London Brief #19: 12 Screens to Show Hamlet’s Father
Blippar’s founder’s Augmented Reality, 8 CyLon startups and 12 screens to show Hamlet’s father. Read more in today’s issue.
People
Ambarish Mitra, the CEO and co-founder of Blippar, an AR unicorn, found himself under Financial Times scrutiny. It seems that some of his biography was also an augmented version of reality.
In the news
Cyber London (CyLon) has announced the eight security startups participating in its fifth programme.
– Lantaca
– AuthMe
The Financial Health Fellowship is a new incubation programme launched by the Finance Innovation Lab and Toynbee Hall (London).
London-based Pavegen, which generates energy and data from people walking on pavements, has won the Smart Cities ‘Interactive Innovation Award’ at South by SouthWest Festival.
If you need to get a haircut, you’d better fall back on the traditional booking options, as Rock Pamper Scissors, the London-based hairdresser booking app backed by Seedcamp and 500 Startups, has just died.
Eye Candies
Tal Yarden, a video designer, is helping to create a high-tech version of Hamlet shown in Almeida Theatre. The stage is enhanced with surveillance technology — there are 12 screens incorporated into the set with news footage, live broadcast of actors in close-up and Hamlet’s late father’s ghost.
London’s Design Museum celebrates the centenary of the Russian Revolution with an exhibition of Soviet plans and visions for Moscow called ‘Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution’.
Business as usual
- Pulmocide, a biotech firm run by former GlaxoSmithKline scientists, has closed a $30.4m Series B from SV Life Sciences, a Johnson & Johnson’s venture capital.
- Nested, a startup that helps in selling properties for a guaranteed price, has raised a further £8m in funding in a round led by Passion Capital.
- Goodlord, a residential lettings marketplace platform, has raised £7.2m in Series A funding from Ribbit Capital, LocalGlobe and Global Founders Capital.
Number of the day
12: the number of screens needed to show Hamlet nowadays.
Idea
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Aleksandra Prejs
On behalf of the London Brief Team
