Management Team and Board

Chairman - William Reeve

William Reeve has a long and successful entrepreneurial background. In 1997 he founded Fletcher Research which became the UK's leading internet research firm. The business was subsequently acquired by Forrester Research which he joined to become their European Group Director. In 2003, he founded ScreenSelect.co.uk, the online DVD rental business. Backed by Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Arts Alliance and Esprit Capital, they subsequently merged with LOVEFiLM in late 2006. The combined business now has nearly half a million subscribers and handles over 5 million transactions per month. William is a former McKinsey consultant and has a First class degree from Oxford University.

CEO - William Tunstall-Pedoe

William Tunstall-Pedoe founded True Knowledge based on research he began in 1998 and he has more than twenty-five years experience of both developing and commercially exploiting software products that push the boundaries of what is possible in Artificial Intelligence. In addition to inventing the technology on which True Knowledge is based, William is also credited with being the first and only person to develop software that can solve and explain cryptic crossword clues. He is also the developer of Anagram Genius - a software product that has been used by approximately five million people and which generated the anagrams that appear in the best-selling Da Vinci Code book and movie. William has a First class degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University.

Investors

The company was initially financed by the founder, other private investors and the East of England Development Agency (EEDA).

In 2007 the company received its first round of venture finance from Octopus Ventures.

Details

True Knowledge Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales.

Company registration number: 04660006
VAT number: GB 883 4306 12

Registered Office:
St John's Innovation Centre
Cowley Road
Cambridge CB4 0WS
United Kingdom

Protected by US patent 7,013,308. Other US and international patents pending.