-day operations of the company, including licensing, sales, operations, syndication, programming, product development and production. Framerate publishes video and live esports content across digital platforms in partnership with esports teams, professional gamers, entertainment networks, publishers, brands and platforms throughout the world. Framerate drove over 15 million views of branded content in 2018.

Prior to Framerate, Mereu founded and built Roostr, the first performance based sponsored content marketplace for YouTube gaming influencers and mobile games. Roostr was acquired by Chartboost in January 2016.

Mereu also founded Gameblyr in 2013, one of the first independent publishing platforms for mobile gaming. Gameblyr published 8 titles in two years with 7 being featured by Apple and 2 Editors Choice Awards.

Prior to Gameblyr, Mereu served as General Counsel and VP US Business Development for Evony Online, one of the largest browser based MMO's with over 30 million players worldwide.

Marco is also a licensed attorney and had an active IP and transactional practice from 2000-2009 before entering the interactive entertainment industry.

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