Tampa Bay Times: Tampa insurance-tech startup nets $100 million in early fundraising
A Tampa insurance tech company has raked in $100 million in early fundraising, one of the highest haul of any Tampa Bay startup.
Deal Memo: Why We Invested In Procoto
Procoto serves as a perfect representation of the TampaBay.Ventures thesis; to invest in the best founders with a deep understanding of an industry challenge through domain expertise. Having developed the idea for Procoto while searching for procurement tools in previous roles, the founding team of Michael and Ryan have a keen sense of problem and […]
Florida’s newest Venture Capital firm partners with Tampa Bay Innovation Center
Tampa Bay Innovation Center (TBIC), a tech incubator and accelerator has announced its newest partner in the mission to support and grow the region’s tech ecosystem. Tampa Bay Ventures, a newly minted venture capital fund for early-stage technology startups based in Tampa Bay, has added its support to TBIC’s programs.
Catalyst: TampaBay.Ventures makes first investment in a St. Pete tech startup
Venture capital firm TampaBay.Ventures has made its first investment and it’s with a new St. Pete startup. TampaBay.Ventures, founded this year with an initial $20 million seed fund committed to investing in Tampa Bay-based technology companies, announced this week that it is leading a funding round for Procoto. Procoto is a startup that focuses on procurement autonomation processes that can […]
Tampa Bay Business Journal: TampaBay.Ventures, the newly launched $20M fund, makes first investment with St. Pete company
Two months after launching a $20 million, five-year fund, TampaBay.Ventures has made its first investment. The fund, run by four Tampa Bay investors, has closed a high six-figure deal with St. Petersburg-based Procoto. The company offers procurement software for small and medium-sized businesses at a lower price point than enterprise solutions.
TampaBay.Ventures Leads Investment Into Y Combinator Graduate Procoto
TampaBay.Ventures has led an investment into St. Petersburg, Florida-based Procoto, a procurement and spend analysis platform for businesses. Procoto is a graduate of the famed Y Combinator startup accelerator program and the first Y Combinator graduate located in the Tampa Bay area. The investment represents the first investment from TampaBay.Ventures, a new venture capital firm […]
Forbes: How Venture Capital’s New Crop Of Micro Funds Punch Above Their Weight
Another key tactic for micro-funds that can make them more visible: they’re specializing to stand out.
Bay News 9: TampaBay.Ventures to invest $20 million in startup companies
“We’re seeing that Tampa Bay is one of the best places in the country to build a tech company,” said General Partner Andreas Calabrese. “Getting funding for these startup companies was not always the easiest thing to do locally.”
Catalyst: Startup Report Podcast #86
Marcus Adolfsson & Andreas Calabrese stop by the studio to discuss the new fund, their investment thesis and how they’ll look to support and grow Tampa Bay seed stage companies.
Tampa Bay Business Journal: Tampa Bay entrepreneurs launch $20M investment fund to change the startup scene
Entrepreneurs in Tampa Bay have launched a $20 million investment fund and plan to deploy the money across at least 20 startups in the next five years.
