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]Florida Funders, a firm providing early-stage capital to Florida technology companies, announces new key investors, including Jeff Vinik, owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Strategic Property Partners; Chris T. Sullivan, co-founder of Outback Steakhouse; Bob Basham, co-founder of both PDQ and Outback Steakhouse; Steven Raymund, founder of Tech Data Corp.; Brian F. Prince, founder...
Bob Dylan said it best, “The times they are a-changing,” and this couldn’t be more true in the venture capital world. Venture capital used to be reserved for either the ultra high-net-worth individuals or the lucky few whose smart nephew or neighbor approached them with a good idea. Today these venture capital investments are almost...
Florida Funders has come a long way since it was founded by David and Kathleen Chitester in 2013. By June of 2016 they had completed eight crowd funding transactions for six early stage technology companies, totaling just over $1M in capital. In late 2015, Dave and Kathleen knew they needed additional resources to take Florida...
What is on the horizon when it comes to technology and innovation is nothing short of incredible. The impact that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning alone is going to have on all of us and society as a whole will, I believe, be not only astounding but truly life changing. Add in IOT (Internet...