Ann Arbor's Quantum Learning Technologies is investing $930,000 in the launch of its first educational virtual-world computer game for the consumer market.
The new project is expected to create 47 jobs for the Ann Arbor community. Half of these new jobs will involve software development and the other half will require flash animation skills. The Ann Arbor-based company currently has 10 employees.
"The decision to stay here, for me, was the access to resources and the cost of those resources — those two resources being people and capital," says Quantum Learning Technologies President and CEO Alan Aldworth. "There’s also a large supply of technological resources that we need and we’ve never had a problem finding talent for the jobs we have."
The two-year-old start-up is well known among educators who use Quantum's SkateKids Online educational Web program in the classroom. Aldworth says the growth may prompt the company to expand its physical space as well.
"We have some room for expansion in the space we’re in now, but we’re probably going to need some additional space," Aldworth says. "It will depend on how many employees we plan to add."
A $778,978 MEGA credit over seven years encouraged the company to stay in Ann Arbor rather than relocating to competing sites in Illinois and Texas.
"Working with Ann Arbor SPARK and the MEDC really encouraged us to stay here," Aldworth says.
Source: Chelsea Nimiac, DP Company
Writer: Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains.
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