Streetbees
Streetbees is a UK-based technology company that reveals how people think and behave by crowdsourcing real-time data from people around the world.[1]
It gathers opinions, photos and videos from its user base of over 1.7 million people, based in 150 countries worldwide.[2][3][4]
Research is conducted using via the Streetbees smartphone app and users are paid the equivalent of their local living wage for their time.[5]
Streetbees then uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to convert the data into insights for some of the world's largest companies, including Unilever, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and the BBC.[6][7][8][9][10]
Its approach was recognised by the Market Research Society as the industry's Best Innovation of 2018.[11]
History[edit]
Established by founders Tugce Bulut[12] and Oliver May in 2015, the company is backed by investors including LocalGlobe, BGF Ventures and Octopus Ventures.[13][14]
In March 2018, Streetbees raised $12 million in Series A funding from investors led by venture capital fund Atomico.[15][16][17]
The company, which now employs around 100 people, is based in offices in London.[18] It has expanded in the US and has a location in Lisbon.[19]
Streetbees has been named as a company to watch by CB Insights, Tech Radar and the Disrupt 100[20][21][22], while Grant Thornton has named founder Tugce Bulut as one of its faces of a vibrant economy.[23] In August 2018, Wired named the company in its list of Europe's 100 Hottest Startups.[24]. It has also been recognised as one of the UK's fastest growing companies.[25]
References[edit]
- ↑ "These businesses balance purpose with profit". Wired. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ↑ "An app that analyses how people behave, and why". The Daily Telegraph. 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "CEO Raises $12 Million of Funding". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ↑ Goodfellow, Chris. "How Streetbees bootstrapped its concept before raising £10m investment". Enterprise Nation. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ "Market research from the grassroots". The Financial Times. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ↑ Smith, Oliver. "This Startup Is Helping Unilever And L'Oreal Tear Up The Market Research Rulebook". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ↑ Loizou, Kiki (2017-03-12). "App creates a buzz". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ↑ "Streetbees expands senior team | News". Research Live. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ Flinders, Karl. "Interview: Sam Lowe, chief technology officer, Streetbees". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ Macauley, Thomas. "How Streetbees plans to build 'world's largest' data store about human behaviour". Techworld. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ "MRS Awards 2018 winners announced". Research Live. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ "7 Women Who Transformed Their Passion Into An Awesome Business Idea". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ "Global research platform Streetbees closes $5.1m Seed led by BGF Ventures". UKTN (UK Tech News). 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ↑ "Global research platform Streetbees clinches $5.1m seed investment - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas". Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ Key, Alys (2018-03-15). "Skype billionaire Niklas Zennstrom's Atomico leads $12m round for London startup StreetBees". City AM.
- ↑ "Streetbees: the start-up that has raised $12m in Series A funding". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ↑ "Marketing intelligence app Streetbees raises $12 million in Series A round". Tech.eu. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ↑ "Streetbees' Tugce Bulut on fundraising, support networks and industry challenges". UKTN (UK Tech News). 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ↑ Evans, Peter (2018-05-20). "Whatever Brexit brings, we'll always have Lisbon, says Streetbees boss". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ↑ "9 Early-Stage Enterprise AI Startups To Watch". CB Insights Research. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ "Meet the TechTalk 22: introducing the innovators to watch in 2018". TechRadar. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ "Disrupt 100". Disrupt 100. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ "Tugce Bulut - Faces of a Vibrant Economy - Grant Thornton". Faces of a Vibrant Economy - Grant Thornton. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ Franklin-Wallis, Oliver. "The hottest startups in London". Wired. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ↑ "Top 100: Britain's fastest-growing businesses 2018". SyndicateRoom. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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