RECORD NUMBER OF FLORIDA VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS IN 2018 TOTAL INVESTMENT DECLINED TO $1.7...
According to InternetCoast research, 2018 Florida-based companies raised $1.7 billion from 189 deals, compared to $2.6 billion and 153 deals in 2017. “While a decline in investment could be...
3 Central Florida startups headed to venture capital conference
Florida Venture Forum has selected 20 Florida-based companies to pitch their products and services to dozens of venture capitalists who will attend a statewide conference, and three of those companies selected are based...
Orlando tech firms get boost as Tampa investment fund expands here
A Tampa-based investment firm will expand into Orlando, potentially providing local tech companies a new option when they seek funding.
SeedFunders, which started in early 2018...
Tech Talk: A rockin’ year for entrepreneurship
For today’s Business Monday centerpiece story, I contributed a couple of the staff’s picks for best business stories of the year, including the latest moves by the region’s emerging rock star Magic...
Venture capital investing is on the decline — But not in Miami
Venture capital spending continues to lag behind the record activity of recent years, but the Miami area seems to be an exception for such investments. And industry analysts say there's still...
Year in review: Top 3 venture capital deals in Orlando in 2015
If startups and small innovative companies were vehicles, then venture capital is the fuel that keeps them going. With that said, three local firms got more than a full tank this...
A South Florida trifecta: Candidate.Guru, Symptify, Streann Media win at Early Stage Capital Conference
Candidate.Guru of Weston took home the top prize, $100,000, at the Florida Venture Forum Early Stage Capital Conference in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.
The company, also the winner of the Miami Herald Business Plan...
See where metro Orlando ranks for venture deals in Q1 2017
There were six venture capital deals in Orlando-Kissimmee metropolitan area in the first quarter of 2017, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.
The 6 deals had a total value of $7.76 million, the report...
Dollars are still lean but four Tampa Bay area firms win venture capital funding...
Fourteen Florida companies tapped $856 million in funding during the first quarter of 2016, according to new data out this morning, with four Tampa Bay start-ups winning $27.4 million or just...
Venture capital investing sounds a retreat from U.S. and Tampa Bay startups
The venture capital industry staged a sharp national pullback in its investments to business startups in the last quarter of 2016, with last year overall posting a decline from VC investing...
