Emily Forbes
Emily Forbes in 2016
Born1986 or 1987 (age 36–37)[1]
Alma materChelsea College of Arts
Employer(s)Seenit
Working Title Films
AwardsForbes 30 Under 30[1]
Websiteseenit.io

Emily Forbes is a British entrepreneur. She founded Seenit in 2014, an app to encourage collaboration. Forbes worked in film production at Working Title Films.

Early life and education

Forbes attended Chelsea College of Arts, where she studied film.[2] Her father, David Forbes, is a director at Savills.[3] She went on to study visual communication.[4]

Career

Forbes worked on production of feature films for five years at Working Title Films.[5] She was working as a documentary maker in South Africa when she had the idea to create an app to encourage collaboration in filmmaking.[6] In 2014, Forbes founded Seenit, an app that allows users to collaboratively create content with colleagues, usable only by invitation.[2][3][7][8][9] She received support from BBC Lab UK and Rupert Hambro as well as £40,000 from Creative England.[10][4][11][3]

Forbes is outspoken about the challenges that women entrepreneurs face.[4][12] She took part in the Mayor of London's SVC2UK (Silicon Valley Comes to UK), which included a trade mission of women founders to Silicon Valley.[13][14]

Awards

Forbes has won the TechCrunch Disrupt award as well as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Emily Forbes". Forbes.
  2. 1 2 "Inspirational Woman: Emily Forbes | Founder & CEO, Seenit". WeAreTheCity. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. 1 2 3 "Seenit - the app that gives one person a global film crew of thousands". standard.co.uk. London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  4. 1 2 3 "We meet Seenit, the most powerful film crew in your pocket, with CEO Emily Forbes - Eyedea - Female Millennials Network". Eyedea - Female Millennials Network. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Emily Forbes - Elite Business Magazine". elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  6. ↑ "Emily Forbes > Events: Europe 2018 | Speakers / Advertising Week". www.advertisingweek.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  7. ↑ Khan, Presented by Coco; Slaney, produced by Rowan (2017-03-16). "'Breaking up with a co-founder is like a divorce' – Confessions of a Startup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  8. ↑ Maxwell, James Maiki and Peter. "Emily Forbes: Seenit". Emily Forbes: Seenit | LS:N Global. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  9. ↑ "Emily Forbes of Seenit | My Web | The Good Web Guide". Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  10. ↑ Carington, Francesca (2017). "9 toffs who are taking over the tech world". tatler.com. Tatler. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  11. ↑ Vilner, Yoav. "16 London-Based Startups Ready To Take On 2016". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  12. ↑ "[Video]A Celebration of the Female Tech Entrepreneur: Finding the Founder in You". www.brighttalk.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  13. ↑ "SVC2UK: Female Founders International Visit to Silicon Valley". Mayor's International Business Programme. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  14. ↑ "London-based female founders join Silicon Valley trade mission". www.londonandpartners.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  15. ↑ "Speakers-old version | The Times Tech Summit". techsummit.news.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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