Wave Startup Funding Roundup – August 2020 Edition
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, many startups are still finding early stage capital – including those with diverse founders. Tampa Bay Wave’s client companies are certainly challenging the assumption that COVID-19 is making it difficult for startups to raise capital these days. Just since the pandemic hit, our client companies have collectively raised nearly $10 million!! […]
Tampa Bay Wave Companies Have Secured Investments Despite the Pandemic’s Grim Economic Forecast
Excerpt from article originally published on Grit Daily (August 10, 2020) Author: Sarah Marshall is a Columnist at Grit Daily. Based in Florida, she covers events related to regional economic growth, politics, and the environment. Sarah writes an environmental column for The Muslim News, and curates a blog that showcases her travels through Asia. EXCERPT: Despite […]
EDA Grant For Florida Startups Yields Lakeland Group Investment
Seeds sown by Tampa Bay Wave and Upsurge Florida lead to investment in Wave member technology company, JustProtect. Seeds planted by a federal grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to promote investor awareness and seed funding activity in Florida have recently blossomed into a significant investment in the Tampa-based technology company, JustProtect. The […]
Knack Technologies makes Forbes 30 Under 30
The leaders at Intrinio and Knack are included in the new Forbes 30 Under 30. The list, which includes 600 “revolutionaries” in 20 industries, is made up of people who are changing the course, and the face, of business and society, said Forbes. The list-makers were chosen from more than 15,000 nominees. Dennis Hansen, 27, and Samyr Qureshi, […]
Tampa Bay Wave Names New Board Chair, Brian Deming
Brian Deming, co-founder and former president of Tampa technology company Tribridge, was named 2020 board chair for Tampa Bay Wave. Brian Deming Deming succeeds Alex Sink, former Florida Chief Financial Officer, as board chair at Wave, a nonprofit that houses and services technology startups. Sink, a veteran banker who has successfully mentored several budding entrepreneurs […]
Fruutfull among finalists at SoGal Florida, advances to national competition
Fruutfull’s co-founders and co-CEOs, Ellery Linder (left) and Danielle Rushton. Fruutfull, a one-year-old Tampa company with a unique design that allows women to personalize their brassiere size, is gaining traction. The company placed in the top five for Startup of the Year powered by Established, and accepted invitations to join Embarc Collective and the Tampa […]
Grow Tampa Bay Here
Grow Tampa Bay Here by Chandra Clines, Manager Tax & Accounting Services with Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund Technology is the future. Over 50% of the jobs will be automated. We need more diversity in tech. If you listen to headlines, it is apparent how important technology companies will be in the future. Tampa Bay is […]
Wave Founder/CEO receives 2019 poweredUP Tampa Bay Tech Award
TAMPA, Fla. (October 8, 2019) – Tampa Bay Tech is proud to announce their 16th Annual poweredUP Tampa Bay Tech Awards, presented at an evening ceremony on Friday, November 8, 2019 at Armature Works, Tampa, FL. The annual technology awards are presented to acknowledge excellence at both the corporate, and individual level. “This year’s winners […]
Verapy makes Tampa Bay’s 2019 Inno Under 25
A burgeoning tech scene flanked by two major universities in the same city has helped usher a new generation into Tampa Bay’s startup space. We’ve got 11 of the region’s best (and youngest) entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators below for our first ever list of Tampa Bay entrepreneurs ages 25 or under. Jonathan Truong, (25), co-founder […]
