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Seedfunders’ new Catalyst Fund aims to strengthen local tech ecosystem

Seedfunders is launching the Catalyst Fund, a $5 million fund that will co-invest in deals with the St. Petersburg-based investment group.

The new fund is a signal that the Tampa Bay technology ecosystem continues to mature. As additional local financing alternatives become available, more startups can create high-skill, high-wage jobs that are needed for a competitive economy.

UPC Insurance execs get big pay hikes

Five executives at United Insurance Holdings Corp. in St. Petersburg saw their total compensation increase by double-digit percentages in 2018.

Insight: #CarFreeStPete is about changing your mind as much as changing your habits

St. Pete Downtown Partnership CEO Jason Mathis talks #CarFreeStPete.

If you have ever struggled to find a place to park in front of your favorite restaurant, or been stuck behind someone else on Central Avenue trying to do the same thing, Congratulations! That’s a sign that our urban center is thriving.

You Don't Have To Be A Famous Chef To Be A Food Star [Still Working]

The production and distribution of food in the U.S. is a lot of work. The industry employed more than one in 10 Americans in 2017, the most recent year for which data were available.

Life, art, Ernestine Crump and freeFall’s ‘Table of Joy’

In playwright Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs From the Table of Joy, 17-year-old Ernestine Crump is about to graduate from high school, and she’s thinking – hard – about an uncertain future.

The Shuffle

William "Jamie" Jamieson
Cott Corp.

Zaps

The Hustle

Katie Toth (KTYoga LLC)

Yoga instructor Katie Toth understands the importance of practicing mindfulness in today's fast-paced, sometimes frenetic modern society.

The Mahaffey Theater

Singers, bands, comedians and orchestras have been gracing the Mahaffey Theater stage since its opening in 1965.

Influencer

Chad Loar
PNC Bank

Focus: State

As 2020 nears, Puerto Rico statehood looms large in Florida [Politico Florida]

As President Donald Trump and his pack of would-be 2020 Democratic opponents trade fire over disaster relief for Puerto Rico, another issue — statehood — is looming large for the island’s diaspora.