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Embarc Collective Partners with Florida Business Development Corporation to Develop Coaching Support for Entrepreneurs

Tampa Bay startup hub to build out its growing coaching program for early-stage technology ventures to support startup talent development regionally Tampa, Florida — Embarc Collective is partnering with the Florida Business Development Corporation(FBDC) to provide on-the-job training for high potential talent building high-growth technology startups. This support will initially be available to 25 […]

Talent & Hiring

Open Opportunities Through Diversity and Inclusion

Each week at Embarc Collective, we bring in a local or out-of-market expert to talk about a specific pain point or skill that is being voiced by the startup community we support. We are lucky in Tampa Bay to have startups that are focused on building diverse and inclusive teams from Day 1, and from […]

Featured Founder

Featured Founder: Aaron Froug of Grifin

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Aaron Froug, Co-Founder and CEO of Grifin, a patent-pending technology that lets you automatically buy stock where you shop. What were you doing previously […]

Featured Founder: Nathan Hagen of Admiral

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Nathan Hagen, Co-Founder of Admiral, a revenue platform helping digital publishers grow by improving visitor relationships through adblock recovery, paid subscriptions, privacy consent, and […]

Business Strategy GTM Operations

How To Choose a Scalable CMS

This guest post was contributed by our partner, Bayshore Solutions. If your website is the face of your company, your content management system (CMS) is the bones and the brain. Choosing the right CMS for your website is a decision you should not make impulsively. Before you set your sights on a specific platform, pay […]

Capital Insights

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 […]

Featured Founder: Oren Milstein of StemRad

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Oren Milstein, Co-Founder and CEO of StemRad, a developer and manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE) for radiation. What were you doing previously and […]

Capital Insights Industry Reports Market Trends

2019 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.*

Community Announcements

Reliving the Magic of the Bus: Everything You Need to Know About Rise of the Rest’s Stop in Tampa Bay

On May 1st, AOL co-founder Steve Case brought a national delegation of entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders to Tampa Bay for the Rise of the Rest (ROTR) Tour. Now on his eighth tour, Rise of the Rest has become a key indicator that a community is on the rise, and on May 1st, the spotlight […]