Technology

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By Louis Llovio
July 23, 2025

Ark Invest to move HQ to new St. Petersburg office tower

The Cathie Wood-led tech investment behemoth is leasing 13,000 square feet in the new Halcyon office building to be built at The Central.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Elizabeth King
July 21, 2025

Lakewood Ranch tech company plans $800M software firm acquisition

Roper Technologies expects the deal with Subsplash to close by the end of July.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Mark Gordon
July 19, 2025

Real estate agent goes viral with racy jokes, Trump impersonations

Bidets, big trucks and everything in between. Not much is off limits for broker Breanna Banaciski as she carves out a comedic cult-following in a competitive field.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Mark Gordon
July 16, 2025

Sarasota, Tampa tech security firm signs deal with UAE company

Trace Eye‑D says its mission is to ‘provide fast, reliable and user-friendly detection wipes for fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and a full suite of explosive hazards.’

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Mark Gordon
July 14, 2025

Fiber internet firm that started with St. Pete expands to North Port

Tillman FIber has ambitious plans to grow across Florida.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Mark Gordon
July 8, 2025

British firm buys majority stake in $1B Tampa cybersecurity firm

A-LIGN plans to use the funds from Hg to grow in global markets.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Elizabeth King
July 1, 2025

Sarasota biotech company announces $20M public offering

Oragenics has offered up 800,000 shares of its stock at $25 per share.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Louis Llovio
July 1, 2025

Jabil picks North Carolina for new $500 million AI facility

Drawn by state incentives, the St. Petersburg technology company's new center will be in Rowan County between Charlotte and Winston-Salem.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Beth Luberecki
July 1, 2025

Naples software firm uses AI to help nonprofits fundraise, strategize

PlanPerfect helps nonprofits focus, with an assist from artificial intelligence, on a key task: developing and utilizing a robust strategic plan.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Mark Gordon
June 26, 2025

Multimillion-dollar Bradenton tech CEO overcomes drug addiction

Miranda Monahan held what she calls a "dirty secret" for decades: That, despite running a profitable tech firm, she was also a drug addict.

Leadership

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By Louis Llovio
June 25, 2025

Jabil Inc. gets $3.2 billion line of credit after expansion announced

The St. Petersburg technology company disclosed the revolving credit facility in an SEC filing.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Elizabeth King
June 20, 2025

Gaming company levels up with new HQ in Nokomis, plots more growth

Fast-growing Sarasota County company Combat Waffle Studios moved into space formerly occupied by Tervis in Nokomis, where it is expanding staff and its software portfolio.