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Digital Springboard Winners Announced

New Media BC [1]VancouverNew Media BC [1] has announced that the following 12 digital media companies were selected for the Digital Springboard Mentorship Program, a 4 month free advisory service for emerging companies facing technical and business challenges in their development (listed alphabetically):

  1. Arcana Studios [2]
  2. Bradfield Productions [3]
  3. Crazed Coders [4]
  4. Ecobuddies Interactive [5]
  5. Ethical Entertainment [6]
  6. Firm Applications [7]
  7. Foulplay Entertainment (Watershed Creative Inc) [8]
  8. MotionSoup [9]
  9. My Wedding Match [10]
  10. Old Skool Studios [11]
  11. Overinteractive Media Inc [12]
  12. Tactica Interactive Communications [13]

The pilot program that was introduced last year by the National Research Council IRAP [14] and administered by New Media BC, was able to support twice the number of companies this year due to additional support provided by Telefilm Canada [15]. The companies were chosen out of a total of 24 applications received. Mentee companies will be matched with Mentors based on their specific technical and business problems identified in their applications. The mentorship program will last from September 2009 to January 2010.