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By Marcella McCarthy On the heels of a $1.5 million dollar raise, a Tampa Bay area health tech startup, Therapy iQ has announced it’s opening a round to raise another $1.5 million to $2 million. The company, founded by Nathan Maingi, is helping mental health practices streamline their operations through a proprietary practice management software.

A new exhibition at The Dalí Museum is using interactive artificial intelligence to create a new kind of experience at its gallery, in St. Petersburg. The Shape of Dreams, on view from November 25, 2022, until April 30, 2023, explores 500 years of paintings, from the 16th to 20th centuries, and examines dreams through different

Climate First Bancorp, the holding company for Climate First Bank, has acquired the climate and social justice fintech platform developed by the startup Ecountabl. The platform indexes data on over 10,000 companies, analyzing their environmental, social and governance performance to help customers track how their purchases with brands align with their personal values. The purchase

Kris Dehnert, chief executive officer and partner of Dugout Mugs, announced the acquisition of Lumberlend, a Westford, Massachusetts company famous for being the “Home of the Original Bat Mug” and Dugout Mug’s largest competitor in the market. Dugout Mugs, based in Lakeland, makes one-of-a-kind gifts for baseball fans with products that are featured in over

The Tampa Bay Chamber named the winners of the 2022 Small Business of the Year Awards at a ceremony on Thursday, at Armature Works. More than 500 attendees gathered to recognize the accomplishments of Tampa Bay’s small business community, at Armature Works, in Tampa. The 2022 Small Business of the Year Award winners include: Outstanding

Individuals, companies and nonprofits were honored for their philanthropic work at Tampa Bay Business and Wealth’s Philanthropists of the Year Awards on November 8, at Armature Works, in Tampa. In addition, Scott Fink, CEO of Fink Auto Group, was honored as TBBW’s first recipient of the Philanthropists of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Presenting sponsors

ReedTMS Logistics, based in Tampa, has been acquired by Werner Enterprises, a transportation and logistics company based in Omaha, Nebraska. Werner signed a definitive agreement and closed on the acquisition of 100% of the stock of Reed Transport Services and RTS-TMS, doing business as ReedTMS Logistics, according to a report. ReedTMS, founded in 1996, is

The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance and Kahwa Coffee have announced a collaboration that will support the building of the St. Petersburg Arts Endowment through the sale of art-wrapped coffee canisters at Kahwa, for preorder, online, starting November 2. The coffee canisters will be wrapped with local art, beginning with Chad Mize, and filled with Kahwa’s

EWI Construction, a construction management company based in Tampa, has rebranded and will now operate as Ellison Construction. The firm also added two new arms to the company, Ellison Advisors and Ellison Development, now allowing it to provide a full suite of services to its clients, according to a statement. Ellison is a family-owned and

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP), the eighth largest accounting firm in the United States, announced that Concannon Miller team members will join CLA on November 1, increasing CLA’s Pennsylvania team to more than 330 people and its Florida team to more than 450 people, a statement said. “We take our client’s needs to heart and commit to

This summer, CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) the eighth largest accounting firm in the United States, which has a presence in Tampa, announced that, together with Evelyn Partners, a wealth management services group in the United Kingdom, formed a new organization, CLA Global Limited (CLA Global). Together, CLA Global network firms CLA and Evelyn Partners, provide services to

Girl Scouts of West Central Florida has received a $2 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This gift is part of an $84.5 million donation awarded to Girl Scouts USA and 29 local Girl Scout Councils selected by Scott, making this unprecedented investment the largest donation from a single individual in the national organization’s history,