Whether in agricultural, health, fitness, defense or in the corporate world – a group of entrepreneurs representing eight high-tech Israeli businesses have come to Tampa seeking to make their mark and change how the world lives and interacts. The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA) brought the companies to their facilities within the Bryan Glazer Family JCC […]

The second wave of Israeli companies that have been successfully inducted into the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator program and will be working with the FIBA team until the end of June, 2017. Here is a brief summary of the companies: Blazepod Blazepod is a whole new attitude towards exercise. The problem with most exercises is that […]

FIBA is pleased to announce its inaugural cohort of Israeli startups accepted to accelerator program on March 1st 2017. The three companies were selected for the innovation in their fields, the maturity and experience of the founders and most important the interest within the business community in their solutions. The companies are working remotely with […]

The restoration of the Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory into the Bryan Glazer Family JCC is one of my favorite projects over the last six years.” Said mayor Bob Buckhorn at a recent visit to the Bryan Glazer Family JCC. He stopped by the FIBA office and sat down for a conversation with Executive Director, […]

Saru Seshadri, COO, and Rakefet Bachur, Executive Director of Marketing, visited Israel, joined by partner investor, David Henderson from February 12th to the 23rd. The trip focused on activities to expose Israel’s startup nation to the FIBA programs and to the local Tampa Bay business community in core areas of digital health, ed-tech, cyber security, […]

Earlier this month, when the Bryan Glazer Family Jewish Community Center opened, Ross was at the center of it all. The facility, with an event center, fitness and aquatic spaces, and a business incubator, will be an economic engine, with a staff of between 125 and 150. Now, Ross moved ahead in a key role […]

TAMPA (FOX 13) – You may have seen the old armory transformed into a new Jewish Community Center, with sparkling new facilities. It’s helping to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood, but now the reach extends farther. “I’m on the phone and email with Israelis,” says Rakefet Bachur. She was born in Israel, but now works here […]

Tampa-based technology accelerator will lend expertise to enhance SOCOM’s operational capabilities. TAMPA, Fla. (August 2016) – The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA) proudly announces that they have entered into an agreement with the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to collaborate on the production of innovative technologies. The Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) establishes a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                               The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator receives $1 Million in funding from the state of Florida to help attract and develop Israeli Startups in the Tampa Bay Area TAMPA, Fla. (August 17th, 2016) – The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA) proudly announces that it has received $1 million from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity […]

‘Start-up Nation’ Comes to the Bryan Glazer Family JCC We believe the new Bryan Glazer Family JCC that will be open on December 8, 2016 will be an extraordinary facility and a gamechanger for the Tampa Jewish community in many different ways. While the Tampa Jewish Community Center and Federation board and staff are  extremely […]