Resilience & Climate
Resilience is the Ambition Accelerated track hosted in Southwest Florida around Babcock Ranch, focused on climate resilience, sustainable infrastructure, water, energy and the technologies that keep communities durable.
Ambition Accelerated trackHosted in Southwest Florida
Organizations
Babcock Ranch Partner
Ambition Accelerated platform partner (planned community/development).
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Pensacola-based state research institute working on AI, robotics, cybersecurity, and human resilience.
Southwest Florida Enterprise Center
A City of Fort Myers business incubator accelerating micro-businesses and early-stage entrepreneurs in underserved communities.
Startups
AbleNook
Flat-packed, hurricane-rated modular building platform assembled tool-free in hours.
Blue Frontier
Develops ultra-efficient, energy-storing rooftop air conditioners for commercial buildings that cut cooling electricity use by 50-90% and can act as grid-connected virtual power plants.
Carbon Limit
Makes CaptureCrete, a pour-in concrete additive that mineralizes and permanently stores CO2 from the air to reduce concrete's carbon footprint.
EaseAlert
First tactile firefighter alerting system using vibrating wearables to reduce alarm startle response.
Prosper Technologies
Uses patented nanotechnology to infuse supersaturated oxygen into water to improve water quality, mitigate algae blooms, and restore coastal marine environments.
SkyTL
AI-powered mission-management and decision-intelligence platform for wildfires and multi-hazard disaster response (WindTL, TAGS).
SOP Technologies
Designs patented stormwater filters and IoT smart-stormwater sensors that keep litter and debris out of storm drains to stop ocean pollution and reduce street flooding.
Industry players
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.
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.
MasTec, Inc.
MasTec is a Coral Gables-based infrastructure engineering and construction firm that builds power grids, clean-energy generation, pipelines, and communications networks across North America.
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.