Hypepotamus • Pocket Network, an Embarc Collective member, has built an "Amazon Web Services for Web3". The growth of Pocket has been staggering, now up to 350 million requests a day in January.
St. Pete Catalyst • Last week, Embarc Collective partner Synapse hosted its 5th Annual Synapse Summit. Several startups affiliated with Embarc Collective demoed their technology for attendees, including Porchboxx, profiled in this piece. Embarc Collective members, Momenry and Krew Social, were profiled in Axios.
Elevator Pitch: TrustLayer is a venture-backed B2B SaaS company that reduces friction and builds trust between businesses. We allow users to automate the verification of insurance, licenses, and compliance docs of their business partners (e.g., vendors, subcontractors, suppliers, borrowers, tenants).
Position: Director of Engineering
Position Highlights: You’ll be focused on driving development and innovation on our engineering team to execute a strategy to develop adjacent product lines and verticals to create a $1B business. You will manage our engineering teams to ensure the successful completion of projects. You will be hands-on in solving complex and unique business challenges.
Ironhack's global tech bootcamp has launched a Tampa campus for intensive training in web development, UX/UI Design, and Data Analytics. Career changers and boosters looking to break into tech can apply for $20K in scholarships.
Embarc Collective Foundations Program Want to quickly build, test, and iterate the assumptions of your idea-stage business? Need to develop sound strategies across your business model, talent and product roadmap, brand, and fundraising strategy? Validate your startup with the Foundations Program—a nine-week workshop-style course from the startup operators of Embarc Collective. Deadline: March 1
This program is seeking high-impact tech startups from a broad range of industries that serve enterprise and SMB customers. Founders will engage in a rigorous program that includes coaching, design thinking, user research, and insight from industry professionals.
We hosted the Startup of the Year Summit in late January 2022 and welcomed over 300 startups and investors from around the country to Tampa. A special thank you to the following sponsors:
Sponsor Spotlight: Thank you, Drift, the world’s leading conversational marketing platform, for your support of #SOTY9Summit!
Sponsor Spotlight: Strategic Property Partners (SPP) and Water Street Tampa were an integral part of Startup of the Year’s success, hosting the third day of events at the SPP Terrace and Sparkman Wharf.
Sponsor Spotlight: Thank you Holmes & Brakel for sponsoring the Startup of the Year Summit and for creating an amazing lounge space for our attendees to connect and dine with each other.
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