Simprints
Model & Strategy
Simprints is a nonprofit tech company from the University of Cambridge. Simprints is backed by DRK Foundation, USAID, DFID and the Gates Foundation to build open-source biometrics for developing countries. Simprints has developed biometric technology that is 4x cheaper and 228% more accurate with the scarred, worn fingerprints typical of “last mile” beneficiaries. Simprints empowers the existing mobile tools used to deliver essential services at the frontlines. Their goal is to radically disrupt the inaccurate way we currently track and deliver a lot of social impact, instead building a world where every person—not guesswork—counts in the fight against poverty.
They are currently working with BRAC in Bangladesh, Dimagi in Nepal, and Watsi in Uganda. For example, their maternal health project in Dhaka is enabling BRAC’s frontline health workers to identify patient records at the touch of finger during household visits, and react quickly if any of the program’s 20,000 pregnant mothers fall through the cracks of essential care delivery.
Toby is an entrepreneur passionate about bringing the best of the world’s technology to serve the poorest of the world’s citizens. He began his journey with Simprints while studying frontline community health workers in Bangladesh for 4 years. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge on a Gates Scholarship and BA from Harvard. He has worked for nearly a decade with doctors and healthworkers across Africa, Asia, and Central America on initiatives to improve healthcare delivery through technology. He is a 2016 Forbes Europe 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, and a 2017 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee.
Simprints News
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RT @USAID_Digital: Thank you to Nick Bennett and Tom Ellum from @Simprints for joining us at yesterday's #TechTuesday to discuss how #biome…
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Our hands can give us identity 🖐 Learn more about how fingerprint #biometric technology and #digitalID are playin… https://t.co/zbRJGiWH6J
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Thanks @Cofinitive team! Great to see so many inspiring companies included in this #OneToWatch list. https://t.co/xox5IbgIz4
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Our CTO, Tristram Norman, will be attending one of the prestigious @dagstuhl seminars next week. The seminar will b… https://t.co/dH6O7hydAZ
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RT @sebmanhart: Great video on the digitisation of the Anganwadi health programme in India - big shout out to our friends at @dimagi for th…
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RT @CIFFchild: We're currently working with @Simprints to harness technology and provide robust progress tracking on breaking the transmiss…
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We were at the @Cambridge_Uni Careers Fair talking to students about what it's like to work at Simprints and have a… https://t.co/UyYS7F2nuw
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Want to join a fast growing team and build technology that matters? We are looking for #android and engineering… https://t.co/xdJF15lTFO
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RT @BillGates: Nandan Nilekani is one of India's leading technology entrepreneurs. He and I are both optimistic about the potential of secu…
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Aynalem is an amazing health worker distributing deworming drugs for the ongoing #Geshiyaro project in #Ethiopia 🇪🇹… https://t.co/rG1hbfkOON
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RT @sebmanhart: For all those tech4dev people out there with a passion for operations and growth! Great opportunity to take a high respons…
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RT @GaviSeth: 1 billion people worldwide do not have an official identity, which can be a huge barrier to accessing healthcare like #vaccin…
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Great opportunity to join our partners from @CIFFchild as part of their new advisory board. https://t.co/mXswuWY5ZZ
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We are excited to be attending the @qconlondon in a few weeks. With over 100 experts speaking on #software… https://t.co/w88rMcXsTt
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Proud to find our CEO, @TobyLNorman in the #OnetoWatch list of people who are bringing innovation to Cambridge and… https://t.co/7KFIqR3ER4
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RT @GaviSeth: It was great to catch up with Toby Norman from @Simprints today at #wef19. Simprints are one of our four 2018 INFUSE pacesett…