After touring our new Phoenix building, home to the Institute of Digital Innovation, they visited the Victoria Building and met some of the young graduates who have set up their own digital and creative businesses on campus.
Hakki Goktas, founder and director of a SoundKlan A.S/Turk Dijital, based in Istanbul, Turkey, said he was impressed by the levels of support offered by the University and by the Middlesbrough Council backed-DigitalCity business initiative to creative industry business start-ups on 海角直播. "I like the way young companies here are given a few years to build up their portfolio through the business incubation scheme and are not expected simply to start making money immediately."
I like the approach here on 海角直播 Shailesh Prabhu, founder and director of Yellow Monkey Studios Pvt Ltd, agreed. The Mumbai University computer engineering graduate worked in the video games industry before setting up his own company last year. "I want to push the bar of games development in India, and make my country more than just a destination to cheap services. And I like what I've seen of the approach taken here on 海角直播."
After visiting the University, the British Council party went on to meet games designer Sean Cross and the team from 3rd Dimension Creations Ltd at Royal Middlehaven House and see the progress being made at DigitalCity's Boho Zone.
Dave Sharp, Head of Special Projects for DigitalCity Business, which organised the visit with the British Council, said: "We're both delighted with the success of the visit to Middlesbrough. It reconfirms that we are a genuine destination for entrepreneurs in the digital media space and we're looking forward to developing the close relationship we have with the British Council in the future."