Join us next month for @EmbarcCollectiv's final Builder Series program of 2026, featuring featuring Jennifer Crabtree, President of the Tampa Medical & Research District and Senior Vice President at @TGHCares, in a fireside chat with Jennifer Burrington, Vice President of Research and Strategy at the @TampaEDC. The Q4 2026 Builder Series will be held on Wednesday, November 18 in the @ReliaQuest Auditorium at Embarc Collective. Doors open at 8:30 am ET. SPACE IS LIMITED. Register for the event HERE: luma.com/3fufa6q7. Jennifer will explore leadership, innovation, and the continued growth of Tampa Bay's healthcare and life sciences ecosystem and highlight exciting plans for the continued growth of TMRD. As arguably the most cohesive, innovation-forward, and research-anchored healthcare ecosystems in the state, the Tampa Medical & Research District offers a nationally ranked academic medical center anchored by Tampa General Hospital, the top-ranked hospital in Tampa Bay for 10 consecutive years, with 11 specialties ranked by the U.S. News & World Report set in one of the nation's ten fastest-growing markets for healthcare and life sciences talent led by the #1-ranked medical school in the nation, @USFHealth's Morsani College of Medicine. The Builder Series by Embarc Collective is a quarterly educational program that provides unparalleled access to business icons and thought leaders in Tampa Bay and across the state of Florida — each sharing the innovative leadership lessons and frameworks that led them to success in their respective careers. For more information about Embarc Collective or to explore membership, visit embarccollective.com/. #EcosystemBuilders #Startups #Founders #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Innovation #Technology #StartupTB #StartupFL @TB_Times @TBBJnewsroom @TampaBayInno @TampaEDC @TB_Chamber

Congratulations to @EmbarcCollectiv member-company @CopeNotes®, founded and led by Johnny Crowder, CRPS, CEO. Cope Notes was one of four tech companies to be named winners of the Catalyst 2026 Innovator Award from the @CTIA @WirelessFdn and @TMobile. Catalyst is a competitive grants program for social entrepreneurs using wireless technology to deliver solutions to the challenges impacting American communities. “CTIA Wireless Foundation’s Catalyst program highlights exceptional entrepreneurs who are demonstrating what’s possible when we leverage wireless innovation and American ingenuity,” said Ajit Pai, President of CTIA Wireless Foundation and President & CEO of CTIA. “We are excited to celebrate the Catalyst 2026 winners, a group of dynamic innovators using mobile-first solutions to improve access to workforce training and development, healthcare, and counseling in their communities.” The first-place grant of $100,000 was awarded to Austin-based FreeWorld, an app that trains and places formerly incarcerated individuals into jobs in the trucking industry, helping to ease unemployment and driver shortages. San Francisco-based Oben Health, an app that trains barbers and hairstylists as certified Community Health Workers to screen clients for hypertension and connect them with ongoing care, was awarded the second-place grant of $50,000, and Empower Work, an SMS and RCS platform that provides peer counseling to vulnerable and low-income workers struggling in the workplace, and Tampa-based Cope Notes® were awarded third-place grants of $25,000 each. For more information about the CTIA Wireless Foundation Catalyst 2026 Award Winners, visit wirelessfoundation.org/news/…. Cope Notes® uses daily text messages that combine peer support, positive psychology, and digital journaling to send positive thoughts and affirmations, enabling subscribers to combat depression and anxiety and help improve mental and emotional health. As a suicide/abuse survivor, Johnny Crowder spent his formative years searching for resources to help him cope with his mental health conditions, ranging from OCD and bipolar disorder to schizophrenia. After studying psychology at the @UCF and volunteering with NAMI, Johnny wanted to combine the neuroscience principles he learned about in school with the power of peer support that changed his life in treatment. In 2017, he began sending unsolicited psychology facts, journaling prompts, and exercises to friends via text message. The response was so positive that he opened it up to the public, and the rest is history. For more information about Cope Notes, visit copenotes.com/. For more info about Embarc Collective or to explore membership, visit embarccollective.com/. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

Next stop? World Series. Let’s go @RaysBaseball ! #ForTampaBay

WE ARE HIRING. @EmbarcCollectiv invites applications for the Member Operations & Systems Associate position. The Member Operations & Systems Associate supports the day-to-day operations of Embarc Collective's membership: monthly onboarding for every new company, member agreements and licensing, subscriptions and invoicing, roster and access changes across our platforms, office move-ins and move-outs, and the member helpdesk. This is the work that makes our member companies and the hundreds of individual members inside them feel like a community rather than an administrative burden — and it is judged by whether founders notice it at all. A significant and growing part of this role is investor relations operations. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who is energized by mission-driven work, who takes real satisfaction in a complicated operation running cleanly, and who is eager to play a hands-on role in Florida's fastest-growing startup community. For more info about the position, please visit embarccollective.com/careers…. To apply, submit your resume to [email protected] with subject line: “Member Operations & Systems Associate.” The deadline to apply is October 30, 2026. Please contact Jeremy Fritzhand, VP of Platform & Member Engagement, at [email protected] with questions about the position. Embarc Collective, a 501c3 not-for-profit and Florida’s largest and fastest growing startup hub, provides founders curated programming, on-demand coaching and mentorship, access to tech and tech-enabled talent, connectivity to corporates, universities, and investors, workspace, assigned offices, conference rooms and event space in our 32,000 sq ft hub in downtown Tampa, and engagement with a peer community of 300+ founders and founding team members that lead 150+ Florida-based early-stage tech startups and growth-stage companies in sixty sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, medical devices and robotics, cybersecurity and data analytics, AI and frontier tech, fintech and legaltech, edtech, renewable energy and climate tech, and defense and national security, among others. Member-companies have created 1,400+ Florida-based tech jobs, driving $100+M annually in direct economic returns to the state, and have raised more than $800M in funding, including $130M in seed, venture, and growth equity funding invested in Florida-based startups in 2025. For more info about Embarc Collective or to explore membership, visit embarccollective.com/careers…. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

Honored to be a member of the @Speros_Florida FORGE (Florida Oncology and Radiopharmaceutical Growth Engine) coalition that received the 2026 Most Significant Innovation Award during the Annual Awards Celebration at @BioFlorida's Annual Innovation Conference in Orlando last week. Lawrence Range II, CPA, MBA, CHFP, Business Development Director at Speros, and Jay Lebsack, Vice President of Clinical Research Operations at Moffitt Cancer Center, accepted the award on behalf of the team. A BIG shout out to Josh Carpenter, President at Speros and Chief Integration Officer at Moffitt, and Hannah Mae Merten, Chief of Staff and Executive Director of Strategy at Speros, and the entire team at Speros for their efforts to unite a group of leading Tampa Bay institutions -- @MoffittNews and @Speros_Florida, @EmbarcCollectiv, the @USouthFlorida, and Pasco-Hernando State College. The goal is “… to build an end-to-end radiopharmaceutical ecosystem on the massive $1.5 billion, 775-acre Speros campus in Pasco Countyr, along with imaging technologist training at PHSC and nuclear pharmacy opportunities at USF. The effort is expected to generate 4,000 jobs and $2.6 billion in statewide economic impact over the next decade” and establish the Tampa Bay region as a preeminent life sciences and healthcare hub for next-generation modalities that deliver best-in-class precision medicine. Longer-term, the coalition plans to recruit top early-stage precision medicine companies across different modalities to FORGE and help them move from drug discovery through production and clinical use to full-scale launch and growth at Speros. For more information about the coalition, check out @anjelicamrubin's article earlier this summer in the @TBBJnewsroom here: bizjournals.com/.../embarc-s…. “FORGE represents a transformational opportunity to position the Tampa Bay region at the forefront of one of the most promising advances in cancer care,” Speros President and Moffitt Chief Integration Officer Josh Carpenter said. “By bringing together these regional partners, we are building the talent, infrastructure and innovation ecosystem needed to accelerate next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies. For more info about Embarc Collective or to explore membership, visit embarccollective.com/. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

Excited to welcome @BakerTillyUS to @EmbarcCollectiv's Shared Services Partner Program, bringing accounting, audit, tax, HR, and payroll expertise to our community of more than 150 Florida-based early-stage technology startups and growth-stage companies. Embarc Collective’s Shared Services Partner Program gives early-stage technology companies access to best-in-class banking, accounting, tax, legal, commercial insurance, cybersecurity, GTM strategy and marketing execution, and other strategic service providers that help founders build investor-ready businesses faster. By connecting startups with experienced advisors well before they would traditionally engage these services, the program helps companies strengthen core business operations, reduce complexity, and scale with confidence over time. “Great companies are built on bold ideas, but turning those ideas into enduring businesses requires the right foundation, perspective, and relationships,” said Kristen Brand, CPA, tax principal at Baker Tilly. “That’s what makes the opportunity to work with Embarc Collective and its founder community such a natural fit. We’re excited to bring Baker Tilly’s accounting, tax, and advisory experience to these companies and help founders navigate the opportunities and complexities that come with growth.” Baker Tilly joins @CogentBank (for banking services), @HWHlawfirm (for legal services), Cooth (for GTM and marketing execution), and @aligncompliance (for SOC 1, SOC 2, and internal SOX 404 readiness). For more information about the addition of Baker Tilly to Embarc Collective's shared services partner program, visit embarccollective.com/resourc…. Embarc Collective, a 501c3 not-for-profit and Florida’s largest and fastest growing startup hub, provides founders curated programming, on-demand coaching and mentorship, access to tech and tech-enabled talent, connectivity to corporates, universities, and investors, workspace, assigned offices, conference rooms and event space in our 32,000 sq ft hub in downtown Tampa, and engagement with a peer community of 300+ founders and founding team members that lead 150+ Florida-based early-stage tech startups and growth-stage companies in sixty sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, medical devices and robotics, cybersecurity and data analytics, AI and frontier tech, fintech and legaltech, edtech, renewable energy and climate tech, and defense and national security, among others. Member-companies have created 1,400+ Florida-based tech jobs, driving $100+M annually in direct economic returns to the state, and have raised more than $800M in funding, including $130M in seed, venture, and growth equity funding invested in Florida-based startups in 2025. For more info about Embarc Collective or to explore membership, visit embarccollective.com/. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

Excited to welcome three new early-stage tech companies from three cities across three different states — McLean (VA), Los Angeles (CA), and Boston (MA) — to @EmbarcCollectiv's peer community of 150+ Florida-based early-stage tech companies. 💠GenHealth.AI (Ricky Sahu [CEO] and Ethan Siegel [CPO], founders, and Mike Maseda, VP of Revenue & Operations), a health tech company building the next generation of healthcare automation using generative AI. The company's digital health platform provides generative AI and autonomous AI agents to automate administrative and back-office operations for healthcare providers, durable medical equipment (DME/HME) suppliers, and health insurance plans. GenHealth.ai has raised $29.5M in funding to-date, including a $16.5M Series A venture funding led by Flare Capital Partnerswith participation by Craft Ventures and others that closed in September and set the company's pre-money valuation at $59.5M. 💠Ingenee (Majiye Uchibeke, co-founder and CEO), an AI-powered programming and content operations platform designed for streaming operators, FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming TV) channels, and VOD (Video on Demand) services. 💠Ravel Genetics (Rachel Montel Hayes, founder and CEO), a digital health intelligence and life sciences company that provides whole-genome sequencing combined with analysis of your epigenetics and mitochondrial health. Ravel connects whole-genome sequencing, lab results, and health history into a single integrated picture of the gene structures running your body's regulatory systems (like methylation pathways). Embarc Collective, a 501c3 not-for-profit and Florida’s largest and fastest growing startup hub, provides founders curated programming, on-demand coaching and mentorship, access to tech and tech-enabled talent, connectivity to corporates, universities, and investors, workspace, assigned offices, conference rooms and event space in our 32,000 sq ft hub in downtown Tampa, and engagement with a peer community of 300+ founders and founding team members that lead 150+ Florida-based early-stage tech startups and growth-stage companies in sixty sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, medical devices and robotics, cybersecurity and data analytics, AI and frontier tech, fintech and legaltech, edtech, renewable energy and climate tech, and defense and national security, among others. Member-companies have created 1,400+ Florida-based tech jobs, driving $100+M annually in direct economic returns to the state, and have raised more than $800M in funding, including $130M in seed, venture, and growth equity funding invested in Florida-based startups in 2025. For more info about Embarc Collective or to explore membership, visit embarccollective.com/. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL