Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Tutoring company founders find Tampa has the ‘Knack’

University of Florida students Samyr Qureshi and Dennis Hansen always envisioned becoming entrepreneurs. Qureshi, 25, started his own clothing company while still working toward his degree. Hansen, also 25, was vice president...

Evidence of Tampa Bay Area’s growing tech hub: Clearwater counts 50 tech companies, 2K...

With Clearwater Beach consistently rated one of America’s top beaches -- visitors and residents don’t often immediately identify the city as a tech haven. It’s a long way from Seattle and...

Magic Leap ends dispute with global security director

Magic Leap has “resolved its dispute” with the global security director it had targeted in a lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed Feb. 28 in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas,...

Orlando left out as top city in South for startups — here’s why and...

Orlando's tech community has a lot going for it: The University of Central Florida is a top contender when it comes to patent filings and research, there's a variety of accelerators and co-working...

A self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Arizona. Here’s what that means for Ford’s...

Despite the Sunday accident in which a self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., Ford’s autonomous vehicles will remain on South Florida roadways. Ford announced it had begun testing self-driving cars...

Philly tech angel DreamIt expands to Florida

DreamIt Ventures, the tech company “accelerator,” has helped 300 software and health tech companies since it was founded in Philadelphia 10 years ago. It expanded to New York in 2011, and now is...

Magic Leap invites developers, artists to preview first product

Magic Leap on Monday invited those who “code, craft, compose and create” to a technical preview of its first product, Magic Leap One, to be rolled out later this year. The Plantation-based company...

Vinik invests $12M in tech accelerator DreamIt

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik is pumping $12 million into DreamIt, a Philadelphia-based early-stage venture fund and accelerator. Vinik, who will become a partner and join the DreamIt board of directors,...

Las Olas Venture Capital Raises $28.5M Toward Fund

Las Olas Venture Capital has raised $28.5 million toward a $50 million venture capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC. Forty-three LPs have backed the Florida-based fund. The filing is available...

Smart pill, other Florida innovations could aid opioid fight

From new medical therapies designed to limit opioid use and abuse to innovative technologies that deliver valuable data, companies throughout Florida are confronting the opioid crisis head-on. State public officials share the same sense of urgency: Florida...
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