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We’re proud to announce the expansion of Embarc Collective’s efforts to build and strengthen Tampa Bay’s startup talent pipeline 🚀 ⭐️Read the full press release today: embarccollective.com/resources/emba…

Excited about @EmbarcCollectiv's Q2 2026 Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup, powered by Tampa General Hospital (@TGHCares) Ventures, on Wednesday, May 27, beginning at 5:30 PM, in the ReliaQuest Auditorium Embarc Collective's Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup regularly draws more than 100 healthcare, technology, and innovation professionals from across the region. The Q2 HealthTech Meetup will be moderated by Theo Harvey, cofounder and CEO of Embarc Collective member-company SynsorMed, a telehealth and patient monitoring company that provides "Remote Care as a Service" (RCaaS), and will focus on balancing innovation with responsible data management and privacy practices. ​Data Management & Privacy in Healthcare explores how organizations are navigating the growing role of data in healthcare while protecting patient privacy and building trust. As digital health tools, AI, and connected systems generate more data than ever before, healthcare leaders must balance innovation with responsible data governance, security, and compliance. Speakers include: 💠 Shreesh Bhattarai, CISA, CCSK, HITRUST CCSFP, CHQP, Director of HITRUST at @aligncompliance 💠 Natalie Birindelli HCISSP, CCP, CCSFP, CDPSE, CHP, CPHIMS, SSAP, Executive Healthcare Strategist at @CDWCorp 💠 Naalti V., Manager of Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, & Compliance at Tampa General Hospital Reserve your spot today at luma.com/vjqn42wk. Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup is a quarterly educational program that bring this community together to hear from top healthcare thought leaders and foster connections among industry professionals. Embarc Collective's globally-recognized startup platform offers founders curated programming, on-demand coaching and mentorship, connectivity to corporates, universities, and investors, and a peer community of founders that lead Florida-based early-stage tech startups and growth-stage companies in more than 60 verticals. Embarc Collective member-companies have created 1,300+ high-paying tech driving more than $100M annually in direct economic returns to the state of Florida and and tech-enabled jobs and have secured $750M in seed, venture, and growth equity, accounting more than $100M in capital invested into Florida’s startup and innovation economy each year, while also enabling member-companies to achieve a remarkable 96% survival rate. For more info about Embarc Collective, visit embarccollective.com. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL @AmbitionAccel @FloridaC100

🚀Happy #FeaturedFounderFriday! Meet this week’s Featured Founder at Embarc Collective: Founder: Byron Crowell Company: Allsource Data Corporation 🔗Learn more about Byron and Allsource Data Corporation: embarccollective.com/resources/byro…

📆Mark your calendars! Join us on Wednesday, June 10 @ Embarc Collective’s Reliaquest Auditorium for our Q2 Builder Series featuring Ken Babby, CEO of the @RaysBaseball! 🔗Secure your spot TODAY: luma.com/0sldw8fj @kenbabby

@FloridaFunders Thank you for your gracious support! Looking forward to continued collaboration ⭐️

Thanks to all who came out for @EmbarcCollectiv's 2026 Early-Stage Venture Summit last week! It was an honor to be the event’s Presenting Sponsor and witness all the founder pitches, networking moments, and operator insights firsthand.

Tampa Bay’s future of innovation is happening now 🌴⚡ Join #spARKLabs at Tampa Bay Tech’s #PoweredUP alongside leaders from @EmbarcCollectiv and @FloridaFunders for a conversation on startups, investment, and the future of innovation in our region. 🔗members.tampabay.tech/ap/Events/Regi…

Shoutout to Compass Health for being mentioned in a recent @TBBJnews article 👏 Compass Health is helping reshape the patient experience through concierge-style care coordination and faster access to specialists across Tampa Bay. ⭐️Read more: shorturl.at/4Wtb2

@EmbarcCollectiv member-companies mark your calendars for the "How Investors Value Revenue" Workshop on Thursday, May 21 from 12 - 1 pm ET in the @CDWCorp Innovation Lab, featuring Clinton Johnston, Managing Director at @benchmarkgroup — a leading global M&A advisory firm serving founder-led and middle-market companies and an Embarc Collective corporate partner. Clinton has more than three decades of experience in M&A, cross-border transactions, and finance. He has structured and negotiated deals across industries and geographies, and works with founders on value creation, liquidity pathways, and M&A preparedness. This session will help early-stage tech founders gain valuable insights into how investors evaluate and value revenue and is specifically designed to provide a clearer, more objective view of your revenue — whether you're planning to raise, considering a future transaction, or focused on building a stronger, more resilient business. The workshop will cover the following topics: ✔️How investors analyze revenue beyond top-line growth. ✔️Key metrics, including customer concentration and revenue per employee, that signal business health and scalability. ✔️What patterns in your revenue reveal about risk. ✔️How to apply an investor's lens to your own strategic decisions. Member-companies can register to participate on the Embarc Collective members' site on Disco AI: disco.co. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

We're just TWO WEEKS AWAY from our Q2 Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup on May 27, from 5:30–7:30 PM at Embarc Collective This quarter’s focus: Data Management & Privacy in Healthcare ⭐️ Secure your spot: luma.com/vjqn42wk

A huge thank you to @HWHLaw for supporting the 2026 Early-Stage Venture Summit as our Welcome Reception Sponsor 🚀 Their support helped bring founders, investors & ecosystem leaders together for a great kickoff evening at Small Giant on Water Street. hwhlaw.com

Thank you to @FloridaFunders, Presenting Sponsor of the 2026 Early-Stage Venture Summit 🚀 Their gracious support helped bring together founders, investors & operators from across Florida for two days of startup momentum, connection & collaboration. ⭐️ floridafunders.com

Tampa Bay’s startup momentum is getting national attention ⚡ A new @tampabay28 feature highlights the region’s rise as a hub for AI + tech innovation, including insights from Embarc Collective member Ryan Bailey and CEO Tim Holcomb. ⭐️Read the feature: shorturl.at/ponRn

You run an import business out of the Port of Long Beach, California. Before you are even out of bed, a notification hits your phone: the US has increased tariffs on imports from Taiwan. You groan. Your imports actually originate in Vietnam, but you don't have certainty around whether the latest tariff blanket also applies to Vietnam. Another notification pops up: fuel prices have surged overnight, but just yesterday, they had slid? What does this mean for the business? Are you going to have another month in the red? To paraphrase Michael Scott: "snip snap snip snap snip snap. you have no idea the physical toll that (keeping up with multiple regulatory and geopolitical changes while also making payroll) have on a person!" Credible AI™ is being built for you. It's being built for me. Let the platform do the work of sifting through the unnecessary and highlight the essential for your business. The last two days at @EmbarcCollectiv's Early Stage Venture Summit sp by @FloridaFunders (thanks to @TimRayHolcomb and team) has invigorated the team towards further realizing our vision. Let's get it.

According to the latest data from the @FLChamber @FLChamberFDN Foundation and @FloridaTaxWatch, more wealth relocates each year to Florida than to any other place in the U.S. In fact, approximately $39.2 billion in net wealth transfers to Florida EACH YEAR To put that into perspective, that amounts to $4.48 million in individual net assets transferring to the Sunshine State every hour Today, some 115 billionaires now call Florida home; and their numbers are swelling each year. In the past three years alone, the following billionaires have established residence in the Sunshine State: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Stephen Ross, Ken Griffin, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and most recently, Howard Schultz, among many others. Why? 1. Capital shifts to where it is treated well. 2. Where wealth migrates, good jobs tend to follow. 3. When newcomers succeed in a location, others want to join them. For the full story, check out this @SiteSelection article: siteselection.com/florida-why-fl…. @AmbitionAccel @FloridaC100 @EmbarcCollectiv @eMergeAmericas

🚀Happy #FeaturedFounderFriday! Meet this week’s Featured Founder at Embarc Collective: Founder: Steve Baggot Company: Sus Clinicals Inc 🔗Learn more about Steve and Sus Clinicals: embarccollective.com/resources/feat…

@EmbarcCollectiv's 2nd Annual Early-Stage Venture Summit brought founder-CEOs from 91 early-stage, high-growth tech companies from 20+ cities across the state of Florida and early-stage investors from almost 50 VCs and Angel Groups from across the SE Region of the U.S. to Tampa Bay. Our goal? To connect Florida's top early-stage tech startups with a network of early-stage venture capital investors and angel groups, making investment capital reachable for startups that are pursuing market traction. The event featured networking opportunities to foster meaningful investor-founder connections and curated content for founders and investors that included keynotes and presentations from: 💠J. Alex Kelly, who leads @FLACommerce as the @FLSecofCommerce. 💠@JoshPherigo, Principal Researcher for Market Insights, @SiliconVlyBank, and co-author of SVB's biannual "State of the Markets" Report. 💠Tony DiBenedetto @TonyTribridge, Executive Chair and former CEO, @Appspace, founder and chair, @ThinkBigforKids, and founder and former CEO, TriBridge. 💠Ryan Schneider, cofounder and CEO, @Thrive25Labs and Embarc coach. 💠Kate Heath, SVP Marketing & Communications, @GroupCertus and Embarc coach. 💠Kailah Matyas, founder and CEO, K & Co Talent Partners and Embarc coach. 💠@KoenigKris88727, VP and GM, AI & Collaboration GTM, @RingCentral and Embarc coach. And panel discussions with investors and ecosystem leaders, including: 💠@SaxonBaum, Managing Partner, FLF. 💠Rachel Feinman, Senior VP Innovation, Ventures, and Digital Innovation, @TGHCares and TGH Ventures. 💠Ken Hall, Partner, @DeepWorkCapital. 💠Monique Villa Capra, Managing Partner, Daytrip Ventures. 💠Elizabeth Nelson, Director, @FloridaHighTech. 💠Scott Chamberlin, Managing Director, Venture Banking Group-Eastern US, @CustomersBank. A shout out to the Embarc Collective member companies and founders who took the stage for fireside chats with investors: 💠Nathaniel Hartwig, founder and CEO at BiaTech Corporation, with Rachael Ferm, Director of Investments at FLF. 💠SaLisa Berrien, founder and CEO at @COI_Energy, with Junior Gaspard Principal at @FulcrumEquity. 💠Rafael Fernandes, cofounder and CEO at Compass Health, with Jason Swoboda, PT, Director of Innovation at TGH Ventures. 💠Augie Schmidt, founder and CEO at REHQ, with Rachel Ferm. A BIG thank you to our sponsors: Florida Funders, Fulcrum Equity Partners, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Ventures, Hill Ward Henderson, and Delta Air Lines. Florida-based growth-stage companies, mark your calendars on October 21-22, 2026 for @EmbarcCollectiv's second annual Growth-Stage Venture Summit for Florida-based high-growth tech companies with more than $1 million in annual revenue. Stay tuned for more information about the two-day Summit here: embarccollective.com/venture-capita…. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL @TBBJnewsroom @TampaBayInno @techtampabay @FLChamber @FLChamberFDN @TB_Times @FloridaTrend

And that's a wrap on the 2026 Early-Stage Venture Summit, Powered by @FloridaFunders! We had the privilege of bringing together 45+ investors and 80+ founders for two days of innovation, impact, and connections. ⭐️Check out the official recap: embarccollective.com/resources/even…

“If you find having to do customer discovery annoying, get a new job. Get out of this right now.” Fantastic session by @EmbarcCollectiv’s Customer Discovery coach Kate Heath at Day 2 of their Early Stage Venture Summit sp by @FloridaFunders

Day 2 of @EmbarcCollectiv's two-day Early-Stage Venture Summit powered by @FloridaFunders kicked off with ninety-one (91) Florida-based early-stage tech companies from 20+ cities across the state of Florida and investors from almost fifty (50) VC firms and angel groups are in attendance. J. Alex Kelly, who leads @FLACommerce as the @FLSecofCommerce, opened Day 2 with keynote address that highlighted the power of Florida's economy. Florida's $1.87 billion GDP ranks Florida as the 15th largest global economy, and the state's 70% growth over the past seven years ranks Florida as "... the fastest growing economy in the world." But that's just a small example of one of the largest and most impressive economies in the world. Florida leads the nation in several other key economic categories as well. 👉 No. 1 for New Business Start-Ups 👉 No. 5 for the volume of venture transactions and #7 for total venture funding raised 👉 Top 3 State for Business 👉 No. 1 Economy in the Country 👉 No. 1 Higher Education System (for 10 consecutive years) 👉 No. 1 State for Manufacturing Job Growth 👉 No. 1 State for Net Income Migration 👉 No. 1 State for New Business Migrations 👉 No. 1 State for Black-owned businesses 👉 No. 2 State for Hispanic- and women-owned businesses Secretary Kelly also reminded the audience that Tampa Bay is one of the top startup and business markets in the nation as well. 👉 No. 1 Emerging Tech City in the Nation 👉 No. 1 Best Place for International Businesses in the Nation 👉 Top 10 U.S. Market for Tech Talent Growth and "Brain Gain" 👉 No. 8 Best Place in the U.S. to Start a Career 👉 No. 4 Best Place in the U.S. for Veterans to Live 👉 Top 30 U.S. Market for Manufacturing Employment 👉 No. 8 Fastest Growing City in the Nation Day 2 continues with a full day of interactive presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities. A BIG thank you to our sponsors: @FloridaFunders, @FulcrumEquity, @TGHCares (TGH) Ventures, @HWHlawfirm, and @Delta. For more information about Embarc Collective, visit embarccollective.com. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL @TB_Times @TBBJnewsroom @TBBJDigital @TampaBayInno @FloridaC100 @FLChamber @TampaEDC @TB_Chamber