Embarc Collective, TGH Ventures, and TMRD Form Strategic Partnership
Embarc Collective, TGH Ventures, and Tampa Medical & Research District Form Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Health Care and Life Sciences Innovation Across Florida Embarc Collective, Florida’s fastest-growing startup hub and home to a peer community of 300 founders and cofounders building 135-plus early-stage tech startups and growth companies, today announced a new strategic partnership with […]
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Embarc Collective Welcomes Tom O’Neil to Board of Directors
Embarc Collective Welcomes Tom O’Neil to Board of Directors We are thrilled to welcome Tom O’Neil, Tampa Market Lead for Brixey & Meyer and seasoned CPA, to the Embarc Collective Board of Directors as Treasurer. Tom brings a wealth of experience in audit, assurance, tax, advisory, and strategic financial leadership that will be invaluable as […]
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Featured Founder: Zachary Perdomo
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 Zachary Perdomo, Co-Founder & COO of Alchemain, an innovative cloud-based platform designed to empower developers by automating the process of dependency management. Please provide […]
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Embarc Collective Welcomes USF President Dr. Moez Limayem to Board of Directors
Embarc Collective Welcomes USF President Dr. Moez Limayem to Board of Directors We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Moez Limayem, President of the University of South Florida (USF), to the Embarc Collective Board of Directors. His appointment enriches our leadership with seasoned insight, diverse networks, and a steadfast commitment to community and innovation. Our board members […]
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Featured Founder: Rafael Fernandes
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 Rafael Fernandes of Compass Health, a patient-centric care coordination and navigation service. Compass Health helps individuals and families access high-quality specialists, manage appointments, with […]
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Embarc Collective Teams Up with Spontivly
Embarc Collective has helped shape the Tampa Bay tech ecosystem since launching in 2019, creating a founder community where ambitious builders can start, grow, and scale in Florida. Over the years, Embarc Collective member-companies have achieved a 96% survival rate, created 1,200+ high-paying tech and tech-enabled jobs, and raised more than $600M in angel, venture, […]
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Featured Founder: Travis Weathers
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 Travis Weathers of VTEM Labs, a service-disabled veteran-owned company that provides software and logistics support for continuous threat exposure management, penetration testing, incident response, […]
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Florida Funders (FLF) Joins Embarc Collective’s Partner Program
Embarc Collective is proud to announce FLF as its first-ever Venture Partner under the newly launched Investor Partner Program, marking a major milestone as the organization expands its role as a connector between founders, investors, corporates and universities across Florida. The partnership officially goes live January 1, 2026, with FLF serving as Embarc Collective’s inaugural […]
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Featured Founder: William Mingione
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 William Mingione of DirectLend.AI, a platform that matches business owners with their top financing options in minutes, eliminating the need for brokers and helping […]
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Featured Founder: Andrew Montalenti
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 Andrew Montalenti of PX, a daily developer tool that helps backend engineers go from working code on a laptop to deployed code in a […]
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Featured Founder: Javier Torres-Roca
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 Javier Torres-Roca of Cvergenx, a clinical-stage precision oncology company redefining radiation therapy through the precisionRT Dose (pRTD™) platform which personalizes RT dosing based on tumor-specific biology. […]
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Recap: Q4 Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup on Cybersecurity in Healthcare
At our final Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup of the year, powered by Embarc Collective and TGH Ventures, we convened a fireside chat focused on one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: keeping healthcare systems secure as technology and threats evolve at unprecedented speed. Moderated by Jeremy Frye, Managing Director at Uncommon Cyber and member at […]
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