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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Embarc Collective Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary of Supporting Florida Entrepreneurs
Startup building is hard. It takes drive, focus, and resilience to endure the ups and downs when a startup entrepreneur. As Embarc Collective’s coaching and support reaches its fifth anniversary, we are taking the opportunity to celebrate the companies that have survived the 5-year milestone along with us. Read in Inc. why entrepreneurs building at […]
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Startups at Embarc Collective Attract National Investors to Tampa
With an eagerness to learn about the growing startup community in Tampa Bay, over 20 national venture investors visited the region during Tampa Bay Innovation Week in February. As part of a collaborative effort, Embarc Collective coordinated with Synapse Florida and Florida Funders to ensure these investors were exposed to the breadth and strength of […]
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Year in Review: Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup
In 2023, TGH Innoventures and Embarc Collective partnered to create the Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup with a mission to gather seasoned industry leaders, startup builders, investors, and community members for in-depth conversations on major healthtech trends. Throughout the year, the panelists shared their industry perspectives in various sessions: As we look forward to the upcoming […]
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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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2020 Impact Report
Embarc Collective has put together its second annual Impact Report, outlining our work during the course of 2020. Within the report, learn about: Tampa Bay’s growing startup community What it was like to launch just before the onset of COVID-19 The support we offer to founders and their team You can download our 2020 Impact […]
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Attracting the Builders: The Move to Florida
The Twitterverse has highlighted the influx of talent migrating from California and other major tech markets to Florida. While the Twitter chatter has mostly been concentrated on South Florida, over the past few years, we’ve seen a similar influx of talent in other parts of the state, including Tampa and St. Pete. Our team at […]
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