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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Featured Founder: Nipun Dubey
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 Nipun Dubey of HappiNest.AI, an AI leasing platform that automates lead response, qualification, tour scheduling, and follow-up for property management companies through deep PMS […]
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Embarc Collective and EX3 Labs Partner to Expand Corporate Access to Innovation, Emerging Technology and Talent in Florida
Embarc Collective, Florida’s fastest-growing startup hub with a peer community of 300 founders and cofounders of 135+ early-stage tech startups and growth companies, has partnered with EX3 Labs, a leading-edge, multi-disciplinary professional services firm at the intersection of strategy, design and technology. Together, we unveiled The Digital Suite Tampa, a new state-of-the-art space for organizations […]
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Featured Founder: Khylir Patton
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 Khylir Patton of IYA Inc., an on-demand maternal wellness platform giving moms instant access to vetted birth workers and AI-powered support throughout pregnancy and […]
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2025 Southeast Capital Landscape Report
Southeast Capital Landscape Report 2025 Introduction The Southeast Capital Landscape is a database first launched in 2019 to bring visibility and clarity to the venture ecosystem across the Southeastern United States. By cataloging the region’s active venture firms and pairing that database with analysis of major trends, our reports help investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders […]
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Featured Founder: Tyler Clark of Clarky AI
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 Tyler Clark of Clarky AI, a company that transforms how businesses interact with their customers through AI chatbots and voice assistants, built with enterprise-grade precision […]
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Embarc Collective Expands Partnership with the Genspiration Foundation
Embarc Collective Expands Partnership with the Genspiration Foundation to Extend Paid Internship Opportunities for Collegiate Talent The expansion of our partnership with the Genspiration Foundation – the family foundation of USF President Emerita Dr. Judy Genshaft, her husband, Steve Greenbaum, and their sons Joel and Bryan – marks an important milestone for Embarc Collective and […]
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Featured Founders: Brent Hobson & Jason Goddard from Wytebox
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 Brent Hobson and Jason Goddard from Wytebox, an AI-native project management platform built for the future of software development and project management. What were […]
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