The Filter
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| File:TheFilterLogo.jpg | |
Type of site | Entertainment, Website and Software |
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| Available in | English |
| URL | http://www.thefilter.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Free. |
The Filter is a recommendation engine company with ties to musician Peter Gabriel. It was founded in 2004.
Funding and staff
The Filter is backed by Gabriel's Real World Group and Eden Ventures. $8.5 million has been invested in the venture to date. The Filter was developed and founded by Hopkins and Ryder[who?] in Bath, England. David Maher-Roberts joined as CEO in Autumn 2007 following a career in digital publishing. Ex-Google CIO Douglas Merrill joined the Board in 2010.
Awards
In 2009 The Filter was selected by the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment) for its prestigious Digital Mission to SXSW in Austin, Texas. The CEO was also a panelist for the Collaborative Filtering panel hosted by Digg's Anton Kast.
The company's continued success in building partnerships in the US was rewarded with selection for the Web 2.0 Digital Mission to New York in November.
The Filter was a recipient of the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 - awarded to the best European tech start-ups, and were also selected to partake in Webmission08. Webmission is a UK initiative backed by Techcrunch, Bebo, Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation (among others) that aims to bring the 20 most innovative tech companies that are "ready to do business in the US or potentially attract a US investor."
The Filter has been awarded the OnHollywood 100 Most Disruptive Companies award, and is the only European start-up to receive this prize. The Filter was also chosen as one of only six finalists from over 600 entries in the Popkomm Innovation in Music Awards in October 2008.
See also
The Guardian La Times Business Week GigaOm The BBC Washington Post USA Today