Emily Forbes
British entrepreneur
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Emily Forbes is a British entrepreneur and the founder of Seenit, a collaborative video platform launched in 2014. Before founding Seenit, she worked in film production at Working Title Films.
Working Title Films
Emily Forbes | |
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Emily Forbes in 2016 | |
| Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 38–39)[1] |
| Alma mater | Chelsea College of Arts |
| Employer(s) | Seenit Working Title Films |
| Awards | Forbes 30 Under 30[1] |
| Website | seenit |
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.[citation needed] She was working as a documentary maker in South Africa when she had the idea to create an app to encourage collaboration in filmmaking.[5] In 2014, Forbes founded Seenit, an app that allows users to collaboratively create content with colleagues, usable only by invitation.[2][3][6][7][8] She received support from BBC Lab UK and Rupert Hambro as well as £40,000 from Creative England.[9][4][10][3]
Forbes is outspoken about the challenges that women entrepreneurs face.[4][11] 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.[12][13]
Awards
Forbes has won the TechCrunch Disrupt award as well as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016.[14]
