Fort Lauderdale & Broward
Broward County anchors a growing tech, marine and logistics base between Miami and Palm Beach.
Organizations
Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation
A public-private innovation center and startup incubator run by Nova Southeastern University and Broward County.
Broward College Entrepreneurship Experience (BCEx)
Broward College's free business accelerator and innovation hub open to students and the wider community.
Collective Ventures
A downtown Fort Lauderdale coworking space and startup incubator with an on-site cafe.
Creation Station Business
Broward County's free small-business incubator and makerspace inside the Main Library in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
General Provision
A coworking club for Fort Lauderdale's founder and creative community.
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
The primary economic development organization for Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County.
Las Olas Venture Capital
An early-stage B2B software venture firm in South Florida.
South Florida TechGateway
A public-private technology initiative led by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance to grow and attract tech business, capital, and talent.
StartUp FTL
A free entrepreneur education program created by the City of Fort Lauderdale.
Startup Grind Fort Lauderdale
The Fort Lauderdale chapter of the global Startup Grind entrepreneur community.
Urban League of Broward County Entrepreneurship Center
A nonprofit entrepreneurship center providing business services and capital in historically underserved communities.
Startups
CarePredict
Eldertech company using wearable devices and AI-powered software to detect behavioral changes and predict health risks in seniors.
ILiAD Biotechnologies
Clinical-stage biotechnology company developing vaccines and therapeutics targeting Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough.
Industry players
AutoNation
AutoNation is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States, operating more than 240 dealerships and collision centers from its Fort Lauderdale headquarters.
Chewy
Chewy is an online retailer of pet food, supplies and pet-health products headquartered in Plantation, Florida, operating fulfillment centers and a growing pet-telehealth and pharmacy business.
Cloud Software Group
Cloud Software Group is the private holding company formed in 2022 by Vista Equity Partners' merger of Citrix and TIBCO, offering virtualization, application delivery, and data-integration software.
HEICO Corporation
HEICO is a Hollywood, Florida-headquartered aerospace and electronics company that designs and manufactures FAA-approved replacement parts and mission-critical components for aviation, defense, space, and medical markets.
JM Family Enterprises
JM Family Enterprises is a privately held, diversified automotive company whose businesses include Southeast Toyota Distributors, JM&A Group and World Omni Financial, based in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
Magic Leap
Magic Leap is a Plantation, Florida-based spatial-computing company that designs augmented-reality optics, headsets and enterprise AR platforms, with in-house R&D and manufacturing facilities.
Memorial Healthcare System
Memorial Healthcare System is a public nonprofit district system in Hollywood, Florida, that includes Memorial Regional Hospital and Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital serving South Broward.
Pediatrix Medical Group
Pediatrix Medical Group (formerly Mednax) is a Sunrise-based, physician-led provider of neonatal, maternal-fetal, pediatric, and office-based physician services delivered through thousands of affiliated clinicians.
Sonny's Enterprises
Sonny's Enterprises is a Tamarac, Florida-based company billed as the world's largest manufacturer of conveyorized car-wash equipment, controls, aftermarket parts, and chemicals.
UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)
UKG is a workforce-management and human-capital-management software company formed in 2020 from the merger of Ultimate Software and Kronos, with a dual headquarters in Weston, Florida and Lowell, Massachusetts.
Universal Insurance Holdings
Universal Insurance Holdings is a vertically integrated property-and-casualty insurer focused on personal residential homeowners coverage, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale.