Tech support: Accelerator boosts 13 startups

TAMPA — Tampa Bay Wave Inc., a nonprofit that helps Tampa Bay entrepreneurs build, launch and grow tech businesses, has selected 13 new startups for its Accelerator Build cohort.

The cohort features startups in the health tech, consumer tech, educational tech, Big Data and enterprise tech verticals.

According to a press release, Tampa Bay Wave received 100 applications — the most ever — for the nationally recognized accelerator program, which is designed to help accelerator companies advance their startup to the next phase within 6 to 12 months.