FinTech
Financial technology is the Ambition Accelerated track hosted in West Palm Beach / Palm Beach County, where a growing cluster of finance and wealth-management firms anchors demand for payments, banking, insurtech and capital-markets startups.
Ambition Accelerated trackHosted in West Palm Beach
Organizations
Benchmark International
Global M&A advisory firm
Business Development Board of Palm Beach County
The official public-private economic development organization of Palm Beach County, promoting the region as 'Wall Street South' for financial services and fintech.
Carta
Cap-table/equity platform
Florida Business Development Corporation
SBA lending/economic-development org (Bill Habermeyer CEO)
FTV Capital
Growth-equity firm
Fuel Venture Capital
Miami-founded venture capital firm investing seed through growth stage across technology sectors.
Gold Coast Tech Accelerator (Ambition Accelerated FinTech Track) Partner
Eight-week hybrid accelerator for B2B financial-technology startups hosted in West Palm Beach, the FinTech track of Florida's statewide Ambition Accelerated platform.
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
The primary economic development organization for Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County.
GuideWell
Healthcare organization supporting Ambition Accelerated / Tampa Bay HealthTech track.
J.P. Morgan
Global bank
Jax Angel Group
The largest and most active angel investment group in North Florida, seed-funding early-stage tech startups.
JAXUSA Partnership
Northeast Florida's regional economic development organization, a nonprofit division of the JAX Chamber.
Krillion Ventures
Miami-based venture fund providing seed and Series A capital to tech-enabled healthcare, fintech, and real estate startups.
Nava Ventures
SF VC that led Grifin's $11M Series A.
Nyca Partners
Fintech VC that led Loop AI's $14M Series A.
Secocha Ventures
Miami-area early-stage venture firm focused on consumer, fintech, and healthtech startups.
Silicon Valley Bank
Venture bank
South Florida TechGateway
A public-private technology initiative led by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance to grow and attract tech business, capital, and talent.
Stifel
Investment bank / venture debt
The Runway at Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic University's public-private technology accelerator and startup incubator in Boca Raton.
TheVentureCity
Global early-stage venture fund with a Miami hub investing in product-led, data- and AI-driven startups.
Startups
Baifokal
AI-supported financial-reporting platform turning complex data into actionable insights.
Biller Genie
Cloud-based platform that automates the invoice-to-cash cycle and accounts-receivable processes for small and mid-size businesses.
BlockSpaces
Bitcoin-native financial infrastructure company (ARCC collateral/risk-management platform).
Brookwell
Agentic AI platform digitizing and streamlining wealth-management advisor transitions.
Cashy
Gamified financial-literacy platform for credit unions and banks.
Chargebacks911
Risk-mitigation and chargeback-remediation firm that helps merchants prevent and dispute payment chargebacks.
Crowded
Financial platform for nonprofits that provides multi-chapter banking, payment processing, expense management, and AI-powered tax filing.
Directlend AI
AI platform matching small-business owners directly with suitable lenders.
Grifin
Consumer fintech app that automatically invests in the stocks of brands where users shop.
Lula
Insurance infrastructure startup providing embedded insurance and risk-management technology for businesses.
Milo
Digital financial-technology lender offering crypto-backed and international mortgages, including a Bitcoin-collateralized 30-year home loan.
MoonPay
Payment infrastructure company that provides on- and off-ramps for converting fiat currency into cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
NoteBridge
AI platform helping community lenders replace foreclosure with borrower-friendly resolution strategies.
Notice Ninja
Tax-compliance SaaS platform that uses AI and machine learning to automate the management of tax notices for businesses.
Novo
Digital banking platform providing free business checking accounts and financial tools for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers.
OutTheDoor.Auto
Fintech automotive marketplace giving car buyers accurate out-the-door price estimates.
Payabli
Miami-based payments infrastructure and monetization platform that lets software companies embed and monetize payments through a single developer-friendly API.
Pipe
Trading platform that lets recurring-revenue businesses convert future revenue streams into upfront capital by connecting them with institutional investors.
TrustLayer
AI-powered collaborative risk-management platform digitizing insurance verification.
Vitals AI
AI platform automating practice reporting and identifying bottlenecks for financial advisors.
Industry players
Amerant Bancorp
Amerant Bancorp is a community-oriented bank holding company operating Amerant Bank, providing deposit, credit and wealth-management services across South Florida and Tampa, headquartered in Coral Gables.
BankUnited
BankUnited is a national commercial and consumer bank with roughly $35.2 billion in total assets, headquartered in Miami Lakes with operations across Florida, the New York metro and Texas.
Brown & Brown
Brown & Brown is one of the world's largest insurance brokerage firms, providing risk management, insurance and reinsurance placement and employee-benefits solutions, headquartered in Daytona Beach.
Citadel / Citadel Securities
Citadel is a global alternative investment manager and Citadel Securities is a leading market maker, both founded by Ken Griffin and now headquartered in Miami's Brickell district with a planned 54-story global headquarters.
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.
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.
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.
HCI Group
HCI Group is a Tampa-based holding company spanning property-and-casualty insurance (Homeowners Choice and TypTap), the Exzeo insurance-technology platform, reinsurance and real estate.
Heritage Insurance Holdings
Heritage Insurance Holdings is a property-and-casualty insurance holding company offering personal and commercial residential coverage concentrated in hurricane-prone regions, headquartered in Clearwater.
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.
Raymond James Financial
Raymond James Financial is a diversified financial-services holding company providing wealth management, capital markets, banking and asset management, headquartered at the Raymond James Financial Center in St. Petersburg.
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida is the holding company for Seacoast National Bank, providing banking, wealth management, mortgage and insurance services through roughly 79 Florida branches, headquartered in Stuart.
The Baldwin Group
The Baldwin Group (formerly BRP Group) is an independent insurance distribution firm providing business insurance, employee benefits, private client and personal insurance solutions, headquartered in Tampa.
Universal Insurance Holdings
Universal Insurance Holdings is a vertically integrated property-and-casualty insurer focused on personal residential homeowners coverage, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale.