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		<title>Startups take the stage at statewide investor conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With interest in early-stage investing heating up, more than 200 investors, entrepreneurs and service providers came together Wednesday for the Florida Venture Forum’s Early-Stage Conference in the Orlando area. Eighteen startup companies presented at the conference at the Reunion Resort, including five with medical devices, biotech products and  health-tech applications, and four with solutions for the bar and restaurant industry. Presenting from South Florida:  Arctico, a company offering purified ice in patented single-serving, tamper proof containers;Bookigee, which creates a new breed of tools and analytics for the book publishing industry; LearnerNation!, a cloud-based learning platform in the hot education-tech space (pictured below); Maxx Technologies, which saves bars money in liquor “shrinkage”; and 71lbs.com, a "set-and-forget, then collect" system for small businesses to easily collect unclaimed shipping refunds. Also exhibiting at the conference: spendLO, a name-your-price platform for services. Most of the  companies were trying to raise funding of  $750,000 to $2 million, some more. <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/startups-take-the-stage-at-statewide-investor-conference/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UniKey Closes on Additional $1.25M in Seed Round Financing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UniKey Technologies, a Winter Park mobile applications and security services startup, has closed on an additional $1.25M in seed round financing led by ff Venture Capital, New &#8230; <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/unikey-closes-on-additional-1-25m-in-seed-round-financing/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/unikey-closes-on-additional-1-25m-in-seed-round-financing/</link>
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		<title>BitPay Closes on Additional $2M In Seed Round Financing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BitPay, an Atlanta (formerly Orlando) bitcoin payment processing solution startup, has raised an additional $2M in seed round financing led by Founders Fund, which includes three &#8230; <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/bitpay-closes-on-additional-2m-in-seed-round-financing/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/bitpay-closes-on-additional-2m-in-seed-round-financing/</link>
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		<title>UCF Student Entrepreneurs Win Honors at Harvard Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A UCF student venture earned recognition at the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) held at Harvard University May 3-4. Care Capture, proposed by Mechanical Engineering major Tyler Salem and Computer Science major Juan Roa, took home honorable mention as one of the top eight proposals among the 28 competitors from leading U.S. and international university entrepreneurship programs. <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/ucf-student-entrepreneurs-win-honors-at-harvard-competition/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/ucf-student-entrepreneurs-win-honors-at-harvard-competition/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Kleiner&#8217;s Laws&#8217; can help your business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an entrepreneur and small-business owner, I have been fortunate to have become friends with, and learned from, many successful entrepreneurs. But the person who had the greatest impact on my business life was the late Eugene Kleiner, my mentor and dear friend. May 12 would have been Kleiner’s 90th birthday, and as a memorial to him — and to help aspiring entrepreneurs — I want to share some of Kleiner’s entrepreneurial wisdom, enshrined in Silicon Valley as “Kleiner’s Laws.” <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/kleiners-laws-can-help-your-business/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/kleiners-laws-can-help-your-business/</link>
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		<title>VenturePitch turnout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VenturePitch Orlando's latest quarterly networking event drew an estimated 125 people to downtown Orlando last week, according to the event's organizers. Those attending included a cross-section of high-tech entrepreneurs, including founders, investors and vendors. <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/venturepitch-turnout/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/venturepitch-turnout/</link>
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		<title>UF students from Orlando attract venture capital with high-tech startup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a time when many high-tech startups in Florida can't seem to raise a dime, a couple of 22-year-old entrepreneurs from Orlando have tapped a six-figure investment they hope will help put their young company on the map. In a little less than two years, the co-founders of Feathr Inc. have gone from the good-time college days of fraternities and parties to 60-hour workweeks and investment pitches to high-level financiers with deep pockets. <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/uf-students-from-orlando-attract-venture-capital-with-high-tech-startup/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/uf-students-from-orlando-attract-venture-capital-with-high-tech-startup/</link>
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		<title>Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, a nationally celebrated mosaic of heavy industry and delicate environment that contains Kennedy Space Center in its southern half and some of the country's richest bird life in the northern extent that includes Shiloh. <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/battle-looms-as-commercial-space-interests-seek-piece-of-federal-wildlife-refuge/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/battle-looms-as-commercial-space-interests-seek-piece-of-federal-wildlife-refuge/</link>
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		<title>Business Plan Challenge announces winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to introduce you to the winners of the 15th Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge. Several of today’s winners — and many of the finalists and contestants — were grounded in social entrepreneurship. Two other themes running through many of these entries: helping the self -employed and healthy living. So today’s emerging companies will help us stay healthy, make us money and do well by doing good. <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/business-plan-challenge-announces-winners/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/business-plan-challenge-announces-winners/</link>
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		<title>Space Florida budget increases, includes space tourism marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The aerospace economic development agency known as Space Florida is getting strong support from state lawmakers.The agency budget has been increased following Florida's Legislative session. Space Florida is touting success at the legislative level after its 2014 operating budget of $10 million was approved. The group said it shows development of the state's aerospace industry is a priority. <a class="read_more" href="http://www.floridaventuresourcing.com/2013/05/space-florida-budget-increases-includes-space-tourism-marketing/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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