We are located at 802 E Whiting Street in downtown Tampa. The main entrance is at the corner of East Whiting and North Jefferson Streets.

• Support from Embarc Collective’s staff of startup coaches can help with your specific goals (e.g., sales & customer pipeline development, marketing, PR, content development, talent strategy, data & insights management, product, investor prospecting).
• Weekly function-specific programming led by local and national industry experts.
• A peer community of fellow startup builders who share the willingness to learn what is new and untested.
• Access to our 32,000 square foot state-of-the-art space, which creates the right environments to build, learn and collaborate as you build your company.

Learn more about membership here.

Our In-House Coaches

At Embarc Collective, members have access to a bench of the highest caliber paid mentors, which we call “Coaches,” who provide ongoing strategic and functional support. We carefully select our coaches based on experience, commitment, and expertise. We pay our Coaches because we value their accountability and commitment to our members. With aligned interests and incentives, members have the opportunity to build stronger connections with their coaches. Coaches can help with the different dimensions of building technology or tech-enabled startups (e.g., sales & customer pipeline development, marketing, PR, content development, talent strategy, data & insights management, product, investor prospecting).

No Set Curriculum

What’s unique about Embarc Collective is that there’s no set program or curriculum to follow. Every startup’s journey is different and instead of using a predetermined path, we customize each startup’s experience based on the member’s needs, goals, and challenges. We want members to see success and that can look different for everyone, so we want to honor that.

No Set Timeline

Embarc’s program is ongoing, meaning we don’t have a set timeline for when the program is officially complete because everyone has different success metrics. We give you a plan for the future and support you in the day-to-day for as long as you need. Other programs are designed to help you sprint or jump over the hurdle, but we know that being an entrepreneur isn’t easy so we treat our member experience more like a marathon.

We’re a Collective

With a community of 125+ startups, there’s an opportunity to connect with peers and learn from their growth/experience. It’s a 360 learning experience. Startups can learn from their coaches as well as each other.

Yes, but that’s just the start of membership benefits. Early-stage technology startups apply for membership to access educational support geared towards helping them scale their businesses and for a community of like-minded entrepreneurs who are hungry to solve a problem. As part of that membership, startup founders, teams and talent have access to a state-of-the-art facility. Members can choose to have private office space or collaborate in our shared workspace. The Embarc Collective facility also serves as a central landing zone for the Tampa Bay startup community and offers spaces for others to host on entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology.

We encourage early-stage startups building technology-enabled software solutions to apply for membership. Our criteria outline the types of startups that will benefit the most from Embarc Collective membership. We evaluate each startup’s potential and viability and assess if our support matches the specific startup’s needs to ultimately determine fit.

We review and accept companies on a monthly basis, which means companies that are offered membership can begin receiving support and access to our space when the time is right for their venture.

Apply for membership here.

Tours are hosted once weekly, including an overview of the Embarc Collective’s key resources, space, and time for Q&A. Sign up for a tour here.

We partner with larger organizations to help further develop our offering for member startups. Corporations interested in getting involved with Embarc Collective can inquire about corporate partnerships here.

Our event philosophy is to host events that benefit our Tampa Bay startup community from a brand, knowledge, networking, or talent perspective. We invite community members to host events on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology at Embarc Collective. To inquire about hosting your event at Embarc Collective, contact our Events Manager here.

Stay up to date with the latest member news and upcoming events at Embarc Collective by signing up here for our weekly newsletter, The Weekly Collective.

For members, Embarc Collective is open 6AM – 9PM Monday through Friday, and 10AM – 5PM on weekends. The Embarc Collective team is onsite 9AM – 5PM Monday through Friday.

Blind Tiger Cafe is the on-site provider of cafe beverages and food at Embarc Collective’s community cafe. The cafe serves coffee, including nitro and cold brew, tea, kombucha, sandwiches, salads and acai bowls.

Blind Tiger Cafe @ Embarc Collective is open to the public 8AM – 3PM Monday through Friday and closed Saturday and Sunday.

There are a variety of parking and mobility solutions available to members and guests of Embarc Collective. Nearby parking options have been aggregated and can be viewed/purchased here. We encourage all members to carpool whenever possible. Discounted monthly parking in the nearby Pink Lot is also available to members on request.

Local transit options include:

1. HART
2. TECO Streetcar
3. Coast Bike
4. The Cross-Bay Ferry — ferry service is provided between downtown Tampa and downtown St. Pete in the evening hours.
5. Water Taxi

A bike rack is on the premise for cyclists. The bike rack is video monitored, but bike owners assume any risk of damages and theft.

No, Embarc Collective does not take equity in your company. Instead, startups are charged a monthly, subsidized membership fee for access to Embarc Collective’s customized, ongoing, quality support, and amenities.