Embarc Collective

Embarc Collective, a 501c3 and Florida’s largest startup hub, provides a comprehensive platform of programming, community, and resources designed to give early-stage tech founders every possible advantage.

Our startup platform offers founders access to curated programming and a repository of startup resources and frameworks, on-demand coaching and mentorship, access to talent and IP portfolios at research universities, connectivity to corporates, universities, and investors, open collab workspace, assigned offices, conference rooms and event space in downtown Tampa, engagement with a community of 300+ founders that lead 140+ Florida-based early-stage tech startups and growth-stage companies in healthcare and life sciences, cybersecurity, data analytics and frontier tech, fin tech and legal tech, ed tech, renewable energy and climate tech, and defense and national security, among sixty sectors; and access to best-in-class professional service firms in banking, accounting, tax, legal, cybersecurity, marketing, and other strategic service providers that help founders build investor-ready businesses faster. Member-companies have created 1,400+ Florida-based tech and tech-enabled jobs driving more than $100M annually in economic returns to the state and have secured $800M in funding, including more than $130M in capital invested into Florida-based startups in 2025, while also achieving a remarkable 90+% survival rate.

Embarc Collective hosts 350+ events annually that draw 11,500+ participants into startup, technology, and innovation conversations in downtown Tampa. In addition, more than 20,000 professionals, including hundreds of institutional investors, visit each year to engage with high growth tech companies in our community, helping lead the way for Tampa Bay and the state of Florida on the national and international stage.

For more info about Embarc Collective, to join our community, or to host an event, please visit https://embarccollective.com/.