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Florida Angel Nexus, Inc (Florida Angel) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2012 by Martin Blaire. The firm is headquartered in Florida.

Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. engages in the commercialization of vitro diagnostic tests for the detection of brain injury and neurological diseases. It develops blood test to accurately and quickly diagnose traumatic brain injury. The company was founded by Nancy Denslow, Ronald L. Hayes, and Kevin Wang in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Beall's, Inc. owns and operates department stores. It operates through its subsidiaries Beall's Department Stores, Beall's Outlet Stores, and Burke's Outlet Stores. The firm also provides distribution, information systems, loss prevention, and human resources services. The company was founded by Robert M. Beall Sr. in 1915 and is headquartered in Bradenton, FL.

Cogent Bank engages in the provision of banking services. It offers personal and banking, checking, savings, personal, loans, and online banking. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Orange City, FL.

Part of Bottomline Technologies, Inc., Optio Software LLC is a company that provides prepackaged software services. The company is based in Portsmouth, NH.

Dynamic Healthcare Technologies, Inc. develops integrated turnkey computer information systems. Its products include voice, image, and web enabled for anatomic pathology, radiology, laboratory, surgical services and health information management. The company is headquartered in Maitland, FL.

Part of ASG Technologies Group, Inc., Cytura Corp. is a real estate investment company based in Lake Mary, FL. The company provides advice and tricks for making the best possible purchase of an apartment or house, with a focus on location and investment potential. The company also offers information on tax exemption in real estate and the advantages of living in a house versus an apartment. Cytura was acquired by Mobius Management Systems, Inc. on October 11, 2002 for $2.20 million.

Part of Falck A/S, LifeStar Corp. develops patient management systems for the healthcare industry. The company is based in Santa Monica, CA.

Cogent Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding private company that operates Cogent Bank, a state-chartered bank that offers a broad range of lending, depository, treasury management, and mobile banking services. The company is based in Orlando, FL, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The bank has multiple banking centers in North, Central, and Southwest Florida and has been serving as a full-service business and personal bank since 2001. Cogent Bank believes in providing high-touch, innovative services to make managing financial transactions easier for its clients while staying focused on the local communities it serves.

Net Conversion LLC provides digital marketing services. Its services include paid media and marketing, web and media analytics, advanced analytics and data science and data technology. The firm serves travel and tourism, restaurants, entertainment, retail and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Ryan Fitzgerald and Frank Vertolli in 2007 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Seedfunders LLC (Seedfunders) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by David Chitester and Irv Cohen. The firm is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.

1843 Capital LLC (1843 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Tracy Killoren Chadwell. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Florida Venture Forum, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which provides educational and networking opportunities for Florida-based entrepreneurs and private companies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

BIOCOM provides scientific and technological services. The firm focuses that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development and scientific discovery and development. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

UF Innovate Ventures (UF Innovate Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of University of Florida founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Gainesville, Florida.

Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology delivers company building and company funding programs to create products and companies. Its programs include company building, funding, executive council, third party solutions and startup quest. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Florida Technology Seed Capital Fund (Florida Technology) is a venture capital subsidiary of Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a a clinical stage gene therapy company. The firm engages in development, production, and application of AAV vectors. The company was founded by Nicholas Muzyczka, Barry Byrne, Arun Srivastava, Coy Heldermon, Sergei Zolothukin, Kenneth Warrington, Ronald Mandel, Toadd E. Golde and Edgardo Rodriguez in 2017 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL.

NovaCHARGE LLC is a technology innovator in electric vehicle charging hardware and cloud software. The private company is based in Orlando, FL. The company provides electric vehicle charging solutions for workplaces, MDUs, residential, retail, fleet, and municipality. NovaCHARGE was founded in 2008 by Helda Rodriguez, and the CEO is Oscar Rodriguez.

Genascence Corp. develops gene therapy products for musculoskeletal diseases. The company was founded by Dr. Annahita Keravala and Dr. Thomas W. Chalberg in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Lumithera, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It offers treatment for age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by Clark E. Tedford, Graham Merry, James Carroll, Luis DeTaboada and Robert Dotson in 2013 and is headquartered in Poulsbo, WA.

Part of L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Coleman Research Corp. is a company that provides aviation and aeronautical engineering. The company is based in Orlando, FL. Coleman Research was acquired by L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. from Thermo Electron Corp. on January 03, 2001 for $65 million.

HypGames, Inc. designs, develops, and operates a non-cash fantasy sports game platform with a deep multi-sport game play model. The firm offers HypSports. The company was founded by Cantor Andres, John Sousa, Michael S. Edelnant, Michael Cayado, Jason Shenkman, and Mike Taramykin in 2016 and is headquartered in Longwood, FL.