CEO: How our Tampa data company raised $35M

Manta, an international data startup company with a Tampa HQ, has secured $35 million in Series B funding.

Manta is a data lineage company based in Prague that established its U.S. HQ in Tampa last month. The new funding round was led by Forestay Capital, with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, SAP.io, Senovo, Credo Ventures, Dan Fougere and new investor European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, according to Manta's Thursday announcement.

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County re-allocates nearly $53 million in ARPA funds

Pinellas County is revising its spending plan to realign $52.9 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding from its initial payment of $94.69 million to what it feels are more suitable - and compliant - projects.

Pinellas will receive a total of $189.38 million, and the budget amendment, passed during Tuesday’s county commission meeting, was necessary to begin several Phase 1 ARPA projects. According to county data, the spending plan now totals $188.46 million, an increase of $3.62 million.