Community investment fund launches, supports St. Pete startup

A new venture fund designed to strengthen the local entrepreneurial ecosystem has officially launched with a strategic investment in St. Petersburg-based Spontivly.

Veteran investors Ashby Green and Kim Vogel founded the Coastal Community Fund to support oft-overlooked seed-stage startups throughout Florida. However, the two will prioritize burgeoning Tampa Bay companies.

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Welch ‘surprised’ at ex-lawmaker’s mayoral candidacy poll

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has long considered former state Rep. Ben Diamond a friend. A recent survey has, at best, strained their relationship.

Diamond’s voter opinion poll was critical of Welch’s response to an unprecedented hurricane season, and highlights how the 2026 election could feature a white candidate running against the city’s first Black mayor. The Catalyst received screenshots of some questions Thursday afternoon; Diamond confirmed the following day that he ....

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