The GEC expansion is supported by the GEC founding partners and the Dept. of Business Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland via the Regional Enterprise Development Fund 2017-2020. The GEC works in close partnership with Enterprise Ireland, Dublin City LEO and with the broader start-up ecosystem throughout Ireland. The GEC is managed by Dublin Business Innovation Centre. In its near 20 year history the Guinness Enterprise Centre has been home to hundreds of successful start-ups, among them Jam Media, Adaptive Mobile, Black Shamrock, Openjaw Technologies, Boulder Media, Effective Software, Swiftcomply and Extreme Ireland as well as current residents Research & Markets, Benetel and Infinite Software. Current and former GEC clients have created over 4,500 jobs.