"By having density in a startup community, entrepreneurs increase the opportunity for meaningful connections, force more significant relationships, and serendipitously interact with each other, building trust and increasing connectivity."

—Brad Feld on the Startup Community Way

In 2019, Embarc Collective began working with 25 companies, supporting them with individualized coaching from our staff of startup operators, group programming, and access to customers, capital, and talent. Since then, we opened our 32,000 square-foot space in 2020 and have continued to grow the Embarc Collective startup community.

This month, we reached a major milestone: 100 member companies, making Embarc Collective the fastest growing startup hub in Florida. Read about it in the Tampa Bay Times, St. Pete Catalyst, 83 Degrees, and Tampa Bay Business & Wealth.

This community is strong and vibrant because of the over 100 startups that have chosen to build their high-growth venture in Florida. Today we thank them and ask this Weekly Collective community to support them - buy from them, invest in them, be their advocate.

Embarc Collective supports early-stage tech- and tech-enabled ventures growing in Florida. Learn more about membership here.

2021 Early Stage Capital Conference

Meet and Engage with the Angel Investor Community in Florida

Presented by Florida Venture Forum

October 7-8, 2021

Synapse Orlando

Annual Gathering for Doers, Creators, Innovators, Thought Leaders in Orlando

Presented by Synapse Florida

Friday, October 15, 2021

Tampa Firm Looks to Simplify Critical Insurance Barrier Through Tech

Business Observer • Embarc Collective member TrustLayer helps businesses verify insurance coverages and credentials.

25 Under 25

Tampa Bay Inno • Teammates at SiteZeus, Edgility, JustProtect, and TiE Tampa Bay (all Embarc Collective members) were all recognized as leading the newest generation of innovators and entrepreneurs in Tampa Bay.

Company: BIOS

Elevator Pitch: BIOS is dedicated to creating a platform for life science/biology. Our goal is to decrease the barrier of entry and increase the navigability of life science & biological information to improve education and create a true digital platform for the sciences.

Position: Lead Backend Developer

Position Highlights: As the lead backend developer at BIOS you will be developing the database for one of the most comprehensive navigable biological/ life science resources. You would be working on data integration, building & managing the database schema & DBMS. You will be working with other team members to build out and set technical requirements for, parsers, APIs, indexers, search algorithms, etc. You will also be responsible for developing CI/CD pipelines for data sources.

Apply Here

Minority Business Accelerator Application

The Tampa Bay Chamber's Minority Business Accelerator (MBA) is seeking high-growth potential Black and Hispanic businesses with gross revenue of $500K+ to participate in their 2023 Cohort.

Deadline: September 15

Apply Here

NASA iTech 2021 Cycle II Forum

NASA iTech searches for and identifies advancements in technologies that are solving problems on Earth and have the potential to address existing challenges to enable NASA missions. NASA iTech has issued a call for inventive technologies as part of its Cycle II Forum.

Deadline: September 24

Apply Here

2021 Startup of the Year® Community

This is an opportunity for early-stage startups and founding teams from across all verticals to join the 2021 Startup of the Year worldwide community. If you've raised less than $5M in funding and have a functional prototype, consider applying.

Deadline: September 30

Apply Here