Applications Open for 2021 TechWomen Rising Accelerator

TechWomen Rising Accelerator 2021

Funded by JPMorgan Chase, Wave’s TechWomen Rising Accelerator Program empowers female-led tech startups to scale early-stage startups while working to close chronic funding deficits for women throughout the U.S.   Tampa Bay Wave, Inc. is proud to announce that we are now accepting applications for its 2021 TechWomen Rising Accelerator program. Now in its second […]

TechDiversity Accelerator Boosts Innovation for Underrepresented Startup Founders

Powered by The Nielsen Foundation, Tampa Bay Wave’s TechDiversity Accelerator Program helps BIPOC  and other underrepresented founder-led companies get the jumpstart they need to grow and scale high-growth, early-stage startups.   Tampa Bay Wave, Inc. (Wave), a nonprofit technology startup accelerator dedicated to driving opportunity and prosperity in Tampa Bay, is now accepting applications for […]

Wave Startup Funding Roundup – October 2020

As we enter into Q4 2020, Wave companies continue to find success fundraising even during these odd times of COVID. Here are a few of the companies that have successfully either raised capital, or are deep in the process of raising capital: Fetefully, who recently completed the 2020 TechDiversity Accelerator cohort, has landed a lead […]

Startup Spotlight: We Craft Box

We Craft Box

Wave company We Craft Box has been rapidly growing over the past few years with the vision of helping parents and children connect more creatively through a monthly craft box subscription delivered straight to your door. The company was voted #5 in USA Today’s top 20 subscription boxes of 2020 and has won awards from […]

Wave Startup Funding Roundup – August 2020 Edition

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, many startups are still finding early stage capital – including those with diverse founders.  Tampa Bay Wave’s client companies are certainly challenging the assumption that COVID-19 is making it difficult for startups to raise capital these days.  Just since the pandemic hit, our client companies have collectively raised nearly $10 million!! […]

Tampa Bay Waves Leadership Panel on Diversity – An Economic Imperative

Entrepreneurial diversity is not only the right thing to do. It’s an economic imperative, according to a leadership panel at the launch of Tampa Bay Wave’s TechDiversity Accelerator. The panel was the centerpiece of an hour long virtual kickoff for the accelerator program. Fifteen tech companies from around the United States and Latin America, including […]

Tampa Bay Wave Selects 15 New Tech Startups for the 2020 TechDiversity Accelerator Cohort

Tampa Bay Wave is proud to announce their 21st accelerator cohort for the 2020 TechDiversity Accelerator. Tampa Bay Wave has selected fifteen tech companies to join their cohort for the TechDiversity Accelerator, a program that has been supported by the Nielsen Foundation since 2018. This is an international program designed for early-stage tech companies that […]