{"id":32,"date":"2011-10-18T09:43:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T09:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=32"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:17:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:17:28","slug":"david-excell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/david-excell\/","title":{"rendered":"David Excell: Featurespace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>David Excell, 30 <br>Company:<\/strong> Featurespace <br><strong>Web:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.featurespace.co.uk\" target='\"_blank\"' rel=\"noopener\">www.featurespace.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cambridge University spin-out Featurespace is seriously smart, specialising in predictive behavioural modelling software serving, primarily, online businesses. Essentially, the company&rsquo;s products help clients understand their online customers, and predict their value and future behaviour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2005, the company impressed angel investors, along with NESTA, to the tune of a seven figure investment round in which some investors had to be turned away. Co-founder David Excell is predicting 300% growth this financial year, and having already seen 200% growth in the last six months, there&rsquo;s no reason to doubt his target. He believes that &ldquo;Featurespace will become the industry standard for consumer businesses, enabling them to understand their individual customers through our unique self-learning algorithms.&rdquo; Today it already dominates the online betting and gambling market and the plan now is to expand into other markets, including financial services and e-commerce, and continue its focus on new product innovations.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Excell, 30 Company: Featurespace Web: www.featurespace.co.uk Cambridge University spin-out Featurespace is seriously smart, specialising in predictive behavioural modelling software serving, primarily, online businesses. 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