Our Founding Partners

Brock University, Faculty of Humanities

Located at the centre of Canada's Niagara Peninsula in St. Catharines, Ontario, Brock University offers strong undergraduate, graduate and interdisciplinary degree programs that include co-op and other experiential learning opportunities to a student population of more than 17,000. Brock is committed to leadership and innovation in research and creation in a wide range of disciplines with funded research in excess of $11,000,000.

Niagara College

Since opening its doors in 1967 in the City of Welland and expanding into St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara College has grown to become a leader in education and training and one of the most enterprising colleges in Canada.

Interactive Ontario

Since 2001, Interactive Ontario (formerly the New Media Business Alliance) has been serving the digital media content production sector in Ontario with a mission to expand opportunities for increased business development. Based in Toronto, IO has grown its roster of programmes and services over the years to become the pre-eminent voice for interactive digital media in the province and currently represents over 200 companies and organizations involved in video game development, broadband entertainment, mobile content, eLearning, and cultural content production.

City of St. Catharines

The Economic Development Department is responsible for the attraction of new businesses to St. Catharines as well as encouraging the expansion and retention of existing businesses within the community. The City's Small Business Enterprise Centre provides focused support to entrepreneurs in the early stages of company growth. In addition the Enterprise Centre delivers a myriad of youth oriented programs and initiatives.

Silicon Knights Inc

Silicon Knights® is a guild of talented individuals dedicated to creating groundbreaking video games. We believe that our culture has only begun to explore the potential of video games, which will evolve into the dominant art form of the 21st century. We want to ride that shock wave, creating innovative products that stand out in an outstanding new industry. Like a true guild, we are completely self-sustaining, creating 100 percent of the content of our games. We have developed a reputation for creating superior original content through strong educational backgrounds, professional artists, anduniqu e game designs.

Niagara Enterprise Agency

The Niagara Enterprise Agency is an independent community economic development organization. The NEA was established in 1993 as a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to keep existing jobs in Niagara and to create new sustainable employment for Niagara residents. Currently the Niagara Enterprise Agency, a not-for-profit corporation, acts as a community hub for a variety of both business development and financing resources for companies with growth potential.

NEA helps companies that need additional financing to fuel their growth, helps companies unlock the keys to accessing funds from both conventional and unconventional sources and provides additional non-financial resources which can help clients qualify for growth capital. In this way the Niagara Enterprise Agency has facilitated over $41,000,000 in new financing through partnerships for Niagara-based companies with growth potential between the day we opened our doors in 1993 to February 2008.

Niagara Economic Development Corporation

The Niagara Economic Development Corporation is a non-profit corporation with a mandate to carry out activities to advance the economic prosperity of the Niagara community. The Corporation provides effective, innovative services to promote investment and visitation and provides business support services to attract, maintain, and increase jobs in Niagara

Our Community Partners

McGowan Office Interiors Inc

McGowan Office Interiors has been furnishing commercial, educational and healthcare spaces throughout Ontario since 1974. At MOI we believe that, as business changes and work styles evolve, workspaces must also adapt... after all, the office of today looks and functions very differently from the office of twenty, ten, or even five years ago.

Today's office spaces are more user-focused, economical, sustainable and help bridge aesthetic objectives with business needs. MOI has become a champion of adaptable workspace solutions - let us assist you in making your workspace more functional for today and adaptable to tomorrow's changing needs.

Heelis, Williams, Little & Almas, Barristers and Solicitors

With six able lawyers, H.W.L&A has experienced steady growth over the years, but has deliberately withstood the temptation to increase its numbers of lawyers. It strives to ensure that personal rapport is established with each and every client no matter which lawyer is actively involved in the matter on the client's behalf.

The firm's lawyers pride themselves on their commitment to clients and to maintaining competitive fees. They are accessible and often willing to be reached after regular business hours.

All lawyers in the firm are members of the Lincoln County Law Association, Law Society of Upper Canada and Canadian Bar Association.

Advanced Office Solutions

AOS was established to serve the needs of businesses in the Niagara and Golden Horseshoe areas and today are one of the industry's top hardware & software retailers and service providers.

When you shop with AOS, you'll choose from brand name office equipment, electronics, computers-the industry's top names-at prices matched or better than any of the national big-box megasites.

Wormal Masse Keen Lopinski LLP

WMKL, chartered accountants and business advisors, provide business, financial and advisory services. Their knowledgeable and experienced staff are committed to providing excellence in delivering services to all sectors of the economy including retail, manufacturing, service, professional, agribusiness, construction and not for profit.

Autodesk

Since 1982, Autodesk has ushered in state-of-the-art 2D and 3D technologies that let customers visualize, simulate, and analyze the real-world performance of their ideas early in the design process.

This gives their customers the flexibility to optimize and improve designs before actually executing them.

Autodesk customers not only see, but experience, their designs before they are real, empowering them to save time and money, improve quality, and foster innovation.

Microsoft Canada

Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.

Microsoft Canada Co. was founded in 1985. As the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington, the company provides sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in French and English. Microsoft Canada has grown from five people in 1985 to more than 900 employees. It also has strong relationships with more than 24,000 partners across Canada. More than 1,100 of these are Microsoft Certified Partners, and over 200 are Gold Certified Partners. Headquartered in Mississauga, Microsoft Canada has regional offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and Halifax.

Dell

Dell listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. They offer a broad range of product categories, including desktop computer systems, servers and networking products, mobility products, software and peripherals and enhanced services.

Furi Enterprises

Furi Enterprises Inc. is a technology consulting company with an expertise and leadership in web, internet and mobile technologies while maintaining a commitment to aesthetically pleasing and functional experiences. For the past 6 years, Furi has been striving to match business needs with technology solutions while aiming to utilize the latest and greatest technologies of the time. Furi’s approach to solving problems aims for a level of openness and maintaining technology independence to allow some of most innovation and creative uses of technology without rebuilding the best of the bread technologies.