HealthTech
Health technology is the Ambition Accelerated track hosted in Tampa Bay, home to major health systems and a deepening bench of digital-health, medical-device and care-delivery startups.
Ambition Accelerated trackHosted in Tampa Bay
Organizations
Embarc Collective Partner
A nonprofit startup hub in downtown Tampa that coaches Florida founders full-time.
Tampa Bay Wave
A nonprofit accelerator running cohort programs for tech startups in Tampa Bay.
AccelerOnc Studio
Moffitt Cancer Center's venture studio building oncology-focused startups, billed as the first U.S. venture studio dedicated to oncology.
Ballast Point Partners
Tampa growth/venture firm
Ballast Point Ventures
A St. Petersburg growth equity firm investing across software, healthcare, and technology-enabled services in the Southeast and Texas.
BioFlorida
Statewide membership association representing Florida's life sciences industry across biopharma, medtech, digital health, and health systems.
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.
CIC Miami
An innovation campus and coworking hub in downtown Miami.
DeepWork Capital
An early-stage venture fund based in Central Florida.
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County
Public-private economic development partnership diversifying Sarasota County's economy across tech, life sciences, and clean tech.
Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Florida Technology
A state-created nonprofit providing company-building and seed funding to university-derived startups.
Florida-Israel Business Accelerator
Accelerator helping Israeli healthcare startups enter US market (founded by Rachel Feinman).
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.
GuideWell Innovation Center
Corporate-backed healthcare innovation hub and accelerator in Orlando's Lake Nona Medical City.
HealthEdge Investment Partners
A Tampa-based private equity firm investing exclusively in the healthcare industry.
HealthQuest Capital
Growth-stage healthcare VC (>$2B AUM, Randy Scott)
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.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
A pediatric academic health system in St. Petersburg with a translational research institute and a 225,000-sq-ft research and education building.
Krillion Ventures
Miami-based venture fund providing seed and Series A capital to tech-enabled healthcare, fintech, and real estate startups.
Misfit Labs
Miami-based AI-native venture studio that co-builds and scales technology companies, including defense and dual-use ventures.
Orlando Health Ventures
Orlando Health's corporate venture arm
Secocha Ventures
Miami-area early-stage venture firm focused on consumer, fintech, and healthtech startups.
St. Petersburg Innovation District
A nonprofit-led innovation district in St. Petersburg anchoring life sciences, marine science, and health research institutions.
StartUP FIU
Florida International University's campus-wide entrepreneurship initiative combining incubators, student programs, and research commercialization.
Tampa General Hospital
Academic health system
Tampa Medical & Research District
Hillsborough County healthcare research district
TGH Ventures
TGH's corporate venture arm
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.
UF Innovate | Accelerate (The Hub)
A large mixed-use university business incubator for early-stage technology companies in Gainesville's Innovation District.
University of Miami
A private research university anchoring life-sciences research in Miami.
University of South Florida
A major research university with entrepreneurship and tech-transfer programs.
Startups
Apaly
B2B digital direct-healthcare platform automating contracting between self-funded employers and primary-care providers (ApalyRx).
Availity
Operates one of the largest real-time health information networks in the US, connecting providers, health plans, and technology partners for administrative and clinical data exchange.
Bea Better Eating
AI + hypnosis + therapy app helping users heal their relationship with food.
Brave Health
Telehealth provider delivering counseling, therapy, psychiatry, and medication management focused on Medicaid populations.
CarePredict
Eldertech company using wearable devices and AI-powered software to detect behavioral changes and predict health risks in seniors.
CaresLink
AI-driven healthcare workforce platform for credentialing, hiring and education.
Compass Health
Membership-based patient-centric care navigation platform connecting patients with specialists.
Cope Notes
Daily text-message mental-health platform blending peer support, positive psychology and journaling.
EaseAlert
First tactile firefighter alerting system using vibrating wearables to reduce alarm startle response.
eMed
Digital health company providing telehealth-guided at-home diagnostic testing and an agentic AI platform, expanding into weight management and employer healthcare payment models.
Forcura (now Mosai)
Healthcare workflow and HIPAA-compliant communication and document-management software for home health and post-acute care providers.
GlamNow
On-demand concierge aesthetics / in-home medical-spa marketplace.
HealthBird
AI-powered mobile platform and app for comparing, enrolling in, and managing US health insurance plans.
HealthSnap
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) platform that helps healthcare providers launch and scale virtual chronic-care programs.
ILiAD Biotechnologies
Clinical-stage biotechnology company developing vaccines and therapeutics targeting Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough.
IYA Cares
All-in-one maternal wellness app with AI-powered birth plans and postpartum care.
Krew Social
Map-based social well-being platform fostering in-person connections and reducing workplace loneliness.
MediMotos Co
Healthcare/mobility startup partnered with Compass Health.
Modernizing Medicine (ModMed)
Cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic health records (EHR), practice management, and revenue cycle software built with practicing physicians for specialties like dermatology, ophthalmology, and orthopedics.
NeuX Technologies
Healthcare platform using interactive neuromuscular stimulation (iNMS) for performance and recovery.
Omeza
Regenerative wound-care company whose FDA-cleared Omeza Collagen Matrix, derived from marine lipids and cold-water fish peptides, supports healing of chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers.
OpenEvidence
AI-powered clinical decision-support platform (a 'ChatGPT for doctors') that lets verified physicians run evidence-based medical consultations grounded in peer-reviewed literature.
Orchid Healthcare Technologies
AI platform providing pre-submission claim defensibility for medical groups and hospitals.
Papa
Eldertech platform that matches older adults and families with vetted 'Papa Pals' for companionship, transportation, and everyday support, sold through health plans and employers.
Pathi Health
AI digital-health platform helping cancer patients explore treatments and locate clinical trials.
Perimeter Health
B2B genomic-data marketplace enabling variant monitoring and clinical-trial matching.
Read My MRI
Platform transforming complex medical-imaging reports into patient-friendly reports.
Sensable
AI assistive wearable making physical businesses accessible to the visually impaired.
SmartCare360.Health
Digital-health platform integrating major EHR systems and 250+ FDA-approved devices.
SynsorMed
Telehealth and remote patient-monitoring company offering 'Remote Care as a Service' (RCaaS).
Thoragenix Innovations
Medical-device company with patented sternal bone-graft technology for cardiothoracic surgery.
Vetzi / Pet Harmony
24/7 AI-powered pet telehealth platform with live veterinarian access.
Industry players
AdventHealth
AdventHealth is a faith-based nonprofit health system headquartered in Altamonte Springs that operates dozens of hospitals and hundreds of care sites across multiple states.
Baptist Health South Florida
Baptist Health South Florida is a Coral Gables-based nonprofit system of eleven hospitals and numerous outpatient facilities serving the Miami metro.
BayCare Health System
BayCare is a Clearwater-based nonprofit health system operating sixteen hospitals and hundreds of care locations across West Central Florida and Tampa Bay.
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.
Lee Health
Lee Health is a Fort Myers-based nonprofit health system with four acute-care hospitals and Golisano Children's Hospital, and the largest employer in Lee County, which converted from a public district to a private nonprofit in November 2024.
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.
ModMed (Modernizing Medicine)
ModMed is a Boca Raton-based health-IT company whose specialty-specific EHR, practice management, revenue-cycle, and analytics software is used by tens of thousands of providers.
OPKO Health
OPKO Health is a Miami-based diagnostics and pharmaceuticals company spanning clinical laboratory services and specialty drug development, led by Phillip Frost.
Orlando Health
Orlando Health is a private nonprofit network of community and specialty hospitals headquartered in Orlando and expanding across Florida, Alabama, and Puerto Rico.
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.
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa General Hospital is a private nonprofit academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.