St. Petersburg-based medtech company LunaJoy has raised $2.4 million in an oversubscribed seed investment round. LunaJoy is a Y-combinator backed company, and calls itself the only...
Female founders have a tough time raising money; Forbes reported that women-led startups received just 2.3% of venture capital funding in 2020. Raechel Canipe, director of...
Tampa-based venture capital firm Florida Funders has invested in a seed round for local company ShyftOff. ShyftOff, founded in 2020, is a flexible on-demand platform that...
David Maurer came up with the idea for Convee – a mobile application meant to alleviate the hassle of returning goods – due to stressful personal...
Siegrid Pregartner and Laura Borgerding are quick to note they are non-traditional pharmacology doctoral students; Pregartner is an Army veteran and mother of two, while Borgerding...
Startup founders have another reason to anxiously await an upcoming local pitch competition, as America’s largest electric utility is contributing $75,000 in prize money. Officials with...
Tampa-based HSP Group, a provider of global expansion software and services for companies seeking to expand overseas, has raised $14 million in a Series B growth...
Cathie Wood has taken an equity position in Cityverse, a startup civic platform that will connect the community through information, ideas, and experiences. Wood is the...
Tampa-based tech startup TSOLife, which provides an artificial intelligence-based platform for senior living communities, completed a $9 million Series A funding round. TSOLife’s primary platform, TSOLife...
Morphogenesis, a Tampa clinical-stage company developing novel therapies to treat cancer, has closed a $22.2 million round. “This gives us the most runway we’ve ever had,”...