Cybersecurity
A cross-cutting sector with talent pipelines from Florida's universities and defense base.
Organizations
Tampa Bay Wave
A nonprofit accelerator running cohort programs for tech startups in Tampa Bay.
A-LIGN
Tampa cybersecurity/compliance unicorn (Hg-backed)
Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation
A public-private innovation center and startup incubator run by Nova Southeastern University and Broward County.
Bellini Capital
Arnie Bellini's Tampa investment firm
Co:Lab Pensacola
Downtown Pensacola business incubator and growth accelerator offering office space, mentors, and business services.
Crosspoint Capital Partners
Cybersecurity investor that led TENEX.AI's $250M Series B (Sarasota).
Cyber Florida at USF
State cybersecurity center
DualForce Labs
Miami company building secure marketplace and integration infrastructure for vetted defense and dual-use technologies.
eMerge Americas National Security 
Partner
eMerge Americas' national security platform connecting dual-use startups with government buyers, investors, and defense partners in Miami.
FIU Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Florida International University institute for defense, national security, and cybersecurity policy research and workforce training.
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Pensacola-based state research institute working on AI, robotics, cybersecurity, and human resilience.
FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance
Greater Pensacola's economic development organization, with a stated focus on cyber, defense, and advanced manufacturing.
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
The primary economic development organization for Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County.
ITEN WIRED
Pensacola nonprofit tech community hosting the Southeast's annual ITEN WIRED / TechNet CyberCoast summit.
Jax Angel Group
The largest and most active angel investment group in North Florida, seed-funding early-stage tech startups.
Misfit Labs
Miami-based AI-native venture studio that co-builds and scales technology companies, including defense and dual-use ventures.
Rapid Innovation Accelerator - Miami (RIA-Miami)
DoD-backed Miami accelerator helping small businesses win federal defense contracts and SBIR awards.
ReliaQuest
Tampa cybersecurity unicorn ($3.4B)
South Florida TechGateway
A public-private technology initiative led by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance to grow and attract tech business, capital, and talent.
TheVentureCity
Global early-stage venture fund with a Miami hub investing in product-led, data- and AI-driven startups.
USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing
First named US college focused on AI/cybersecurity/computing
UWF Center for Cybersecurity and AI
University of West Florida center anchoring Pensacola's 'Cyber Coast' cybersecurity workforce and research.
Startups
Actualization.AI
AI hallucination-resistant document-intelligence platform for contract review and AI security (TireKicker).
Nucleus Security
Sarasota cybersecurity company that raised a Series C.
Stablein Solutions
AI cybersecurity-automation framework for logistics and manufacturing.
TENEX.AI
Sarasota AI cybersecurity company (non-Embarc) that reached unicorn status.
TrustLayer
AI-powered collaborative risk-management platform digitizing insurance verification.
Uncommon Cyber
Cybersecurity firm helping enterprises harness automation, AI and new security frameworks.
VTEM Labs
Service-disabled veteran-owned offensive-security platform (SPEAR) for threat exposure management.
Industry players
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.
ConnectWise
ConnectWise is a Tampa-based software company providing business-management, remote monitoring, and cybersecurity tools built for managed service providers (MSPs) and technology solution providers.
Kaseya
Kaseya is a Miami-headquartered IT and security management software company selling network monitoring, backup and cybersecurity tools primarily to managed service providers and internal IT teams.
KnowBe4
KnowBe4 is a Clearwater-based security-awareness training and simulated-phishing platform company taken private by Vista Equity Partners in a $4.6 billion deal in 2023.
L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris is a Melbourne-headquartered defense technology prime contractor spanning space and airborne systems, communications, avionics and electronic warfare, formed by the 2019 merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation.
ReliaQuest
ReliaQuest is a Tampa-headquartered cybersecurity company whose AI-driven GreyMatter platform automates threat detection, investigation and response, valued at roughly $3.4 billion after a 2025 funding round.
TD SYNNEX
TD SYNNEX is a global IT products, services and solutions distributor and aggregator, co-headquartered in Clearwater, Florida and Fremont, California, serving roughly 2,500 technology vendors.