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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 based upon matching the correct candidates with

St Pete 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.

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

St Pete 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

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

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 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.”

St Pete 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.
New Venture Capital Firm, TampaBay.Ventures, Launches $20M Seed Fund to Support Regional Tech Startups
New Fund is committed to helping create an internationally recognized startup ecosystem in the Tampa Bay region Tampa, FL – May 11, 2021 – A new venture capital firm, TampaBay.Ventures, has launched its first $20 million seed fund in order