Embarc Collective’s 2025 Impact Report: Supporting Founders, Strengthening Florida’s Startup Ecosystem
Our newly released 2025 Impact Report highlights the continued growth of Tampa Bay’s tech ecosystem and the founders building the region’s next generation of companies. Since launching in 2019, Embarc Collective has focused on helping early-stage tech founders scale their companies through coaching, programming, and a collaborative community designed specifically for startup builders. A Growing […]
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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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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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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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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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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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Let’s Talk About Money: Bridging the Funding Gap for Women Entrepreneurs
Less than 2% of women entrepreneurs secured venture capital investment in 2023. This is not a typo; this is how alarming the disparity in funding for women entrepreneurs is. To address this critical issue, Embarc Collective, with the support of our presenting sponsor, RSM, and program supporter, Hillsborough County EDi2, hosted a special screening of […]
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2024 Southeast Capital Landscape Report
Southeast Capital Landscape Report 2024 The Most Comprehensive Investor Database in the Southeast Build In SE and Embarc Collective are thrilled to present an updated report on investor growth trends in the Southeast. This analysis spans ten states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Since launching the […]
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Inaugural Ganay Thompson Community Award Honors Melissa Glossup, Founder and CEO of Safety Biometrics
Since its inception, Embarc Collective has been dedicated to fostering a vibrant and supportive startup community. What began with 25 member companies in 2019, has now flourished to over 100+ thriving startup companies. At the Summer Party 2024, Embarc Collective members and their closest supporters came together to celebrate milestones of startup builders of our […]
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Embarc Collective and TiE Tampa Bay Elevate Tampa Bay’s Startup Scene
Since 2021, Embarc Collective has partnered with TiE Tampa Bay, the local chapter of TiE Global, a nonprofit organization devoted to entrepreneurs in the Greater Tampa Bay area. Supported by Embarc Collective’s commitment to serving Florida’s most driven and focused entrepreneurs, this collaboration offers invaluable opportunities for our member community. Today, we are furthering the […]
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