Recap: 2022 Growth Marketing Summit
Photo Credit: XoXo by Cortni With the support of TriNet and Brex, we recently hosted a Growth Marketing Summit for the Embarc Collective membership. As so many of the members of Embarc Collective grow and build out leadership teams, we wanted to create space for those individuals to learn about different approaches to take with […]
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Welcoming Druid Ventures
We are excited to welcome Druid Ventures as a new Venture Capital sponsor to Embarc Collective. Druid Ventures recently raised a $12.9M fund to invest in early-stage companies in the Web 3.0 space. How will Druid Ventures be involved with the Embarc Collective community? The goal of this partnership is to create strong connectivity […]
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Featured Founder: Anthony Nagendraraj and Marissa Huggins from Spontivly Inc.
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 Anthony Nagendraraj and Marissa Huggins from Spontivly, a data analytics tool that integrates with a company’s suite of community tools to allow for greater […]
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Launching Growth-Focused Strategy Coaching at Embarc Collective
Our community of nearly 120 technology startups continues to make exciting progress on their businesses every day. Founders and their teams crossing through the gates of early product/market-fit need to quickly shift their focus to growth strategies that build repeatable revenue, hit upcoming KPIs, and position their business for scale. That’s why we’re excited to […]
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Featured Founder: Leah Del Percio of Trustate
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 Leah Del Percio of Trustate, which is an end-to-end estate administration platform that uses “tech + touch” to help people and their trusted advisors […]
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Welcoming the Incoming Class of the Young Professionals Board
In February 2021, Embarc Collective announced the launch of its inaugural Young Professionals Board, who have committed to creating a bridge between the established business world and the emerging startup world in our community. New members will work together with our inaugural cohort to build upon its current initiatives. Since the Young Professionals Board’s launch, […]
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Recap: 2021 Glaring Gap Summit
Our 2021 Glaring Gap Report outlined the state of tech entrepreneurship for women in Florida. This year’s report noted that the proportion of venture capital funding going to women-founded companies is up nominally year-over-year from 7% to 8%. However, this proportion still trails 3 points behind the national average. We also know from numerous studies […]
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Featured Founders: AlexAnndra and James Ontra of Shufflrr
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 AlexAnndra + James Ontra of Shufflrr, which is defining the Presentation Management category. What were you doing previously and what inspired you to launch […]
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2021 Glaring Gap Report
Introduction We launched the Glaring Gap Report in 2020 to understand the discrepancy between women and men in their participation in founding tech startups, raising investment to scale tech startups, and investing in tech startups across Florida. In this latest report, COVID-19 looms large in our assessment of the state of entrepreneurship for women in […]
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Featured Founder: Neil Jirele of AppyHour
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 Neil Jirele of AppyHour, which offers data-driven mobile marketing, sales enablement, and business intelligence for the three-tier system. What were you doing previously and […]
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Featured Founder: John Fohr of TrustLayer
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 John Fohr of TrustLayer, which allows companies to automate tracking of insurance, licenses, and compliance docs of their business partners. What were you doing […]
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Recap: 2021 Strategy + Leadership Summit
This week Embarc Collective hosted its annual Strategy + Leadership Summit, powered by ReliaQuest, for Embarc Collective member companies. This was a full day of sessions led by executive leaders at ReliaQuest and created to help guide Embarc Collective members with their annual strategic planning. Thank you to the ReliaQuest team for sharing your time and knowledge with […]
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