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Apical Limited – Q&A

18 Jan 2012 | No Comments | posted by admin | in Q & A


What was the vision behind the company and who was involved in the founding?
Apical was founded in 2001 by Dr Michael Tusch and Dr Slava Chesnokov based on breakthrough research by Dr Chesnokov into modelling human vision. The pair recognized that such technology would be of central importance in virtually all the digital imaging devices. The objective was to make Apical’s technology the industry standard for high-quality embedded imaging device applications.
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Blippar – Q&A

18 Jan 2012 | No Comments | posted by admin | in Q & A


What was the vision behind the company and who was involved in the founding?
blippar aims to be the world’s default lens to interact with real world of images and objects in real time. One single platform enabling all brands worldwide to digitise their assets for customer friendly interactions via their mobile phones. The business was initially founded Ambarish Mitra and Omar Tayeb at the idea stage soon followed by Steve Spencer and Jessica Butcher at implementation stage.
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Carbon Hero Ltd – Q&A

18 Jan 2012 | No Comments | posted by admin | in Q & A


What was the vision behind the company and who was involved in the founding?
Andreas “Zac” Zachariah founded the business to help people understand the environmental impact of transport and give them the information they need to make smart travel choices. Travel is a huge part of all our lives, but as it’s not metered like gas or electricity, it’s very hard for any of us to see our emissions. CarbonDiem seeks solve this problem by revealing to people their own travel emissions and so better understand how we all use our transport infrastructure.
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