SpARK Labs and the slow work of building Tampa Bay tech

SpARK Labs is rebuilding Tampa Bay’s tech ecosystem through patience, execution and long-term founder support.

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Rebecca Brown, CEO of SpARK Labs by ARK Invest, speaks at the Ark Innovation Center in St. Petersburg during a public event.
Things to Do: TBIC Accelerator Showcase – Innovations for our Community’s

On Tuesday, July 30, the Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an early-stage tech incubator and accelerator, will host a showcase event featuring the founders who participated in its most recent accelerator program, which was focused on innovations for resilience and sustainability. The three-month program consisted of weekly workshops, mentoring and customer research to help the participating

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Tampa Bay Innovation Center hosts June TECH Talk

Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, will hold its June Speaker Series on Thursday, June 27, at 8:30 am at the ARK Innovation Center, located at 1101 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL. “Busting the Top Five Myths of Venture Capital,” will include serial entrepreneur, Rachel Fisher. TECH Talk

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Tampa Bay Innovation Center names startups for spring accelerator program

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center, a technology incubator, accelerator and coworking office, has announced the startups that will participate in its spring accelerator program. Throughout the program, founders of these companies will receive specific training and mentoring in customer discovery, product strategy, investor readiness and market validation. The startups selected for this program include: •              

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AI accelerator program to christen Tampa Bay Innovation Center’s new headquarters

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an early-stage tech incubator and accelerator, in St. Petersburg, will host a showcase event featuring the founders that participated in its most recent accelerator program, which was focused on startups building artificial intelligence and machine learning-focused products. This will be the first formal event hosted by TBIC at their new

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Tampa Bay Innovation Center launches startup accelerator focused on climate tech and sustainability

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an early-stage tech incubator and accelerator, will kick off 2024 with a program catering to early-stage companies building emerging technologies for climate tech and sustainability. TBIC’s first climate tech program was conducted in early 2023. The inaugural program ended in April, with an Innovation Showcase featuring a keynote from Cathie

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Tampa Bay Innovation Center names startups for AI Accelerator

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center, a technology incubator, accelerator and coworking office, in St. Petersburg, has named the startups for its artificial intelligence accelerator. This cohort will focus specifically on teams developing innovation that embraces the emerging capabilities of AI and machine learning. Over the course of the program, founders of these companies will receive

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