Steffan Aquarone

Steffan Luke Aquarone is a UK entrepreneur in the film and technology sectors. His projects involve collaboration between large groups of people with a common interest[1] and are often crowd-source financed,[2] the most notable example being feature-film Tortoise in Love which was made by a village in Oxfordshire.[3]

Education

Aquarone was educated at home as a member of Education Otherwise until the age of 12, before attending Norwich School (independent_school). He then read Politics and International Relations at the University of Warwick, graduating with a BA in 2006.

Business

In 2004, Aquarone co-founded media business Ephex Media Limited with two fellow students at the University of Warwick. Ephex Media received investment from the Advantage Early Growth Fund in 2007[4] in order to acquire regional post-production facility Oakslade Studios.[5] The company made and edited corporate films for brands including Land Rover, Vodafone, Massey Ferguson and American Express. The business was placed into administration in 2008.[6]

Aquarone co-owns feature film production company Immense Productions with author Guy Browning,[7] whose first feature Tortoise in Love on which Aquarone was producer[8] released in the UK in 2012.[9]

In 2011, Aquarone co-founded peer-to-peer[10] mobile payments platform Droplet[11] which allows users to load funds to an app on their mobile phones and send payments to other people or merchants.[12]

In 2013, Droplet was named among the 'Top 25 UK Startups' by influential technology blog Mashable.[13]

Writing

Aquarone writes on digital marketing topics including online video. In 2012 he wrote "Online Video: A Best Practice Guide" for digital publishers Econsultancy.[14]

Personal life

Aquarone lives in Norwich with his wife, and is a practicing Quaker, involved in local politics with the Liberal Democrat party.

References

  1. ↑ Roxborough, Scott "How an English Village Bankrolled 'A Tortoise in Love'", The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2011. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  2. ↑ MIPDoc 2011, "Crowdsourcing: the frontier of documentary and funding", Cannes, 3 April 2011. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "British comedy funded by village residents to show at Cannes", The Daily Telegraph 13 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Think Enterprise Case Studies", 15 September 2010. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "4RFV", 2 October 2007. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  6. ↑ , The London Gazette, 22 July 2008. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Immense get a funny idea about business" The Birmingham Post 21 July 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. ↑ IMDB "IMDB". Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  9. ↑ British Board of Film Classification "Tortoise in Love". Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Cockburn, Russ "How traditional banking is failing people technologically" 4 April 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  11. ↑ Crunchbase "Droplet". Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  12. ↑ Birmingham Post "Birmingham entrepreneurs launch payment app for smartphones", The Birmingham Post 31 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "25 Top UK Startups." Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Online Video Best Practice Guide", January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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