Five more start-up companies in the tech sector have enrolled at the Entrepreneurs for the Future centre at
The business incubation programme was launched in November 2009 since when more than 100 companies have passed through and 180 new employee and director positions have been created.
The latest to join the programme is Leads Generator, which is an application being developed to generate and track business leads cost-effectively, and Secret Cop, an early hacking and malware detection service aimed at the SME website market.
Also joining the programme are Wambiz, which builds controlled social networks for schools, colleges and universities which strive to help teachers and students communicate, collaborate and share crucial educational content in a safe and secure online platform.
Making up the quintet are Emble, a new e-commerce web application for organising paid-for events with friends, family and colleagues, and Labour Xchange, a more socially inclusive direct recruitment model for blue-collar job seekers.
Start-up companies at the Entrepreneurs for the Future have secured more than £6.7 million of investment during initial funding rounds since the programme’s launch five years ago.
It is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
David Hardman, chief executive of Innovation Birmingham, said: "The Innovation Birmingham Campus is fully let, with a lot of the recent uptake in office space coming from the expansion of the businesses that have graduated from the Entrepreneurs for the Future centre.
"These innovative businesses are creating new jobs for the local economy and driving the growth of Birmingham’s tech community."
Start-up firms which are based at the Entrepreneurs for the Future centre are mentored and coached by a team of entrepreneurs in residence who also establish the best routes to finance.
Those enrolled also receive nine months of free office space, telecoms, meeting rooms and superfast broadband.
The programme is creating around 20 new tech start-ups per year, strengthening Birmingham’s knowledge community with businesses with real growth potential.
