Emily Forbes

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.

Emily Forbes
Emily Forbes in 2016
Born1986/1987 (age 33–35)[1]
Alma materChelsea College of Arts
EmployerSeenit
Working Title Films
AwardsForbes 30 Under 30[1]
Websiteseenit.io

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. "Emily Forbes". Forbes.
  2. "Inspirational Woman: Emily Forbes | Founder & CEO, Seenit". WeAreTheCity. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  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. "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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