Celebrating the 2026 Foundations Series Cohort at Embarc Collective
This spring, the 2026 Foundations Series Cohort completed a 12-week founder development program designed specifically for tech startups from the idea stage to the MVP stage. For entrepreneurs testing assumptions, refining business models, and working toward their first meaningful traction, the program combines expert-led education, tactical workshops, office hours, and peer collaboration to help founders […]
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Builder Series Recap: Ken Babby on Leadership, Community Stewardship, and Building for the Long Term
At Embarc Collective’s Q2 Builder Series, founders, operators, and community leaders gathered for an insightful conversation with Ken Babby, CEO of the Tampa Bay Rays. Moderated by Jason Aughey, SVP of Sports Tourism at the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, the discussion offered a behind-the-scenes look at how Babby is leading one of the region’s most visible […]
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Ecosystem Highlight: Steve Jorgenson
Welcome to our Ecosystem Highlight series, where you’ll meet the innovators in our vast ecosystem of startup builders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are actively solving some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Steve Jorgenson, Founder of Poach Prevent, a first-of-its-kind non-solicit compliance monitoring SaaS platform to help companies that engage with external recruiters monitor […]
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Ecosystem Highlight: Aurelie Joly-Amado
Welcome to our Ecosystem Highlight series, where you’ll meet the innovators in our vast ecosystem of startup builders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are actively solving some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Aurelie Joly-Amado, Co-Founder & CEO at Blue Zone Therapeutics, a company that is committed to developing innovative, effective, and practical treatments that […]
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Recap: Q2 Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup on Data Management & Privacy in Healthcare
The latest Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup brought together healthcare, cybersecurity, and technology leaders for a timely discussion on one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: how healthcare organizations can responsibly innovate with AI and data while maintaining patient trust. Hosted by Embarc Collective, the conversation featured insights from Shreesh Bhattarai, Director of HITRUST at A-LIGN; […]
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FORGE Coalition Launches to Position Tampa Bay As Southeast Hub for Radiopharmaceutical Innovation Training & Production
TAMPA, FL (May 27, 2026) — A new regional coalition, the Florida Oncology and Radiopharmaceutical Growth Engine, or “FORGE,” today announced its launch with a bold vision: to transform Tampa Bay into one of the United States’ leading centers for radiopharmaceutical development, manufacturing and precision oncology. The coalition projects that over the next 10 years, […]
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Ecosystem Highlight: Desiree Lazaro
Welcome to our Ecosystem Highlight series, where you’ll meet the innovators in our vast ecosystem of startup builders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are actively solving some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Desiree Lazaro, Head of Sales at Motiq Technologies Inc, an AI-powered care coordination infrastructure for hospitals and care coordination teams, reducing care […]
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Ecosystem Highlight: Ken Christoper
Welcome to our Ecosystem Highlight series, where you’ll meet the innovators in our vast ecosystem of startup builders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are actively solving some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Ken Christopher, Head of Sales at Fabrics, a company that empowers organizations to achieve cloud efficiency in Azure & AWS at scale, […]
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Embarc Collective Expands Talent Efforts, Connecting 1,000+ Students and 135+ Startups Across Tampa Bay
TAMPA, FLORIDA – MAY 19, 2026 – Embarc Collective today announced the expansion of its efforts to develop and connect the next generation of startup talent across the Tampa Bay region, broadening support across universities, founders, and ecosystem partners. As demand for skilled workers rises alongside the region’s growth as one of the fastest-growing tech hubs in […]
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Featured Founder: Byron Crowell
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Byron Crowell, Founder & CEO of Allsource Data Corporation, which helps businesses use first-party data to build smarter audiences, improve targeting, lower acquisition costs, […]
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Event Recap: 2026 Early-Stage Venture Summit, Powered by FLF
The 2026 Early-Stage Venture Summit, Powered by Florida Funders, brought together more than 80 founders and 45 investors for two days of high-impact conversations designed to strengthen connections between the entrepreneurs building the future and the investors helping fund it. Hosted at Embarc Collective in Tampa, the summit created a space for early-stage founders to […]
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Featured Member: Steve Baggott
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Steve Baggott, COO at Sus Clinicals, which enables healthcare clients to advance the most promising cancer therapeutics to human clinicals more quickly, predictably, and […]
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