Find your place in Florida’s
 startup community

Embarc Collective’s programs are where Florida’s startup leaders come together to solve challenges, share strategic insights and build lasting connections. Whether you’re building, scaling, or supporting innovation, there’s a program designed for you.

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Embarc Collective

Join the founders, investors and thought leaders building Florida’s startup future for
tactical discussions, founder deep dives, growth workshops, and more.

12
NOV
Tampa Bay QA and Testing Meetup
AI Won’t Take Your Job – Someone Using AI Might: Leading Teams into Future
Public Event     NOV 12, 2025    |    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm     Embarc Collective

Explore AI-assisted test generation, and workflows that collapse days of work into minutes. You’ll see a live demonstration of an AI agent in action, showing how these tools can augment your team’s capabilities right now.

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14
NOV
Fidara Legal, PLLC
You Have An Idea..Now What?
Public Event     NOV 14, 2025    |    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm     Embarc Collective

Join Ferguson Legal, PLLC bi-weekly to ask your business, intellectual property, or data privacy questions, and to learn new business perspectives and ideas.

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28
NOV
Fidara Legal, PLLC
You Have An Idea..Now What?
Public Event     NOV 28, 2025    |    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm     Embarc Collective

Join Ferguson Legal, PLLC bi-weekly to ask your business, intellectual property, or data privacy questions, and to learn new business perspectives and ideas.

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Our programs
Programs created by builders,
for builders

You're way past generic startup advice. At Embarc Collective, you'll find programs that deliver the strategic depth that serious builders, investors, and industry leaders need to make meaningful impact.

Builder Series

Get exclusive access to the leadership insights most founders never hear. These intimate quarterly sessions connect you directly to the CEOs, innovators, and executives shaping Florida’s business landscape.

  • Learn scaling fundamentals through conversations with founders who’ve navigated hypergrowth successfully
  • Get honest perspectives on what it takes to delight customers and build high performing teams
  • Connect with fellow builders who are as serious about growth and leadership as you are
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Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup

Tampa Bay is becoming a healthtech powerhouse. Join quarterly conversations with the startup founders, investors, innovators, and leaders shaping the region’s $2.4 billion healthcare economy, powered by Embarc Collective and TGH Ventures.

  • Learn proven strategies for selling into healthcare systems, hiring specialized talent, and securing funding
  • Get industry-specific insights from operators who’ve navigated complex industry dynamics
  • Build your professional network with the founders, investors, and executives driving healthcare innovation forward
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Investor Summits

The complete capital journey for Florida’s most ambitious founders. Two distinct summits designed to match breakthrough companies with the right investors at exactly the right stage of growth.

Angel Investing Summit

Where early-stage startups meet angels who believe in breakthrough ideas before anyone else can see them.

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Venture Capital and Growth Equity Summit

Where proven founders connect with VCs and growth equity partners fueling the Southeast's next category leaders.

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Glaring Gap Summit

Where Florida’s women learn startup investing. Six years running, this intensive investor education event has trained 250+ women across the state, creating a powerful network of female leaders influencing where capital flows in our tech ecosystem.

  • Learn tactical skills in due diligence, valuations, and venture math from proven female operators
  • Get hands-on practice analyzing real startup pitches and writing investment memos
  • Build lasting relationships with women committed to advancing in startup investing and ecosystem building
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Partner with us to create events that attract the builders, funders, and industry leaders shaping Tampa Bay's tech ecosystem. From tactical workshops to exclusive networking experiences, we help you build strategic relationships with the companies worth knowing.

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Event Recaps Leadership Thought Leadership
Builder Series Recap: Turning Vision into Action with Josh Carpenter

At our Q4 Builder Series, Josh Carpenter, President of SPEROS FL and Chief Integration Officer at Moffitt Cancer Center, joined Ian Anderson, Market President & Publisher of the Tampa Bay Business Journal, for a candid fireside chat on what’s next for health innovation in Florida. The Builder Series is Embarc Collective’s quarterly program designed to […]

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Event Recap: 2025 Venture Capital & Growth Equity Summit

Florida’s tech ecosystem took the spotlight as Embarc Collective hosted its first-ever Venture Capital & Growth Equity Summit, powered by KKR and FTV Capital. The event convened more than 40 growth-stage tech companies from across Florida alongside 30+ venture capital and growth equity firms representing hubs from California to New York, Tennessee, Georgia, and beyond. […]

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Embarc Collective Companies Contribute $100M Annually in Direct Economic Impact to Florida, Have raised more than $600M in Funding Ahead of Florida’s Premier VC and Growth Equity Summit

TAMPA, FL — OCTOBER 23, 2025 — Embarc Collective, the startup hub that’s elevating technological innovation across Florida and driving the future forward with startups, has announced that since its inception five years ago, its member companies have created more than 1,200 high-paying, Florida-based tech and tech-enabled jobs with average salaries between $70,000 and $80,000, […]

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