Cressy Creating joins spARK Labs by ARK Invest incubator – St Pete Catalyst

This led him to focus his coaching efforts on AI enablement. The Cressy Creating organization joined the St. Petersburg-based spARK Labs by ARK Invest …
MADTECH.AI Selected as Venture Atlanta 2026 Early Stage Finalist Presenter
MADTECH.AI, a spARK Labs by ARK Invest member, has been selected as an Early Stage Finalist Presenter at Venture Atlanta 2026, one of the Southeast’s leading tech investment conferences.
DroidDepot joins spARK Labs by ARK Invest incubator – St Pete Catalyst

DroidDepot, founded by Sef Mutari in the Tampa Bay area, is focused on renting, demoing, leasing, or selling commercial robots while providing deployment support.
American Circular joins spARK Labs by ARK Invest incubator – St Pete Catalyst

Adam Hohlt and Kevin Smith, founders of American Circular, launched an artificial intelligence-supported recycling and refurbishment company earlier this year, focusing on proper local electronic asset disposal.
20+ New Local AEO Insights Highlighted as Part of “Cairrot 2.0” Preview at spARK Labs by ARK Invest – Business Insider

Cairrot, a local-to-global AEO/GEO platform, previewed its “Cairrot 2.0” product upgrade at the ARK Innovation Center this week ahead of its September 1, 2026 launch.
CivicReach joins spARK Labs by ARK Invest incubator – St Pete Catalyst

Chief strategy officer Jocelyn Howard is a St. Petersburg native and the company’s representative in the area. She began working out of spARK Labs by …
How a St. Pete ‘venture factory’ landed Cathie Wood, Ark Invest’s backing – Tampa Bay Business Journal

Plato, a St. Petersburg-based venture factory and member of spARK Labs, raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Ark Invest to build AI-native software companies alongside industry experts.
Iron Meadow joins spARK Labs by ARK Invest incubator – St Pete Catalyst

Iron Meadow founder and CEO Steve McGarry has found a home for his company at St. Petersburg-based incubator spARK Labs by ARK Invest.
Eli Lilly acquisition payday fuels $1M seed round for St. Petersburg biotech startup – Tampa Bay Business Journal

ARTAN Bio, a biotech startup and member of spARK Labs by ARK Invest, raised $1 million in seed funding to advance its genetic medicine platform toward first-in-human clinical studies.
St. Pete-based startup partners with Space Florida – St Pete Catalyst

Seagate Space, a St. Petersburg-based aerospace startup, has partnered with Space Florida through Project Manta to accelerate the development of its modular offshore rocket launch platform.