Waterloo Region, ON, January 7th, 2015- Canadian companies are taking their businesses global as part of the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) Outbound Soft Landing program.
The program helps mature startups and small-to-medium size enterprises (SMEs) belonging to CDMN’s network of partner hubs that are looking to grow their business, open a satellite office or grow distribution channels. Companies accepted into the program are granted access to office space for up to three months in their desired destination, plus up to $4,000 to cover transportation and hotel costs.
Companies landing in the current winter 2015 cohort include (destination in brackets):
Symanta (Boston), Sweet Tooth (San Francisco, Boston), Industry Seal (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore), Trend Radius (San Francisco, San Jose), Blitzen (New York City, San Francisco, Boston), Edusight (San Francisco), HiMama (New York City, Philadelphia, Washington) Uniiverse (New York City, San Francisco), Readyportal (London, UK), Brisk Synergies (Washington, France), 360Growers (Australia), Po-motion (Los Angeles) DocBoss (Houston), Willowglen Systems (China, Thailand, Mexico), Wedge Networks (Dubai, San Francisco), TitanFile Inc. (San Francisco), Sortable (San Francisco, Sonoma), Live Insite (New York City), gShift (London, Mexico), B3 Systems (Germany), Ping Pong Story (New York City), ProSensus (London, Germany, Australia, Switzerland).
Since launching in 2012, the program has helped over 144 Canadian companies land in 25 countries, generating $30 million in new revenue and over $18 million in investment opportunities.
The Soft Landing program, sponsored by TD Bank Group, is accepting applications between Feb. 2 and Feb. 13 for its next cohort of companies looking to land in international markets between March 2 and June 15.
For more information on the CDMN Soft Landing program, visit http://softlanding.cdmn.ca.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Chris Plunkett
Director of Media Relations
chris.plunkett@cdmn.ca
1.855.641.CDMN ext.1071