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When you paint a picture in your head of the American Dream, what do you see? For many of us, it involves the vision of being ‘self-made’ and designing our own destiny, no matter where we came from. For Elias Torres, the choice his mother made when she immigrated from Nicaragua to Tampa would prove...
It’s been more than 18 months since the COVID-19 pandemic started and we experienced weeks of lockdowns, quarantines, and a total reconfiguration of the way we work. For venture capitalist David Blumberg, the pandemic took him from his ancestral home of California across the country to Florida. Realizing that he was no longer chained to...
What happens when a brand new tech startup finds itself in the middle of one of the worst financial crises the country has ever seen? With a little luck, some intuitiveness, and a lot of hard work, a pivot in the right direction can not only save a company, it can create major success, too....
TAMPA, FL (November 15, 2021) Florida Funders, recognized as the top VC in the Southeast region by Pitchbook, announced today its investment in Gigantor Technologies, Inc., a company providing patented Neural Network acceleration technology. Florida Funders continues to work closely with the Florida Institute to invest in early-stage innovation companies and support deal flow. ...
TAMPA, Fla. (September 15, 2021) – Florida Funders, a hybrid of a venture capital fund and an angel investor network recognized as the top VC in the Southeast region by Pitchbook, announced its seventh investment from its Fund 2 in Grow Credit, a first-of-its-kind financial product that allows the estimated 100 million consumers with no...