The Weekly Collective

Tampa Software Firm ComplianceQuest Raises $36M
St. Pete Catalyst • ComplianceQuest, a company that develops software for life sciences firms and manufacturers, raised a $36M Series A round led by Insight Partners. The company currently has 90 employees, with 30 based in Tampa Bay. The company plans to use the new funding to expand hiring, enter new markets and invest further in its product.

The Cybersecurity Startup that Moved to Tampa from NYC Pitches Local Investors
TBBJ • JustProtect, a cybersecurity startup and Embarc Collective member that recently moved to Tampa Bay from NYC, pitched to local investors at Tampa Bay Wave's TechDiversity Demo Day earlier this week. JustProtect, which focuses on automating and centralizing the risk assessment process, was joined by 10 other startups on Demo Day.

Company: PandaDoc

Elevator Pitch: A document automation software as a service with built-in electronic signatures, workflow management, a document builder, and CPQ functionality.

Position: Sales Operations Manager

Position Highlights: PandaDoc is looking for an analytical, driven professional to run every aspect of Sales Operations to support them on their quest to make selling more customer-centric. This individual will own and administer PandaDoc's CRM and related tools ecosystem, help drive efficiency for a distributed sales team, surface revenue opportunities, translate those opportunities into action, and work hand-in-hand with the sales and marketing teams to hit revenue goals. PandaDoc is an environment for independent, humble, resilient, straight-forward and scrappy individuals.

Apply Here

Roll Call: Women Founders & Investors in Florida
We all know the woeful stats: in 2018, women raised less than 3% of venture capital funding, made up just 26% of the angel investor population, and comprised only 11% of decision-making roles at US-based venture capital firms. In our effort to narrow the gender investing gap in Florida, we created an open-source list to recognize women founders and investors statewide. With this list, we can collectively better distribute opportunities for Florida's tech community—enabling founders to develop a community of peers, investors to diversify their deal flow, conferences to identify new voices, and networking dinners and events to offer balanced representation.

Brand as a Differentiator: How to Build a Software Brand from Scratch
As a software company, establishing a strong brand is important when establishing trust with potential clients. In this resource, learn what makes the essence of a good software brand, how to define the why, how and what of your company, and how you can leverage your brand in customer acquisition. As mentioned by Veronica Gage in a recent post from First Round, "Good brands make people feel something, even for a second".

Tampa Bay Wave Fall Accelerator Program
An accelerator that provides access to key investors, one of Florida's largest mentor networks, peer to peer networking, and free coworking space at Tampa Bay Wave. Startups that meet Tampa Bay Wave's Launch or Grow criteria are encouraged to apply.
Deadline September 16
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NASA Space Apps Applications
Space Apps is an international hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and others in cities around the world, where teams engage with NASA’s free and open data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space.
Deadline October 17
Apply Here