{{Short description|British entrepreneur}} {{Infobox person | name = Emily Forbes | image = Emily Forbes.png | caption = Emily Forbes in 2016 | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|30|2017}}<ref name=thirtyunderthirty>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/emily-forbes/|title=Emily Forbes|website=Forbes}}</ref> | alma_mater = Chelsea College of Arts | employer = Seenit<br>Working Title Films | awards = Forbes 30 Under 30<ref name=thirtyunderthirty/> | website = {{URL|seenit.io}} }}
'''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.
== Early life and education == Forbes attended Chelsea College of Arts, where she studied film.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://wearethecity.com/inspirational-woman-emily-forbes-founder-ceo-seenit/|title=Inspirational Woman: Emily Forbes {{!}} Founder & CEO, Seenit|date=2018-04-12|work=WeAreTheCity|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en-US}}</ref> Her father, David Forbes, is a director at Savills.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/entrepreneurs-crowdsourced-video-app-seenit-gives-access-to-red-carpets-and-big-matches-a3099406.html|title=Seenit - the app that gives one person a global film crew of thousands|publisher=London Evening Standard|website=standard.co.uk|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en-GB}}</ref> She went on to study visual communication.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://www.eyedea.org.uk/2017/11/21/meet-seenit-powerful-film-crew-pocket-ceo-emily-forbes/|title=We meet Seenit, the most powerful film crew in your pocket, with CEO Emily Forbes - Eyedea - Female Millennials Network|date=2017-11-21|work=Eyedea - Female Millennials Network|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014117/http://www.eyedea.org.uk/2017/11/21/meet-seenit-powerful-film-crew-pocket-ceo-emily-forbes/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == Forbes worked on production of feature films for five years at Working Title Films.{{cn|date=April 2025}} She was working as a documentary maker in South Africa when she had the idea to create an app to encourage collaboration in filmmaking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.advertisingweek.com/events/eu/2018/speakers/?id=9925|title=Emily Forbes > Events: Europe 2018 {{!}} Speakers / Advertising Week|website=www.advertisingweek.com|access-date=2018-09-25|archive-date=2018-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014404/http://www.advertisingweek.com/events/eu/2018/speakers/?id=9925|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, Forbes founded Seenit, an app that allows users to collaboratively create content with colleagues, usable only by invitation.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/audio/2017/mar/16/breaking-up-with-a-co-founder-is-like-a-divorce-confessions-of-a-startup|title='Breaking up with a co-founder is like a divorce' – Confessions of a Startup|last=Khan|first=Presented by Coco|date=2017-03-16|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-09-25|last2=Slaney|first2=produced by Rowan|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lsnglobal.com/opinion/article/19403/emily-forbes-seenit|title=Emily Forbes: Seenit|last=Maxwell|first=James Maiki and Peter|work=Emily Forbes: Seenit {{!}} LS:N Global|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk/the-edit/guest-edits/emily-forbes/19533|title=Emily Forbes of Seenit {{!}} My Web {{!}} The Good Web Guide|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en|archive-date=2018-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014050/https://www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk/the-edit/guest-edits/emily-forbes/19533|url-status=dead}}</ref> She received support from BBC Lab UK and Rupert Hambro as well as £40,000 from Creative England.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/toffs-in-tech|year=2017|website=tatler.com|publisher=Tatler|title=9 toffs who are taking over the tech world|last=Carington|first=Francesca|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref><ref name=":4"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/yoavvilner/2016/01/18/16-london-based-startups-ready-to-take-on-2016/#37c928bd4527|title=16 London-Based Startups Ready To Take On 2016|last=Vilner|first=Yoav|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
Forbes is outspoken about the challenges that women entrepreneurs face.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14643/281703/video-a-celebration-of-the-female-tech-entrepreneur-finding-the-founder-in-you|title=[Video]A Celebration of the Female Tech Entrepreneur: Finding the Founder in You|website=www.brighttalk.com|access-date=2018-09-25|archive-date=2018-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014237/https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14643/281703/video-a-celebration-of-the-female-tech-entrepreneur-finding-the-founder-in-you|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://gotogrow.london/insight-and-case-studies/female-founders|title=SVC2UK: Female Founders International Visit to Silicon Valley|work=Mayor's International Business Programme|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en-GB|archive-date=2018-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926051824/http://gotogrow.london/insight-and-case-studies/female-founders|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/press-releases/2017/20170519-londonbased-female-founders-join-silicon-valley-trade-mission|title=London-based female founders join Silicon Valley trade mission|website=www.londonandpartners.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-09-25|archive-date=2018-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014628/https://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/press-releases/2017/20170519-londonbased-female-founders-join-silicon-valley-trade-mission|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Awards=== Forbes has won the TechCrunch Disrupt award as well as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Speakers-old version {{!}} The Times Tech Summit|url=http://techsummit.news.co.uk/speakers/|access-date=2018-09-25|website=techsummit.news.co.uk|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014430/http://techsummit.news.co.uk/speakers/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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