Tim R. Holcomb

@EmbarcCollectiv CEO | Ecosystem Builder | Venture Builder | Board Director

[Embarc Collective @EmbarcCollectiv]

Congratulations to Embarc Collective member company Running Mate on becoming an Official Verified Community on Strava 🎉

⭐️Read the press release for this incredible milestone today: https://t.co/QpY9yS2Hnl

[Myelai Inc. @myelai_inc]

Every company we've walked into has the same problem.

The people who actually know how the business runs are carrying that map in their heads. It never makes it onto paper. And it's costing them.

That's what we fix at Myelai. We map how the company actually operates. Find where money is leaking. Act on the highest leverage point first.

Sat down with @tampabay28 at the @EmbarcCollectiv venture summit and talked about what that looks like.

The companies sustainably growing the fastest right now are the ones willing to try something small, prove it works, and scale from there.

Map. Diagnose. Act. Adapt.

Thanks to @MichaelPaluska for the coverage and @TimRayHolcomb for continuing to create real opportunities for founders in the community.

Full interview: https://t.co/n1a47SNThD

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

"A common thread [that binds] the team at @EmbarcCollectiv is our [shared] passion to see founders succeed ... The fact that we've got companies solving some of the world's most pressing problems creates a lot of enthusiasm for our entire team."

Enjoyed sitting down with Sarina Gandy on the CyberBay Podcast to explore how Embarc Collective is helping shape Tampa Bay’s rapidly growing startup and innovation ecosystem by supporting founders of early-stage tech companies through every stage of the startup journey. During the 40-minute podcast, we discuss Embarc’s unique approach to founder support, the importance of community in entrepreneurship, the impact of rapid technology emergence in the region, and how partnerships with organizations like the @USouthFlorida, Tampa General Hospital @TGHCares, @ReliaQuest, and @FloridaFunders are helping strengthen Florida's technology workforce.

For a video version of the podcast, visit https://t.co/bONDav8N5T.

For an audio version of the podcast, visit:
👉@Spotify: https://t.co/A9JbkUk1RQ
👉@ApplePodcasts: https://t.co/UUkJIi4WVl
👉@Simplecast: https://t.co/EVQi21q8ma

Embarc Collective is a 501(c)(3) startup platform and Florida’s fastest-growing startup hub. We provide founders of Florida-based early-stage tech companies access to curated programming and a growing repository of startup resources and frameworks; on-demand coaching and mentorship; tech and tech-enabled talent, including paid internships and capstone projects with graduate and undergraduate students from several Florida-based universities; corporates, universities, and investors for a variety of resources, including market and tech SMEs, new technology and IP, and capital; workspaces, assigned offices, conference rooms and event spaces in our 32,000 sq ft hub in downtown Tampa; and, perhaps most importantly, a peer community of 330+ founders and founding team members of 145+ Florida-based early-stage tech startups and growth-stage companies across 60 industry sectors, including healthcare and medtech, life sciences and biotech, cybersecurity and data analytics, AI and frontier tech, fin tech and legal tech, education, renewable energy and climate tech, and defense and national security, among others.

Embarc Collective member-companies have created 1,300+ Florida-based tech and tech-enabled jobs, driving more than $100M annually in economic returns to the state, and have secured $750M in funding, accounting for more than $100M in capital invested into Florida’s startup and innovation economy each year.

For more information about Embarc Collective, visit https://t.co/PbfehqKRVF.

#Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

[Embarc Collective @EmbarcCollectiv]

Our CEO, Tim Holcomb, recently joined the CyberBay Podcast to discuss Tampa Bay’s growing startup ecosystem, the importance of founder support, emerging technology, and how partnerships are helping strengthen the region’s future workforce.

⭐️Listen today: https://t.co/O663mtsZrH

[Dr. Patrick Hwu @PatrickHwuMD]

Thrilled for Speros and @MoffittNews to help lead FORGE, a bold effort that will help position Tampa Bay as a national hub for #radiopharmaceuticals alongside regional partners including @EmbarcCollectiv, @USouthFlorida and @PHSCedu.

Radiopharmaceuticals are targeted therapies that deliver radiation directly to cancer cells with precision, offering new ways to reach cancers that have been historically difficult to effectively treat.

https://t.co/qzHX8gQKiL

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

Pleasure to join Tampa Bay business leaders for a roundtable discussion with Acting U.S. Department of Labor @USDOL Secretary Keith Sonderling on Friday. The roundtable was organized by The @FloridaC100 CEO Michael Simas and hosted by @brianmurphyRQ, founder and CEOat @ReliaQuest and member of the Founder’s Circle and Chair of the Board of Directors at @EmbarcCollectiv.

#Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB

[AMBITION ACCELERATED @AmbitionAccel]

Ambition Accelerated connects high-growth companies directly to customers, capital, and leadership across the state, aligning Florida’s regional strengths into a coordinated system designed for scale.

Applications open this summer. Sign up to receive updates at https://t.co/yJC4Yt5DAb.

[Embarc Collective @EmbarcCollectiv]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Q2 Tampa Bay HealthTech Meetup!

This quarter, our panelists expounded on cybersecurity, compliance, patient trust, and the evolving role of AI in healthcare.

⭐️Check out the the official recap blog: https://t.co/2wHfUmDItY

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

Shared the main stage yesterday at the US AI Congress in Washington DC with Brent Rippe, Managing Partner at RKCA Investment Banking, Bobbye Jo Green (moderator), Head of Programming at @StationDC_HQ, Robert Sheesley, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at @slavic401k, and Tyler Mantel, Partner at Roll Tack Ventures, in a discussion on "Accelerating the AI Economy."

Congratulations to Zack Huhn, Executive Director of the US AI Congress and Chairman of the Enterprise Technology Association, Summer Crenshaw, CEO of the Enterprise Technology Association (@Enterprise69902), and their team for organizing an outstanding two-day cross-industry forum that brought together leaders researching, legislating, funding, architecting, designing, building and deploying artificial intelligence from all 50 states.

For more information about the US AI Congress, visit https://t.co/Pti4wNnw6V.

For more information about @EmbarcCollectiv, visit https://t.co/PbfehqKRVF.

#Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #AI #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

Earlier this month as part of @sof_week in Tampa, @EmbarcCollectiv hosted Ryan Benitez, Chief Commercial Officer at @NATO DIANA (Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic), an organization established by NATO to find and accelerate dual-use innovation capacity across the Alliance, and Taylor Johnston, Chief Operations Officer at @USF_IAE Institute of Applied Engineering, Inc., to discuss Tampa Bay participating inthis program as a Test Centre for Health and Human Performance that can support Phase 1 (initial technical development and rapid adoption service) and Phase 2 (transition to a portfolio-based, scale-up phase where startups receive funding and specialized support to validate their solutions for commercial and defense adoption).

For more information about NATO Diana, visit https://t.co/DBkHl70TkQ.

For more information about USF Institute of Applied Engineering, Inc., visit https://t.co/aK5dBeumcw.

For more information about Embarc Collective, visit https://t.co/PbfehqLpLd.

#Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL @USouthFlorida

[Embarc Collective @EmbarcCollectiv]

We're eager to announce our participation in @MoffittNews' new regional coalition FORGE, alongside several other globally accredited institutions.

🚀Read the full press release: https://t.co/TxIjfWxtJr
🚀Read the official @TBBJnewsroom story: https://t.co/GPXQ0orz7F

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

Tampa Bay is home to one of the top startup, technology and business hubs in the nation.

👉 No. 1 Emerging Tech City in the Nation
👉 No. 1 Best Place for International Businesses in the Nation
👉 Top 10 U.S. Market for Tech Talent Growth and "Brain Gain"
👉 No. 8 Best Place in the U.S. to Start a Career
👉 No. 4 Best Place in the U.S. for Veterans to Live
👉 Top 30 U.S. Market for Manufacturing Employment
👉 No. 8 Fastest Growing City in the Nation

According to @PitchBook, Tampa Bay early- and growth-stage tech companies raised $891 million in 2025, including cybersecurity giant @ReliaQuest's $500 million round led by @eqt Group, @KKR_Co, and @FTVCapital with participation from @1011vc and Finback Investment Partners that closed in March. Q1 2026 started with a bang as well with Tampa Bay companies closing 20 venture deals for a combined $415 million across the region. That amount included Sarasota-based @TENEXai's monster $250 million Series B in March led by Crosspoint Capital Partners with participation from Shield Capital and @DeepWorkCapital that placed the post-money value of the company at $1 billion, adding another unicorn to the region (shout out to https://t.co/UiP8twGiSY’s founder and CEO Eric Foster who participated in the panel that followed ours).

[AMBITION ACCELERATED @AmbitionAccel]

Tampa Bay continues to emerge as a destination for business growth and opportunity. From being ranked the #1 best large city to start a business to a top U.S. market for corporate headquarters, the region is attracting entrepreneurs, companies, talent, and investment.

Read more from @TB_Times: https://t.co/HwL6wnXuEa

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

Very excited to announce @EmbarcCollectiv's partnership with @MoffittNews and Speros by Moffitt, Moffitt’s massive $1.5 billion, 775-acre global patient care and research and innovation campus in Pasco County. Embarc Collective will lead Speros's new Florida Oncology and Radiopharmaceutical Growth Engine, or FORGE, startup incubation program, an innovative effort to bring new precision medicine solutions for cancer treatment across different modalities to market.

“FORGE represents a transformational opportunity to position the Tampa Bay region at the forefront of one of the most promising advances in cancer care,” Speros President and Moffitt Chief Integration Officer Josh Carpenter (@jdcarpenter1) said. “By bringing together these regional partners, we are building the talent, infrastructure and innovation ecosystem needed to accelerate next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies."

The collaboration includes Moffitt Cancer Center, Speros by Moffitt, Embarc Collective, the @USouthFlorida, and Pasco-Hernando State College (@PHSCedu). The goal is “… to build an end-to-end radiopharmaceutical ecosystem that could generate 4,000 jobs and $2.6 billion in economic impact over the next decade” and establish the Tampa Bay region as a preeminent life sciences and healthcare hub for next-generation modalities that deliver best-in-class precision medicine.

For more information about the new partnership, check out @anjelicamrubin's recent article in the @TBBJnewsroom here: https://t.co/1LH9WIRWoQ.

Earlier this year, Embarc announced the addition of its first radiopharmaceutical tech startup to its community, TMAB Therapeutics, Inc, and named TMAB Therapeutics' founder and CEO, Dr. Tinashe Chandauka, as our first dedicated Healthcare and Life Sciences Coach (for more information, see https://t.co/Wt9RMD1UaJ).

FORGE plans to launch an integrated theranostics center, a startup incubator with Embarc, imaging technologist training programs at PHSC and nuclear pharmacy opportunities at USF to allow companies to move from discovery and production to clinic use anchored at Speros.

“We are excited to partner with Speros and Moffitt Cancer Center [to] support efforts to bring radiopharmaceutical and other precision medicine modalities to market through the Speros FORGE startup incubator," Embarc CEO Tim Holcomb said. "By bringing together world-class partners across research, health care, workforce development and entrepreneurship, we have an opportunity to build a globally competitive radiopharmaceutical and precision oncology hub right here in Tampa Bay."

For more information about Embarc Collective, visit https://t.co/PbfehqKRVF.

#Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL @FloridaC100 @FloridaEDC @FLChamber @FLACommerce @TB_Times @TampaEDC @TB_Chamber @PascoEDC @PascoChamber

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

@TJVillamil Wanda and I attended the Freedom 250 National Memorial Day Observance at @ArlingtonNatl. It was a moving evening of uplifting music and moving stories about lives lost in defense of the freedoms we enjoy.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

Chilling moment as the U.S. Army Orchestra and Joint Armed Forces Chorus performs on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.

[Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao @SECNAV]

We all have a list.

Say their names.

Their memories will never fade.

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

I am honored to be invited to speak at the US AI Congress at the @PressClubDC in Washington D.C. next week on May 27th & 28th -- the premier cross-industry forum for leaders researching, legislating, funding, architecting, designing, building and deploying artificial intelligence. Delegations from all 50 states and international partners will convene for two days of programming designed to inspire ideation, drive outcomes and accelerate American innovation and prosperity with AI.

Click here to register (less than 100 seats remain): https://t.co/GyrOsWtlXO.

I'm joining Tyler Mantel, Partner at Roll Tack Ventures, Robert Sheesley, MBA, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at @Slavic401k, and Brent Rippe, Managing Partner at RKCA Investment Banking, on the "Accelerating the AI Economy" panel moderated by Bobbye Jo Green, Head of Programming at @StationDC_HQ, on the main stage in the National Press Club Ballroom on Wednesday, May 27 from 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm ET.

What does it actually take to accelerate the AI economy from the ground up? This expert panel brings investors, founders, regional accelerator operators, and ecosystem builders into one conversation on capital flow, deal velocity, and the institutional moves that translate AI investment into real economic growth.

Essential for founders raising in the current environment and for the investors and economic development professionals trying to help them get to scale.

A big shout out to Zack Huhn, Executive Director of the US AI Congress and Chairman of the Enterprise Technology Association, and his team for organizing an outstanding two-day program.

For more information about the US AI Congress, visit https://t.co/Pti4wNnw6V.

For more information about Embarc Collective Tampa Bay, visit https://t.co/PbfehqKRVF.

#Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #AI #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

[Tim R. Holcomb @TimRayHolcomb]

Congratulations to Rocio Frej Vitalle, founder and CEO at @EmbarcCollectiv member-company SkyTL, and her team at SkyTL for winning the “AI Project of the Year” award at the Global Water Awards 2026, held in Madrid during the annual congress organized by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) magazine.

Developed by @ACCIONA in partnership with Tampa-based SkyTL, the platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse water data in real time, making it possible to predict critical parameters such as turbidity levels, salinity spikes, and red tide events at least two hours earlier than the plant’s conventional systems. This predictive capability makes it possible to anticipate incidents, optimize plant operations, and strengthen the water security of the region in question.

For more information about the award, visit https://t.co/P1RWiIsoGW.

SkyTL's AI-driven multi-hazard platform predicts extreme weather impacts, prevents avoidable losses and protects lives and fuses sensor data, AI, and physics models to deliver real-time intelligence, helping decision-makers act faster and safer across floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and beyond.

For more information about SkyTL, visit https://t.co/JSLiZzWIRv.

For more information about Embarc Collective, visit https://t.co/PbfehqKRVF.

#Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #Technology #Innovation #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL

[Embarc Collective @EmbarcCollectiv]

Congrats to Embarc Collective member company SkyTL and CEO Rocio Frej Vitalle for being recognized for their contributions to @ACCIONA's water technology at the Global Water Awards!

🚀Read more about their part in the project: https://t.co/QrmRzdj0xL

[Embarc Collective @EmbarcCollectiv]

We’re excited to share this week’s #EcosystemHighlight, a series that features founders and leaders from our vast community of innovators!

This week, we’re highlighting Ken Christopher, Head of Sales at Fabrics!

🔗Learn more about Ken and Fabrics: https://t.co/aLti2SrB2D