Announcing 15 New Women-Led Tech Startups for 2021 TechWomen Rising Accelerator
2021 Women Led Tech Startup Accelerator Tampa Bay Wave (Wave) is proud to announce the 15 incredible women-led tech selected for the 2021 TechWomen Rising Accelerator, powered by JPMorgan Chase. The TechWomen Rising Accelerator is a 90-day business accelerator program exclusively for women-led startups in Florida, powered by JPMorgan Chase. “As this new cohort of […]
Wave Hall of Fame Awards – Six Recipients Representing $200 Million of Business Value Creation in Tampa Bay
This week, Wave celebrated the first recipients of the Wave Hall of Fame Awards. Wave established these awards in 2021 in order to recognize the entrepreneurs who are helping to grow the Tampa Bay tech startup ecosystem by building high-growth tech businesses that are achieving success and making an impact on Tampa Bay. The award criteria includes companies who have […]
Wave Selects 15 New Tech Startups for 2021 TechDiversity Accelerator
Tampa Bay Wave (Wave) is proud to announce the 2021 TechDiversity Accelerator program cohort consisting of 15 incredible high-growth tech startups from across the United States and abroad. Funded by the Nielsen Foundation since 2018, the 90-day TechDiversity Accelerator program works to support and accelerate leadership diversity, equity and inclusion within high-growth, early-stage tech […]
TechDiversity & TechWomen Rising: Reunion Recap
Wave recently hosted a reunion for its TechDiversity & TechWomen rising cohorts. While it was a challenging year for all of us, it was inspiring to see the strides our companies have made, even in the face of global adversity. Here are some current highlights from our alumni: 20Lighter | TechWomen Rising 2020 Dr. Jessica […]
Meet David Wedderburn | Wave’s 2021 Summer Intern Thanks to FSU’s Tech Fellow Program Partnership
Meet our newest team member, David Wedderburn! David is interning with Tampa Bay Wave this summer, thanks to a very special program, called the Tech Fellows Program, run by FSU’s Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (C.A.R.E.) and Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (C.R.E.). This unique program exposes first-generation students to the daily task […]
Applications Open for 2021 TechWomen Rising Accelerator
Funded by JPMorgan Chase, Wave’s TechWomen Rising Accelerator Program empowers female-led tech startups to scale early-stage startups while working to close chronic funding deficits for women throughout the U.S. Tampa Bay Wave, Inc. is proud to announce that we are now accepting applications for its 2021 TechWomen Rising Accelerator program. Now in its second […]
Introducing Wave’s Newly Enhanced CORE Membership Program
Fueling startup success! ..for founders by founders As a founder of a high-growth technology startup, you wear a lot of hats and it’s not easy to excel at them all, while trying to build a business, acquire customers and raise capital. That’s where Wave comes in. Tampa Bay Wave is excited to announce its […]
From New York to London to Tampa Bay, Ramit Singh’s Journey Scaling Startups Globally to Cultivating Wave’s CORE Program
Tampa Bay Wave is dedicated to empowering diversity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and supporting entrepreneurs who are riding the wave of innovation. As Tampa steps into the role as the next hub of innovation, it’s only right that our CORE program is fully revitalized and modernized to fit the needs of founders across the Tampa […]
TechDiversity Accelerator Boosts Innovation for Underrepresented Startup Founders
Powered by The Nielsen Foundation, Tampa Bay Wave’s TechDiversity Accelerator Program helps BIPOC and other underrepresented founder-led companies get the jumpstart they need to grow and scale high-growth, early-stage startups. Tampa Bay Wave, Inc. (Wave), a nonprofit technology startup accelerator dedicated to driving opportunity and prosperity in Tampa Bay, is now accepting applications for […]
Wave Appoints Charlotte Baker as Board Chair
Tampa Bay Wave, Inc. (Wave), a nonprofit technology startup accelerator dedicated to driving opportunity and prosperity in Tampa Bay, appoints seasoned cybersecurity founder, community leader and business woman, Charlotte Baker, as its new Board Chair. Baker is the CEO and co-founder of Tampa-based cybersecurity firm, Digital Hands, and steps into this leadership role as a […]
