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Incubation Stories HAUS PICTURES HAUS Pictures was nominated for Best Short Film at the 60th British Film Institute London Film Festival. Congratulations to the team for pulling this one together. The short film “Candy Floss” was screened at London Film Festival in September 2016. The Directors are Harri Kamaanathan, Benedict Tumbull and Iain Simpson, ex Ravensbourne students. They are ambitious, passionate, creative and have a track record in directing successful campaigns with varying levels of budget. The team has a long-term vision and has adopted the right approach to forge their way in the industry by developing a strong network and demonstrating their dedication to making stunning visuals alongside creative storytelling. Current clients include BBC, Universal, Polo, Chevrolet and Coca-Cola. HAUS Pictures has recently been nominated at the BFI an award winning Production Company dedicated to making stunning visuals alongside creative storytelling. HAUS Pictures make films, commercials, music videos, digital content and live event coverage. The company has a small roster of Directors having had work screened all over the world picking up critical acclaim. HAUS Pictures also recently produced “Edmund The Magnificent" which was funded by Creative England through the BFI NETWORK in September 2016. Well done!!! Hard work pays off - HAUS Pictures are a bunch of guys to follow and watch! www.hauspictures.com

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VIRTUAL UMBRELLA Female tech boss Samantha Kingston gains BBC coverage. Samantha Kingston fell into the video games industry by accident - but her rise has been meteoric, that is what the BBC news stated on 19 /09/2016. Samantha also won an Award for “New Business Award 2016” at the Southampton Venus Awards in April 2016. 'Learned by ourselves'Samantha set Virtual Umbrella in March 2015 with her friend and business partner Bertie Millis. The directors have the right mix of skills set and are passionate to grow the business, Virtual Umbrella specialises in games for virtual reality (VR) headsets in which the player enters a simulated environment. Based in London and Southampton, Virtual Umbrella describes itself as a marketing agency that specialises in VR. Their clients also include Nokia whom they have helped to develop and promote their VR content. www.virtualumbrella.marketing

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MI-HUB mi-Hub jointly with IOD present report to House of Lords. Rafael Dos Santos Director of mi-HUB jointly with Institute of Directors presented a report on Migrants Entrepreneurship on the 12th September 2016 at the Houses of Parliament. The Migrant Entrepreneur Report stated that “Migrant are creating jobs, not taking them, Migrant-led businesses are a boost to the UK economy, and need further government backing”. mi-HUB has been listed in the Sunday Times list ‘Top 100 Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs in the UK’ 2016; Entrepreneur of the Week, for a new business idea ‘This Foreigner Can’. London, September 2015 Winner – Award for outstanding Services to the Migrant Community London, 2015. www.mi-hub.com

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Company News REALDEAL Reeldeal has reached milestone of 10.000 stock footage clips for their library www.reeldeal.tv The contents of Reeldeal can be licensed by advertising agencies, video production companies and marketing departments. Erwin De Boer the director is currently working on John Lewis and Portable North Pole branded content around the opening of the John Lewis Christmas department. The company has captured footage from the build-up and the Press/VIP opening. Reeldealhd video content will be used in the shop window of John Lewis, online and by PNP to promote the interactive sleigh ride. www.reeldealhd.com COELRIND Coelrind has achieved Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) accreditation, demonstrating the power of their value proposition and the robustness of their delivery standards to existing and larger academic institutions. This accreditation will raise their profile in the industry of learning technologies and will enhance their credibility to target larger organisations. Coelrind has demonstrated outstanding achievement, best practice and excellence in corporate learning and performance. Something to celebrate!!! www.coelrind.co.uk

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New Incubatees DOUBLEME Ravensbourne Incubation attracts DoubleMe. DoubleMe a holographic mixed reality tech Start-Up company that is headquartered in US at San Jose, California has chosen the Incubation as their London-based operation in UK. Albert Kim, DoubleMe founder, of a novel 3D capture system HoloPortal, provides a service that converts 2D videos into dynamic 3D models in real-time for virtual reality and mixed reality (VR/MR). The 3D models from HoloPortal preserves original volumetric mesh, movement, and textures of the live subjects such as people, hence “We literally bring real people into VR/MR”. Holographic Dreams Become A Reality With DoubleMe & Ravensbourne UK: HoloPortal™ Ravensbourne and DoubleMe have teamed up to launch the first UK HoloPortal™ making accessible holographic mixed reality experiences a reality. The first innovation project and worlds first HoloLens mixed reality fashion experience, collaboration with sustainable fashion designer MartineJarlgaard, Fashion Innovation Agency & London Fashion Week featured on BBC Click, Forbes & The Huffington Post. Right now it may sound like a crazy idea but instead of selling your direct skills or products, we want to help you to sell your skills virtually" Albert Kim, DoubleMe. www.doubleme.me

FARID AKMAL DESIGNS Welcome to Farid!!! Farid has just completed his MA in Wearable Futures here at Ravensbourne. He did his BA in Fashion Design and Marketing at Regents University in 2014 and is trained and has worked as a freelance patternmaker prior to his starting his MA. Most recently he has been featured in The Huffington Post for his work with the European Space Agency and The Science Museum London. He is ambitious to develop his own company now and research into developing technologies that can be integrated into fashion design and other wearables. www.faridakmal.com

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Incubation and Alumni Collaboration THE ODD COUPLE Joe Mercer- Holland director of "ODD, in collaboration with another member of the Incubation community: Director of Photography 'Theo Clarke', will be travelling out to Morocco to commence shooting of its debut short film "Westing" this November, currently in pre production. The film follows a young girl named Tu, travelling with her ageing partner through the mountains of morocco. Tu, in debt to her lover must guide him to his place of death." Incubation wish Joe all the best for his venture! www.odd.co

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Forthcoming Event THE 4TH TECHNOLOGY WAVE Entrepreneurs, businesses, innovators, creatives, makers, hackers, students and residents are all invited to attend the Driving Entrepreneurship and innovation: 'Cowabunga' Surfing the 4th Technology Wave. In the context of the 25th Anniversary of the first public website, Incubation at Ravensbourne, is partnering with SEC2U* special project within SEUN Startup Europe University Network and GGDG - Greenwich Google Developers Group - (collaboration with Ravensbourne, Royal Borough of Greenwich and University of Greenwich to create smart tech and promote citizens’ engagement) to explore the 4th Technology Wave & how democratisation of technology which empowers, disrupts & drives innovation, while blurring the boundaries between Science Fiction & Science Fact. Explore innovative technologies VR, AR, MR: Daydream - Google VR and Deep Dream, Magic Leap, HoloLens, YouTube 360. Speakers include Sci-Fi-London, Google, DoubleMe and HoloPortal: Ravensbourne, plus special guests. Panel chaired by Louis Savy - Founder Sci-Fi-London.

Date: Thursday 20th October 2016 Venue: Ravensbourne, North Greenwich, SE10 0EW

Time: 5.30pm - 8pm, Refreshments available Free event, Register: http://4thtechnologywave.eventbrite.co.uk/

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Interesting News!!! SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES FROM FILM FUNDING Incubation companies can tap into funding and grant opportunities. The Creative Skillset Film Skills Fund is the largest fund in the UK dedicated to supporting film-specific training. They do this by investing in a programme of training, education and support for businesses, employees and freelancers, driving business and career development. • Craft and Technical Bursaries – funding for training grants of up to £800 for

film professionals working in eligible craft and technical departments to spend on training which meets key skills priorities.

• International Scholarships – funding for training grants of up to £5,000 for experienced film professionals to attend intensive and high-level developmental programmes in the UK or overseas.

• Management and Leadership Bursaries – funding for training grants of up to £1,000 for film professionals to spend on training and professional development in the area of management and leadership.

Email: info@creativeskillset.org Website: creativeskillset.org Phone: 020 7713 9800

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FREE ORGANISATIONAL NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR LONDON SMES Grab this Opportunity! Twin is a company based in Greenwich and it supplies interns to organisations, it has now secured a contract to deliver a free service to run a new government recruitment funded service which is available to London-based SMEs. As part of this service, they are offering a free Organisational Needs Analysis to help guide and reduce the cost of current or future recruitment to SMEs. The process is simple, it involves less than 15 minutes for you to complete and this will give their team all the information they need to identify skills gaps and help you to understand a range of options available to you, alongside standard recruitment and intern’s placement. If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, just reply to the email Twin.UK@cmp.dotmailer.co.uk. For more details contact: Marie-Charlotte Kibloff, Placement Officer, Email: mckibloff@twinuk.com Website: www.twinukt.com Phone: 020 8269 5689

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SOCIAL MEDIA Networking is an essential part of incubation at Ravensbourne and one way to help with this is via Social Media. To welcome you within our community, we want to give you a quick overview on where to find us. Facebook page: www.facebook.com/incubationatravensbourne Facebook incubatee’s group: www.facebook.com/groups/579408065510198/?-fref=ts Twitter: www.twitter.com/RaveInnovate Blog: www.incubationatravensbourne.wordpress.com or via Ravensbourne: www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/collaborate/dmic/incubation