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FinanceGourmet: Is Grifin App Legit? A Review
Grifin app invests in stocks of companies where users shop, offering a unique micro-investing experience. Recent updates allow users to adjust investment amounts and transfer cash directly for stock purchases.

TampaBayInno: TampaBay.Ventures awarded standout “Blazer” at the fourth annual Fire Awards
The firm has moved at a breakneck pace since its launch in 2021, closing 11 hyperlocal deals across sectors ranging from cybersecurity to insurtech to an architecture-focused hiring platform.

83 degrees: Tampa app developers say it takes “Twos” to make a thing go right
A pair of Tampa-based tech entrepreneurs have built a growing startup from a shared vision to build “the best place to write things down. Launched in 2021, the Twos app has a 1,200 percent user growth rate this year and

Tampa Bay Business Journal: Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood talks blockchain, glass ceilings and why she chose St. Pete
Cathie Wood lent St. Petersburg credibility when she first announced she was moving her asset management firm, Ark Invest, in November 2021. “Everyone was courting you so we thank you for coming to our city,” said Tom Frederick, TampaBay.Ventures’ general

Catalyst: Powerhouse investors talk shop at USFSP
While education is typically the bedrock of a successful career, there is no substitution for experience; Cathie Wood, founder of ARK Invest, and Tom Frederick, founding partner of TampaBay.Ventures, have that in spades.

Catalyst: Notetaking app startup lands $1.4M local investment
Twos, a startup that has developed a notetaking app and sharing platform, has raised a $1.4 million pre-seed investment round led by TampaBay.Ventures. Twos incorporates a calendar, planner, task manager and journal into one place where it can become organized.

TampaBayInno: Tampa tech company Twos closes $1.4M pre-seed round led by local investor
Twos, a Tampa-based company that’s part social media, part note-taking app, has closed a $1.4 million pre-seed round led by TampaBay.Ventures. The company announced Wednesday it closed the slightly-oversubscribed round and did not disclose additional investors.

Axios: Tampa Bay startup app raises $1.4M pre-seed
The founders of a startup for an app that promises to be the go-to place to write down anything tell Axios they’ve raised a $1.4 million pre-seed investment led by venture capital firm TampaBay.Ventures.

Catalyst: Hook Security reels in Tampa Bay Ventures investment
Locally based Hook Security, a cybersecurity training platform, has received an investment from TampaBay.Ventures as part of the startup’s Series A round.

TampaBayInno: Florida Funders and TampaBay.Ventures invests in Betr
Social media star-turned-professional boxer Jake Paul and sports betting entrepreneur Joey Levy teamed up for the company. It is creating a platform for sports micro-betting transactions, which enables fans to bet on specific moments of a sporting event.

TampaBayInno: St. Pete startup continues funding streak with six-figure TampaBay.Ventures deal
A St. Petersburg startup has secured funding weeks after it received an investment from “Shark Tank’s” Mark Cuban. Spontivly, which moved to the Tampa Bay region in January, initially made waves with its community-focused SaaS technology and offerings.

TampaBayInno: Tampa tech company catches attention of local investment firm to the tune of $600K
Two co-founders with a former exit have struck success again. Reptrics, a Tampa-based company founded in 2019, has received a $600,000 investment from TampaBay.Ventures.

Catalyst: Reptrics receives investment from Tampa VC firm
Tampa Bay-based startup Reptrics, a customer CRM, announced it has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round led by TampaBay.Ventures. Reptrics helps businesses generate customer testimonials by automating the collection of reviews and posting them to review sites.

Why We Invested in ArchSlate
Archslate, a recruiting platform for Architecture and Civil Engineering, is our most recent investment from TampaBay.Ventures Seed Fund I. The platform represents a progressive and reversed approach to hiring in the AEC industry…

Lakeland Business Owners Podcast: Wesley Barnett & Andreas Calabrese of Tampa Bay Ventures
We have an extra special episode this week as we sat down with Lakeland native, Wesley Barnett, and Andreas Calabrese, who are partners at Tampa Bay Ventures capital firm where they write the first professional seed check into promising startups

Catalyst: Tampa startup hits a major win in pre-seed funding round
Tech startup Archslate, which recently relocated to Tampa from Silicon Valley, has raised an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of $700,000.

TampaBayInno: Tampa tech startup closes oversubscribed round from local investors
Archslate, which launched in May 2021, is a talent marketplace and hiring platform for the architecture, engineering and construction industries.

Tampa Bay Times: At Tampa’s Synapse Summit, all eyes on Florida’s tech, innovation growth
Tampa wasn’t exactly a power player on the global tech scene when Pam Miniati was organizing the Florida Israel Business Accelerator five years ago.

Catalyst: Tampa insurance tech startup raises $100M in Series A funding round
Slide, a homeowners insurance tech firm founded in Tampa, has closed a $100 million Series A funding round that will accelerate the already fast-growing startup’s capabilities.

Tampa Bay Business Journal: Tampa public company founder raises $100M for new insurance tech startup
A Tampa-based insurance tech startup has closed a $100 million round in its first foray into the funding world.