Gainesville
Home to the University of Florida, Gainesville produces a steady stream of research-driven and life-sciences startups.
Organizations
University of Florida
Florida's flagship research university and a source of deep-tech spinouts.
Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention
A Gainesville museum and foundation that inspires and equips future inventors and entrepreneurs and runs the national Cade Prize competition.
Florida Community Innovation
A civic-technology nonprofit engaging student innovators to build public-service tech for Floridians.
Power Plant Business Incubator
A business incubator in downtown Ocala, established in 2012 and run by the Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership (CEP).
San Felasco Tech City
A mixed-use campus in Alachua with office, lab and light-manufacturing space for startups and growing companies, plus planned residences.
Santa Fe College Center for Innovation and Economic Development
A Santa Fe College business incubator in downtown Gainesville supporting early-stage local startups across many sectors.
startGNV
A nonprofit that grows Greater Gainesville's startup, tech, and biotech innovation ecosystem.
UF Innovate | Accelerate (The Hub)
A large mixed-use university business incubator for early-stage technology companies in Gainesville's Innovation District.
Startups
Admiral
AI-powered marketing-automation / Visitor Relationship Management platform for digital publishers.
AgriBugs
Builds autonomous, solar-powered drone ports that launch pilotless field missions to deliver frequent RGB and multispectral crop-health insights.
Agriculture Intelligence
Developed Agroview, an AI cloud platform that analyzes drone and aerial imagery to give citrus and specialty-crop growers precision data on tree health, count, and nutrients.
Apiflair Technologies
Builds bio-inspired aerial vehicles that automate precision pollination and provide early airborne detection of citrus greening disease.
Cordelia Biosciences
Uses microbes from coral reefs to produce sustainable ingredients and natural pigments that replace harmful chemicals in cosmetics, food, and textiles.
EZ Ag Innovations
Develops targeted precision-spraying systems that apply pesticides only to weeds, cutting chemical use and costs for strawberry and tomato growers.