St Pete is fast becoming a regional technology and innovation hub. For local St Petersburg technology news, look no further than the Innovate section of the Catalyst. We’ll bring you sharp local news on the innovators, scientists, technologists and companies that are leading the growth of the St Pete technology sector. Our economic development follows our innovation and we’ll keep your finger on the pulse.
Arnie Bellini, the founder of ConnectWise, plans to create thousands of technology jobs and invest millions of dollars in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. Tampa Mayor Jane...
Hemp could become the state’s next big industry, according to Nikki Fried, Commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Fried, the only Democrat...
Blue Halo Biomedical, an Orlando medical device company, was the winner of Pitch Madness at the Synapse Summit. The first-place prize comes with a $10,000 equity...
A healthcare entrepreneur in Clearwater has launched The Indus Equity Partners, an angel fund focused on global companies in growth mode. Kunal Jain, president and fund...
Before Clearwater Beach native Sara Blakely hit it big with women’s shapewear company Spanx, she spent seven years off and on cold calling for Danka, a...
JP Morgan Chase has awarded Tampa Bay Wave and Embarc Collective a $500,000 grant to launch a new program exclusively for women tech entrepreneurs in Tampa...
J. Michael “Mike” McConnell, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former director of the National Security Agency, will be the new executive director of Cyber...
Spirion, a St. Petersburg-based data privacy company, is adding five senior executives after receiving $20 million in fresh capital. The follow-on investment from Riverside Company, Spirion’s...
Driving an old van and hauling away other people’s junk gave Omar Soliman and Nick Friedman their first taste of entrepreneurship. They enjoyed it so much...
Many people believe that innovation and entrepreneurship involve individuals working on their own who stumble upon a discovery. That’s a myth, said University of South Florida...
