Recap: 2022 Glaring Gap Summit
This month, Embarc Collective hosted the Glaring Gap Summit, sponsored by ReliaQuest. Now in its third year, the Summit has provided startup investment training to over 150 women across Florida—from college students to mid-level professionals to accredited investors. The Glaring Gap Summit isn’t your typical speaker conference. Instead, the Summit provides an interactive investor education […]
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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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2021 Southeast Capital Landscape
Over the past three years, Build In SE and Embarc Collective have produced an annual report on investor growth trends taking place throughout the Southeast region (defined as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, & West Virginia). Since the report’s inception, our data-led observations have indicated that over the past […]
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Launching Wellness & Burnout Prevention Coaching at Embarc Collective
Those of us working in the startup space often experience moments of burnout — in fact, research shows that founders are 50% more likely to report having a mental health issue, 10 times more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder, and 2 times more likely to suffer depression. That is why Embarc Collective has decided to prioritize […]
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International Women’s Day: Women in Tech Tampa Bay
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Embarc Collective is excited to introduce you to Women in Tech Tampa Bay — a content series profiling the women who are building at Embarc Collective and how they’ve scaled their careers. We all know the woeful stats of women in the technology field: in 2020, women […]
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Women in Tech Tampa Bay: SaLisa Berrien, CEO of COI Energy
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Embarc Collective is excited to introduce you to Women in Tech Tampa Bay — a content series profiling women who are building at Embarc Collective and how they’ve built their careers. Meet more women tech founders and investors across the state of Florida here. Meet SaLisa Berrien, […]
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Women in Tech Tampa Bay: April Caldwell, CEO of fayVen
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Embarc Collective is excited to introduce you to Women in Tech Tampa Bay — a content series profiling women who are building at Embarc Collective and how they’ve built their careers. Meet more women tech founders and investors across the state of Florida here. Meet April Caldwell, […]
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The Secret Sauce to Maximizing Your Time at Conferences
We’ve all been there: circling around the coffee station until you find someone to introduce yourself to, only to discover that they are in a completely different field and not strategic to you or your business at all. The new year is just on the horizon, and it’s time to start figuring out how you’ll make […]
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I Moved to Tampa Bay to Build the Startup Community, Here’s Why
I am fortunate to have called two of the largest startup ecosystems my home, San Francisco and New York City. Spending the last 3+ years building and supporting the entrepreneurial community in these cities, I have been exposed to and worked with some of the most successful entrepreneurs and investors, innovative thinkers, and engaging events […]
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