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Region

Jacksonville & Northeast Florida

Jacksonville anchors Northeast Florida with strengths in fintech, logistics, insurance and health.

Organizations

JacksonvilleIncubator

Beaver Street Enterprise Center

A full-service business incubator in northwest Jacksonville serving entrepreneurs of color and low-to-moderate-income founders.

Sector-agnostic
JacksonvilleAccelerator

ELEV8 Ventures

A Jacksonville startup accelerator and entrepreneurial community guiding companies from idea to launch and growth.

Sector-agnostic
JacksonvilleUniversity / Research

Florida EPIC Program at Jacksonville University

A state-supported program at Jacksonville University developing graduates and ventures in entrepreneurism, policy, innovation, and commerce.

Sector-agnostic
JacksonvilleCorporate Innovation

GuideWell

Healthcare organization supporting Ambition Accelerated / Tampa Bay HealthTech track.

HealthTechFinTech
JacksonvilleCoworking

Jacksonville Innovation Hub

A coworking and maker space giving Jacksonville founders workspace, fabrication labs, mentorship, and an in-house accelerator.

Sector-agnosticAdvanced Manufacturing
JacksonvilleAngel Network

Jax Angel Group

The largest and most active angel investment group in North Florida, seed-funding early-stage tech startups.

FinTechHealthTechCybersecurityAI & Data
JacksonvilleNonprofit / Community

JAX Bridges

A free JAX Chamber entrepreneurial development program helping small and medium businesses build strategy and access capital.

Sector-agnostic
JacksonvilleEDO / Government

JAXUSA Partnership

Northeast Florida's regional economic development organization, a nonprofit division of the JAX Chamber.

FinTechHealthTechAdvanced ManufacturingLogistics & Mobility
JacksonvilleVenture Capital

PS27 Ventures

Jacksonville-based VC

Sector-agnostic
JacksonvilleAccelerator

Silicon Beach

The Jacksonville Innovation Hub's in-house accelerator and hybrid venture studio focused on commercializing technology startups.

Sector-agnosticAI & Data
JacksonvilleUniversity / Research

UNF Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The University of North Florida's equity-free downtown business incubator connecting entrepreneurs with the university and industry.

Sector-agnostic

Startups

Industry players

Jacksonville

Fanatics

Fanatics is a global digital sports platform spanning licensed merchandise commerce, trading cards and collectibles, and betting and gaming, headquartered in Jacksonville and last valued around $25 billion.

SportsTechConsumer & E-commerceFinTechRevenue $8.1B (FY2024) · ~22,000 employees
JacksonvilleNYSE: FNF

Fidelity National Financial

Fidelity National Financial is a leading provider of title insurance and real-estate transaction services, and (through majority-owned F&G Annuities & Life) annuity and life-insurance products, headquartered in Jacksonville.

FinTechPropTechRevenue $14.5B (FY2024) · ~24,500 employees · NYSE: FNF
JacksonvilleNYSE: FIS

Fidelity National Information Services (FIS)

FIS is a global financial-technology company providing banking, payments and capital-markets software and processing to financial institutions worldwide, headquartered in Jacksonville and a member of the Fortune 500 and S&P 500.

FinTechAI & Data~51,000 employees · NYSE: FIS
Jacksonville

GuideWell (Florida Blue)

GuideWell is the Jacksonville-based mutual holding company whose lead subsidiary, Florida Blue, is the state's largest health insurer, alongside Triple-S in Puerto Rico and health-services affiliates.

HealthTech9,000+ (Florida Blue) employees
JacksonvilleNYSE: RYAM

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.

RYAM is a Jacksonville-based global producer of cellulose specialties and high-purity biomaterials used in filters, pharmaceuticals, food, and increasingly bioenergy and green-chemical products.

Advanced ManufacturingCleanTech & EnergyRevenue $1.63B (2024) · NYSE: RYAM
JacksonvilleNYSE: RDW

Redwire Corporation

Redwire is a Jacksonville-headquartered space infrastructure company supplying spacecraft components, solar arrays, digital engineering and in-space manufacturing and biotech platforms for civil, commercial and national-security customers.

Aerospace & SpaceDual-Use & Defense TechRevenue ~$371M (TTM 2026) · ~1,410 employees · NYSE: RDW