Florida Funders leads Jake Paul’s investment round

Tampa-based venture capital firm and angel network Florida Funders has led the $50 million investment round for Betr, a sports-betting business created by social media influencer and boxer Jake Paul and tech entrepreneur Joey Levy.

Florida Funders led the $30 million Series A round with a $5 million investment — the most significant check from Florida Funders to date. The Series A was followed by an additional $20 million Series A1 round, racking up the total investment to $50 million. 

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Exit interview: Museum of Fine Arts’ Kristen Shepherd

As a Clearwater high schooler, Kristen A. Shepherd had a fondness for St. Petersburg’s venerable Museum of Fine Arts. It was, she remembered, “kind of dusty and sweet” in the 1980s, when she enjoyed solitary afternoons reading in the museum’s gardens.

Shepherd’s last day as executive director of the museum was Aug. 3. After nearly six years as the instigator of transformative change, of innovative and imaginative programming that heightened the sweet and eliminated the dusty, she surprised the bay area art world by announcing her departure.

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