published: August 1, 2018Updated: August 2, 2018 at 05:53 AMTAMPA — Jeff Vinik’s innovation hub-in-the-making introduced itself Wednesday with a new name, news about its future home and the roll-out of a community survey as it aims for a full launch in early 2019.Embarc Collective, a $10 million project, will not be a traditional start-up […]
By RACHEL MINETTI Jewish PressAbout 500 business owners, investors, and others packed into the Bryan Glazer Family JCC’s ballroom for the second annual Florida- Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA) Innovation Fusion event to listen to Israeli entrepreneurs pitch their products.FIBA is hoping the Israeli businesses can cultivate local investors, establish a U.S. base in the Tampa […]
An exec from one of the world’s leading website development tools returned to his roots in Tampa.by: Business Observer StaffDanny Brigido of Wix, an Israeli company that created one of the world’s most popular website design platforms, says Florida — and particularly the Tampa Bay area — has a compelling story to tell to tech firms like […]
June 14, 2018Hannah DenhamTimes Staff WriterTAMPA — Most people think of Waze as a GPS navigation system.But the Tel Aviv-based tech firm, now owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., is trying to be much more — such as when it partnered with the city of Tampa and the state a few years ago for its […]
Jun 13, 2018:2:58pm EDT Updated: Jun 13, 2018, 3:13pm EDT The popular GPS navigation app Waze played a key role in helping Floridians find shelter when Hurricane Irma hit last fall, a top executive with the company told a Tampa audience on Wednesday. Using community-supplied data, Waze also was behind optimizing the traffic during the […]
Updated: Jun 12, 2018, 8:25am EDTIsraeli tech companies participating in the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator could have a better chance to draw local investment backing, under a joint venture between the accelerator and Florida Funders.FIBA companies will be featured in a designated portal on the Florida Funders website, giving accredited investors an opportunity to provide financial […]
BUSINESS OBSERVER MONDAY, JUN. 11, 2018 5 hours agoEarly-stage capital firm throws weight behind business acceleratorFlorida Funders has partnered with FIBA in Tampa.by: Business Observer StaffTAMPA — Florida Funders, a firm providing early-stage capital to Florida technology companies, has launched a partnership with the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator.FIBA, based in Tampa, supports Israeli growth-stage companies’ entrance […]
By Janelle Irwin – Reporter, Tampa Bay Business JournalJun 8, 2018, 6:59amThe EDC and the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator hosted six Israel-based companies considering starting or expanding U.S. operations this week during a “meet the companies” event aimed at encouraging the businesses to consider the Tampa Bay area. The purpose of Tuesday’s event at 3 Daughters Brewing was to […]
CHERYL ROGERS | MONDAY, JUNE 04, 2018Innovation Fusion, the signature event for The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA), is expected to draw 500 people to hear top tech executives and meet representatives of the accelerator’s latest eight-member cohort.Danny Brigido, Director of Customer Solutions in Miami for the Tel Aviv-based Wix website development platform, will be talking about the […]
May 18, 2018Eight startup companies from Israel and two speakers from Israeli tech superstars, Waze and Wix, will be featured at the second annual Innovation Fusion event on Wednesday, June 13 at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC in Tampa.The event is being put on by the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA), based at the JCC, and […]
