Anthony Rose (technology)
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| Born |
24 September 1964 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | UK |
| Education | University of Cape Town |
| Organization | SeedLegals |
| Known for | being 'the man who saved the BBC' |
Anthony Rose (born 24 September 1964) is a technology entrepreneur whose career has spanned across; 3D graphics, P2P music, internet video, social TV and online communities.
Rose is known for his work managing the launch of the BBC's iPlayer, for which Wired UK named him "the man who saved the BBC". He has founded/co-founded multiple companies including; Beamly, 6Tribes, Hey Blab, and QJAM.. Anthony is current CEO for his most recently co-founded company, SeedLegals, the world’s first legal automation platform for startup funding.
Rose currently holds 14 patents and has won numerous awards for his contributions to the digital product industry.
Anthony Rose was born on 24 September 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa. At the age of 14 Rose began developing his own 6800-based home computer and within a year he was developing various computer products, including a RAM character generator add-on board and a RAM-based hard drive emulator for the Apple II. He then set up a company, A. R. Technology, through which to sell these products.
Rose was CTO of the BBC's iPlayer from 2007 until 2010, during which time it received a Bafta Award for Innovation. In 2011 he co-founded Beamly (formerly known as Zeebox), a social content network for television, which was acquired by Coty in 2015. Rose then went on to found the social network 6Tribes in 2015 which was acquired in 2016 and developed into DriveTribe. DriveTribe went on to receive $6.5.M investment from 21st Century Fox shortly after.
In September 2016 Anthony Rose co-founded SeedLegals, alongside co-founders Laurent Laffy (Managing Partner of VC firm Arts Alliance) and Anthony Drogon (former Head of Development at Arkena). SeedLegals the first legal automation platform that dynamically creates all the legals companies and their investors need to close an equity investment.
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