TAMPA BAY VENTURES, LLC

Thesis

Tampa Bay Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2021, dedicated to fostering the startup ecosystem within the Tampa Bay region. They focus on providing the initial professional seed investment to promising, high-growth, tech-enabled startups that have an MVP and are poised for scaling. The firm emphasizes backing founders with deep domain expertise and scalable business models. Their investment strategy targets high-growth sectors including cybersecurity, e-commerce, healthcare, edtech, fintech, hardware, financial services, business services, and sports-related technology. Geographically, they concentrate their deal flow exclusively within the greater Tampa Bay region. Tampa Bay Ventures employs an active, 'boots on the ground' approach to source deals and build relationships, preferring to lead seed-stage investments. They look for founding teams with demonstrated commitment through substantial sweat equity. The firm operates a $27 million seed fund, planning to invest in approximately 20 companies over five years. Typical checks are estimated to be between $500,000 and $3 million. The general partners have committed $10 million to the fund.

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