BigRoad, Boom Digital Media, and InfiniDy Join Rising Tide of Market-Ready Companies Graduating from the Accelerator Centre’s Award Winning Incubation Program.
Waterloo (Ontario), CANADA, June 19, 2013 – World-renowned for its cultivation of technology entrepreneurship, Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre announced today the successful graduation of BigRoad, Boom Digital Media Group and InfiniDy from its award-winning incubation program. The three companies bring the total number of graduates from the Accelerator Program to 31.
Founded by brothers Kelly and Terry Frey and technologist Dan Collens in less than two years, BigRoad has become the #1 electronic log app on Android. Leveraging the Frey brother’s extensive experience in the transportation and fleet management sector, BigRoad is dedicated to improving a commercial carrier driver’s life on the road while streamlining small- to mid-sized fleet operations. In the last year, the company has signed partnerships with the National Association of Small Trucking Companies, as well as Sprint and Bell to bring their smartphone app to market.
InfiniDy, located at the Communitech Hub, is a mobile gaming company discovered by two University of Waterloo Graduates, Xun Cai and Rashid Khan. In its short lifespan, the company has created several top ranking games for the iOS. “9,000 BC” developed by InfiniDy in 2009 was featured by Apple as one of the Best Archer Games! 2012’s “Zombies vs. Aliens” was ranked as one of the Top Paid Games in the US and on other worldwide App Stores. And InfiniDy’s latest title “Happy Park” has been downloaded millions of times and continues to be a global success.
Boom Digital Media Group, founded by senior broadcast executive and serial entrepreneur David Debono, is leveraging its team’s years of experience in the television and video production area to create a unique cross-platform gaming solution that merges social gaming with high definition live video. Boom now has hundreds of thousands of registered users that are are able to play syncronously across Web, Facebook, iOS and Android platforms. Boom’s games include Boom Bingo, Beach Bingo with more gaming channels launching soon.
“Each of our graduating companies today have achieved exceptional traction within their respective markets for their products and services. From apps for truckers to games for the young and young at heart, BigRoad, Boom Digital Media Group and InfiniDy are shining examples of the innovative businesses being cultivated within the Accelerator Centre’s Accelerator Program,” says Tim Ellis, CEO of the Waterloo Accelerator Centre and Accelerator Program Inc.
About the Accelerator Centre
The Accelerator Centre, located within Waterloo’s David Johnston Research and Technology Park, is a world-renowned, award-winning facility dedicated to developing and commercializing technology start-ups. Through its Accelerator Program, early-stage companies benefit from in-depth business coaching and seamless support services, including access to office facilities, coaching and mentoring, education, connections to capital, networking, R&D support and outreach, talent recruitment, technology transfer assistance, and commercialization expertise, enabling technology start-ups to move to market faster, create jobs and stimulate economic activity.
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