SmartGov is a software company based in Cambridge (UK) that aggregates and processes layers of socio-economic data to make the socio-economics of a given location understandable and analyzable.GeoStat Product, "GeoStat" , SmartGov.co, Nov. 22nd, 2013GeoStat Demo, "Demo Video", YouTube, Nov. 21st, 2013Cambridge News, "Cambridge University team wins at the Varsity Pitch with their business Stat.io", Cambridge News, Nov. 13th, 2013
History The project behind SmartGov.co was started by Nathan Boublil, Elliott Verreault and Agastya Muthanna at the University of Cambridge in November 2012.SmartGov About, "About" , SmartGov.co, Nov. 22nd, 2013 Government entities worldwide produce millions of spreadsheets of socio-economic data each year, increasingly released on hundreds of different statistical portals (Open Data). SmartGov develops software technology to automatically aggregate, process, standardize and geolocalize these datasets.
SmartGov incorporated in England and Wales on July 29, 2013, as Stat.io Ltd.Companies House, "Stat.io Ltd", Companies House, Nov. 22nd, 2013 The directors listed are Nathan Boublil, Elliott Verreault and Michael Williamson.DueDil, "Stat.io Ltd", DueDil, Nov. 25th, 2013
Awards SmartGov won Startup Weekend Cambridge and Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SVC2UK) in November 2012.SmartGov About, "About" , SmartGov.co, Nov. 22nd, 2013 Google sent the team to San Francisco in January 2013 to present the very first prototype of their technology.Business Weekly, "Google sends Cambridge Team into Valley Showdown", Business Weekly, Nov. 26th, 2012 SmartGov was also awarded a Certificate of Honour from San Francisco mayor Ed Lee.,Judge Business School, "International Success for Cambridge Entrepreneurs", Cambridge University Judge Business School, Feb. 20th, 2013 named best Social Enterprise by Jacques Attali's LH Forum 2013LH Forum 2013, Nathan Boublil at LH FORUM 2013 and best New Financial Technology by NACUE.Cambridge News, "Cambridge University team wins at the Varsity Pitch with their business Stat.io", Cambridge News, Nov. 13th, 2013
SmartGov has received grants from the University of Cambridge,Judge Business School, "Accelerate Cambridge makes first two seed grants", Cambridge University Judge Business School, Dec. 4th, 2013 Google, UnLtd, the Royal Society of Arts and the Technology Strategy Board.SmartGov About, "About" , SmartGov.co, Nov. 22nd, 2013
On December 9, 2013, it was announced that SmartGov would join the first cohort of Microsoft Ventures in London.Microsoft News Centre UK, "Kick-Started: Microsoft Ventures Accelerator London Demo Day", Dec.9th, 2013Forbes, "Microsoft Expands Global Startup Accelerator Program In The UK", Dec.12th, 2013
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