# Emily Forbes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Forbes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Forbes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Forbes > Source revision: 1325387118 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/emily-forbes/|title=Emily Forbes|website=Forbes}} | alma_mater = [Chelsea College of Arts](/source/Chelsea_College_of_Arts) | employer = [Seenit](/source/Seenit)
[Working Title Films](/source/Working_Title_Films) | awards = [Forbes 30 Under 30](/source/Forbes_30_Under_30) | website = {{URL|seenit.io}} }} '''Emily Forbes''' is a [British](/source/British_people) [entrepreneur](/source/entrepreneur) and the [founder](/source/Organizational_founder) of ''Seenit'', a collaborative [video platform](/source/video_platform) launched in 2014. Before founding ''Seenit'', she worked in film production at [Working Title Films](/source/Working_Title_Films). == Early life and education == Forbes attended [Chelsea College of Arts](/source/Chelsea_College_of_Arts), where she studied film.{{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}} Her father, David Forbes, is a director at [Savills](/source/Savills).{{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](/source/London_Evening_Standard)|website=standard.co.uk|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en-GB}} She went on to study visual communication.{{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}} == Career == Forbes worked on production of feature films for five years at [Working Title Films](/source/Working_Title_Films).{{cn|date=April 2025}} She was working as a documentary maker in [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) when she had the idea to create an app to encourage collaboration in filmmaking.{{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}} In 2014, Forbes founded Seenit, an app that allows users to collaboratively create content with colleagues, usable only by invitation.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} She received support from [BBC Lab UK](/source/BBC_Lab_UK) and [Rupert Hambro](/source/Rupert_Hambro) as well as £40,000 from [Creative England](/source/Creative_England).{{Cite news|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/toffs-in-tech|year=2017|website=tatler.com|publisher=[Tatler](/source/Tatler)|title=9 toffs who are taking over the tech world|last=Carington|first=Francesca|access-date=2018-09-25}}{{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}} Forbes is outspoken about the challenges that women entrepreneurs face.{{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}} She took part in the [Mayor of London](/source/Mayor_of_London)'s SVC2UK (Silicon Valley Comes to UK), which included a trade mission of women founders to [Silicon Valley](/source/Silicon_Valley).{{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}}{{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}} ===Awards=== Forbes has won the [TechCrunch Disrupt](/source/TechCrunch_Disrupt_New_York) award as well as [Forbes 30 Under 30](/source/Forbes_30_Under_30) in 2016.{{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}} == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{Wikiquote}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Emily}} Category:British women company founders Category:British chief executives Category:British graphic designers Category:British women graphic designers Category:British technology company founders Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Category:Living people Category:Nationality missing Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:1980s births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Date of birth missing (living people) Category:Women business executives --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Emily Forbes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Forbes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor 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