Blue.cloud earns high recognitions, moves toward IPO

Tampa-based Blue.cloud is climbing the charts due to its rapid growth, and now ranks in the top 10% on the Inc. 5000 list that spotlights the fastest growing privately held companies in America.

The Inc. ranking for Blue.cloud, which specializes in the cloud for big data, is based on the percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. Ranking No. 533 on the list, Blue.cloud is the 46th fastest-growing company in the business products and services sector and the 54th fastest-growing company headquartered in Florida, based on multi-year growth.

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Adelphi becomes state’s first female-founded trust company

As demographics evolve and aging Baby Boomers undergo a historic transfer of wealth, St. Petersburg is now home to the state's only trust company founded, managed and majority-owned by women.

Adelphi Trust recently announced that representatives from the Florida Office of Financial Regulation visited the company’s downtown St. Petersburg headquarters on Aug. 12, to mark the receipt of its trust charter. The occasion followed the company's co-founders raising $5 million in less than 30 days in May - 73% of which was provided by female investors.