$100,000 Nielsen grant seeds Tampa Bay Wave accelerator for diverse startups
Tampa Bay Wave will use a $100,000 grant from the Nielsen Foundation to create a 90-day accelerator program for tech startups owned by women, minorities, veterans or LGBT entrepreneurs.
Workable integrates with online referral marketplace and new cohort company, Preferhired
From retention rates and job performance to cost per hire and time to hire, the stats around employee referrals outperform most other recruiting methods.
Wave Grow company, Peerfit, gets $10M in new funding
Peerfit just completed its latest funding round, raising $10.3 million, according to a Jan. 5 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Series B round included $8 million in new capital and $2.3 million from an April offering when the company issued convertible notes that now have converted into Series B equity, Buckley […]
DSM Kicks Partner Program Into High Gear & Secures Inzata as New Partner
Another Wave company in the headlines! DSM announced that the new program has picked-up a headliner: Inzata, a high-performance, big-data analytics software platform that provides near-real-time performance on enterprise-scale datasets.
10 Best Startups to Work For in Tampa Bay
How many Wave companies made the top twenty? Read on to the full list to find out.
Tampa Bay Wave welcomes 13 new startups to their Accelerator Build cohort
Cohort 16 – Fall 2017 Build Class TAMPA, FL (November 15, 2017) – Tampa Bay Wave, Inc. (Wave), a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build and grow breakout tech businesses in Tampa Bay, has selected 13 new startups to their Accelerator Build cohort out of almost 100 applicants, the largest applicant pool in […]
Innovators Help Spur Economic Success
When Matt Wheeler was looking for a city in which to launch a metrics-based technology/sales start-up, he considered Atlanta, San Francisco, Austin (Texas), and two communities in North Carolina. After visiting those cities, and assessing their prospects for his business and family, the former Cambridge, Maryland, resident chose Hillsborough County. He and his associates opened […]
Wave companies receive funding from non-traditional investors
Two Wave companies received funding from non traditional investors, which was very unique. It has been a goal in mind for a long time for startup investing in Tampa, and to access investors beyond the usual investors, said Allen Clary, an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Wave. Phonism is a cloud service that provides easy to use tools […]
EatMobile Launching at Startup Week with 10 Food Trucks!
Tampa Bay Startup Week is less than 2 weeks away and we hope everyone is as excited as we are! Startup Week is a for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs event February 13th till the 17th in both Tampa and St. Pete. This is Tampa Bay’s largest entrepreneurial event and backed on the Tampa side by our […]
Torchfi Serves up Success at Moxie’s Cafe
TorchFi’s revolutionary “Wifi Waiter” recently went live in Moxie’s Cafe. The Wifi Waiter delivers speed and simplicity to the food scene–allowing the customer to use the restaurant’s existing internet connection to place their orders without the hassle of waiting in line. Wifi Waiter has also been featured and received rave reviews at the Attic Cafe […]
