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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The Glaring Gap Report 2020
Last summer, we introduced the inaugural Southeast Capital Landscape Report. This year, the #BuildInSE Alliance and Embarc Collective have collectively revisited and refreshed the database to reflect the growth in the ecosystem. It remains our intention to maintain this resource to help connect local startups with funding opportunities across the region we call home.*
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2020 Southeast Capital Landscape
Last summer, we introduced the inaugural Southeast Capital Landscape Report. This year, the #BuildInSE Alliance and Embarc Collective have collectively revisited and refreshed the database to reflect the growth in the ecosystem. It remains our intention to maintain this resource to help connect local startups with funding opportunities across the region we call home.*
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Roll Call: Women Founders and Investors in Florida
A statewide directory for women leading and investing in technology startups to narrow the gender investing gap in Florida. We all know the woeful stats: in 2018, women raised less than 3% of venture capital funding, made up just 26% of the angel investor population, and comprised only 11% of decision-making roles at US-based venture […]
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Southeast Capital Landscape 2019
Typically when seeking funding, founders will look to traditional tech hubs like New York or San Fransisco. But as the startup world changes rapidly, capital resources are becoming more available in growing regions. Cue the Southeast region. Embarc Collective, in collaboration with ModernCapital, Launch Tennessee and HQ1, developed a comprehensive resource of available capital resources […]
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