Not even a torrential downpour could stop the energy at Wednesday Night’s 2024 HealthTech|X Pitch Night. Thank you to the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) for hosting us for the evening, giving 15 impressive companies the chance to showcase the culmination of their hard work and dedication. We are thrilled to have closed the program on such a positive note. The 2024 HealthTech|X cohort is truly exceptional, and we will be eagerly awaiting updates on their continued success. Thank you to everyone who braved the storm and joined us to celebrate and learn from these 15 groundbreaking companies. Finally, thank you to the program sponsors who made the 2024 HealthTech|X accelerator possible. U.S. Economic Development Administration, Florida High Tech Corridor, University of South Florida, Levo Health, Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), RevStar, Thoropass Bioniks, Definition Health , EXO Technologies, Grapefruit Health, Joberfer, Liife, Inc, MediMint (Abhisri Ramesh), Mercurial AI, NearWave, Pathfinder Health, Inc., REMware, SimpliFed, Superb Shifts, Veba Baby, VitVio
Tampa Bay Wave
Technology, Information and Internet
Tampa, FL 10,090 followers
Accelerate. Innovate. Collaborate.
About us
Tampa Bay Wave (Wave) is a purpose-driven nonprofit dedicated to accelerating Florida’s innovation economy. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs transform innovative ideas into real-world solutions & scalable businesses, thus fueling positive social & economic change in Tampa Bay and communities everywhere. In the last 10 years, we have supported 460 of the most innovative startups who collectively have raised over $700 million and created more than 4,200 jobs. As Florida’s #1 Accelerator, Wave has built a successful track record that combines best practices of nationally recognized accelerators and incubators with strategic connections to existing regional entrepreneurship resources, mentors, capital, and other expertise in order to foster a highly cohesive innovation ecosystem. WAVE fills an important gap in Tampa Bay’s and Florida’s ecosystem as Florida’s top tech accelerator in terms of startup volume, investment capital raised, and job creation. Wave’s programs provide tech entrepreneurs with the resources they need to scale their startups, including access to our 200+ mentors, 400+ investors, and exclusive events with key stakeholders in the tech community.
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http://tampabaywave.org
External link for Tampa Bay Wave
- Industry
- Technology, Information and Internet
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Tampa, FL
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- Web and Mobile
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501 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 650
Tampa, FL 33602, US
Employees at Tampa Bay Wave
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Chris Arnold
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Akeelah Kuraishi
Co-Founder at Little Global Citizens
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Michael Dillhyon, MBA
General Partner at Sarasota Growth Ventures | Board Advisor | Founder | Mentor | Strategy | #Healthtech #Medtech #Hardtech
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Chris Tyler
Software and SaaS product leader / evangelist driving vision, design and development towards success
Updates
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The 2024 HealthTech|X Accelerator founders and Wave team hit Topgolf last night to fuel up before tonights big Pitch Night! See you soon!
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Congratulations to the Pathfinder Health, Inc. team for being accepted to showcase with the Childhood Prosperity Lab, run by Connecticut Children's Hospital. The work done by Pathfinder Health, Inc. and Childhood Prosperity Lab will advance the implementation of innovations addressing health equity, childhood development and social determinants of health. Pathfinder Health, Inc. is currently in the final week of our 2024 HealthTech|X Accelerator and will share about their ongoing innovation at the 2024 HealthTech|X Pitch night at Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) tomorrow evening!
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Wave congratulates a 2021 Tech Women Rising alumni, Improving Aviation, on securing the Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This award will fund the development of cutting-edge Target Acquisition and Guidance System (TAGS) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), aimed at enhancing wildfire management, disaster relief, and battlefield operations. Improving Aviation continues to make waves in the areas of environmental modeling, wildfire detection, mobility and response, and airspace management. See below for an article about this huge milestone for the Improving Aviation Team! https://lnkd.in/e3ciStBE
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Exciting things happening at the Venture Center! Thanks to Andy Stemler and our partners at NextPath Career Partners for sharing valuable insights this week. Excited to see what we continue to build together! 🚀
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At the August Homebrew Hillsborough, our partners at Hillsborough County and the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council shared valuable insights into Tampa Bay's healthcare ecosystem, with a spotlight on Life Sciences. 🔦 Curious why we are so excited to be a part of the Tampa Medical & Research District? Check out this video and see how much potential is in Tampa Bay's future! https://lnkd.in/dKysfbFR
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🤝 We're equally thrilled to embark on this exciting partnership with Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for Cybersecurity! Together, we'll empower even more entrepreneurs and innovators to turn their dreams into reality. The future of tech in Tampa Bay is bright! 🚀 #TampaBayWave #Partnerships #FloridaTech #StartupEcosystem
🎉 We’re thrilled to partner with Tampa Bay Wave Accelerator and tech startup support organization! Together, we’re working to foster a stronger and bigger tech startup ecosystem in Tampa Bay and throughout Florida. #CyberFlorida #TampaBayWave #TechStartups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #FloridaTech #StartupEcosystem #Partnerships
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Happy National Nonprofit Day! Today, we celebrate the incredible impact of nonprofits everywhere! At Wave we're proud to fuel the dreams of founders tackling big challenges and driving innovation in our community. Thank you for your continued support! #NationalNonprofitDay #TampaBayWave #TechStartups #Innovation #Founders
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Wave recently received an exciting update from a company that is part of our 2024 HealthTech|X Accelerator! 🚀 Congratulations to Mercurial AI for being accepted to showcase at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Innovation Forum on September 9th! The Berkeley Innovation Forum is an exclusive membership group consisting of carefully selected corporate Directors from non-competing firms who are deeply involved in managing innovation within their company. The forum provides its members an ongoing window on innovation challenges confronting companies around the world, and gathers members together to share their experiences in dealing with these challenges. This exciting opportunity for Mercurial AI will take place just days after Tampa Bay Wave’s 2024 HealthTech|X Pitch Night at Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS). Congratulations to the Mercurial AI team!
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