The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX)
recently announced the companies selected to participate in its inaugural Technology Accelerator program (which we
wrote about here). Among the three selected to win three months of rent-free residence at the famed Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley was Toronto's
Fuse Powered Inc.
The game developer specializes in creating applications for branded content supplier clients--so far, for example, they have developed games for the movies
Jaws and
Dawn of the Dead. CEO Jon Walsh says the company was originally founded in 2009 and headquartered in Old Toronto as an independent game developer, but the company has shifted recently--launching its rebranding just last month--to focus on mobile publishing and providing services to outside clients.
Walsh says that for his company, the opportunity to be in California where both the game development industry and the entertainment clients he hopes to work with are headquartered is excellent. "It's really gonna accelerate our progress," he says. And that progress is already gaining momentum: Walsh says the company has grown in the past year to seven employees, and after closing a second round of seed funding in the near future, he expects to double the size of his staff.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Jon Walsh, CEO, Fuse Powered Inc.