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Hispanic Unity of Florida's Entrepreneur Summit — One of Broward's Longest-Running — Returns for a 13th Year with a New Pitch Competition
Hispanic Unity of Florida's 13th Annual Entrepreneur Summit returns on October 2, bringing together 300+ entrepreneurs, business owners, and community leaders for a day of learning, networking, and growth. New this year is a Pitch Competition for emerging entrepreneurs. The event also features Hispanic Heritage Month programming, business awards, expert-led workshops, and a marketplace showcasing local small businesses. - September 25, 2026 - Hispanic Unity of Florida
Jaxon Deemed Awardable Through the IARPA Solutions Marketplace
Jaxon, developer of the AI verification engine DSAIL, has been deemed Awardable through the IARPA Solutions Marketplace. The designation gives Intelligence Community customers a direct, vetted path to review and procure DSAIL, which applies formal, mathematically provable logic to catch errors and hallucinations in AI-generated outputs before they're acted on. IARPA Awardable status follows a competitive assessment process evaluating the solution against IC mission needs. - September 24, 2026 - Jaxon, Inc.
LivestockCity Announces Launching of Mobile Apps on Their Farming Platform
LivestockCity, a platform for livestock farmers, has released their iOS and Android mobile apps to the app stores and are available for download. This first version of the app contains the social networking features. - September 23, 2026 - LivestockCity, Inc.
Firecrawl Raises $75M Series B; Launches Alexandria
Alexandria is a library where AI agents reach official data providers, specialized indexes, and the live web. The people who supply that knowledge get paid. - September 22, 2026 - Firecrawl
Launchpad Begins New Initiative to Advance Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Opportunity in St. Petersburg
Launchpad, a new St. Petersburg initiative focused on entrepreneurship and economic opportunity, is addressing one of the most difficult challenges facing aspiring entrepreneurs: turning a promising idea into a viable business. - September 18, 2026 - CodeBoxx Foundation
Polycopy Launches Strategy Bots for Copy Trading on Polymarket
Polycopy, a leading copy trading platform for Polymarket, today launched Strategy Bots. A Strategy Bot is an Auto Copy Bot that copies other Polymarket traders within a set strategy. The launch includes six proprietary strategies covering sports, politics, and other themes. - September 15, 2026 - Polycopy
CEng. Shreekant Patil Inspires GCOERC Students to Build Real Companies
GCOERC’s (GGSF) hosted Startup India Mentor Shreekant Patil, guiding students on funding, incubation & entrepreneurship pathways. - September 14, 2026 - PARENTNashik
CEng. Shreekant Patil Leads Insightful Workshop on Startup Regulatory Compliance at SIOM Nashik
CEng. Shreekant Patil, founder of PARENTNashik, led a workshop at SIOM Nashik on startup compliance, urging 50+ MBA students to register with DPIIT. - September 14, 2026 - PARENTNashik
Empowering Nashik's Next-Gen Founders: Shreekant Patil Mentors Student Innovators at K. K. Wagh Institute, Eureka 2026 Pitching Event
Startup India Mentor Shreekant Patil empowered young student innovators as a jury member at KKWIEER, E-Cell IIT Bombay, Eureka 2026 pitching event. - September 14, 2026 - PARENTNashik
Returning Stronger Launches Specialized Coaching for Early-Returned LDS Missionaries and Their Families
Returning Stronger Coaching LLC launches to provide personalized life coaching and peer mentoring for returned LDS missionaries and their families — including those who came home early. Founded by Jon Larsen, LMFT, the practice offers faith-sensitive, goal-focused coaching via virtual sessions nationwide. - September 11, 2026 - Returning Stronger Coaching LLC
Polish Startup Tributly Wants Ads to Help Pay for Your AI Subscriptions
Tributly is a Polish adtech startup turning previously unmonetized digital attention into value for users. The platform places ads during moments such as AI response generation and web browsing, sharing up to 50% of ad revenue with users. For advertisers, Tributly creates a new auction-based channel to reach audiences across the US and Europe. - September 10, 2026 - Tributly
Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Launches to Drive Economic Growth Across North Central Florida
Empowering businesses across North Central Florida through strategic networking, shared resources, and bilateral commerce anchored in Creation, Connection, and Contribution. - August 28, 2026 - Brazilian Chamber of Commerce
Arjay Jones Launches Earth Three Pictures to Create New Opportunities for Maryland and DC Talent
Actor, writer, director and producer Arjay Jones has launched Earth Three Pictures, an independent film company created to expand opportunities for Maryland and DC-area talent while utilizing the region's rich creative resources. The company will develop original films and reimagine older stories with distinctive characters, emotional depth and meaningful themes, beginning with the historical horror feature The Last Witch. - August 26, 2026 - Earth Three Pictures
Umka Papillon Enters the Pet Retail Market with a Tailored Approach to Life with Tiny Dogs
New Arizona-based boutique combines thoughtfully selected small-dog products, handmade natural-material pieces, educational children’s books and practical guidance for owners - August 22, 2026 - Umka Papillon LLC
New Storage Facility Opened in Lombard, IL
LSC Development has opened a five-story, climate-controlled self-storage facility at 665 W. North Avenue in Lombard, Illinois. The redeveloped former Staples office building offers 69,375 square feet of storage, vehicle storage for 64 RVs, boats, and other vehicles, and secure keypad and camera systems. The centrally located facility will serve Lombard and nearby western suburbs. - August 20, 2026 - LSC Development, LLC
ilumen Solar Launches Two Solar Generator Kits for Backup and Off-Grid Power
The new Prepper Kit and Power Kit are available now for local pickup or delivery throughout the Chicago area. - August 14, 2026 - ilumen, LLC
Institutional Offering: First Financial® Trademark & www.firstfinancial.com Domain for Sale
First Financial® is offering a premier asset package comprising the federal trademark (USPTO #3532314) and the exact-match domain FirstFinancial.com, both dating to 1995. This acquisition provides a dominant, 30-year legacy brand for a tier-one bank, credit union, or fintech entity seeking to eliminate consumer search friction and secure national market authority. For details on the acquisition process, contact Bolam Enterprises Inc. - August 13, 2026 - First Financial
DNA Harvest Partners and ToolGen Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate AI-Guided Predictive Breeding for Gene-Edited Crops
DNA Harvest Partners Pte. Ltd. (DNAHP), one of the world's most advanced AI-guided predictive breeding companies, and ToolGen, a global leader in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of superior rapeseed (Brassica napus)... - August 11, 2026 - DNA Harvest Partners Pte. Ltd.
DataXGrowth Launches The Growth Trail, a Free Marketing Strategy Game Built to Expose Fragile Growth
The browser-based diagnostic challenges marketers to manage 12 quarters of growth decisions and reveals whether they created a durable growth engine or an expensive illusion. - August 03, 2026 - DataXGrowth
The Rise of the Executive Residency: Clean Living Magazine Launches Founder House for Women Founders
As women founders increasingly seek meaningful alternatives to large-scale conferences and transactional networking events, a new model is emerging: the executive residency—an intimate, highly curated experience designed to foster strategic thinking, trusted relationships, and sustainable business growth. - July 31, 2026 - Cassandra McClure Media
iStar Society Introduces Structured Vendor Reporting and Business Credit Support System for Entrepreneurs
iStar Society introduces a structured vendor reporting and business credit support system that combines vendor relationships, business payment reporting, and business visibility solutions to help entrepreneurs and small businesses build commercial credibility and strengthen their business foundation. - July 30, 2026 - Istar Society
CEng. Shreekant Patil Illuminates MET’s Institute of Pharmacy Students on Ethical, Legal Steps for Startups, and Seed Funding
MET’s Institute of Pharmacy (MET IOP), Bhujbal Knowledge City, Nashik, organized a highly enlightening and impactful guest seminar today on the critical contemporary theme, Start Up – Ethical and Legal Steps. - July 24, 2026 - PARENTNashik
Master Trainer Shreekant Patil Leads Full-Day EDP at MCED Nashik
MCED Nashik hosted an impactful EDP. Master Trainer Shreekant Patil guided budding & women entrepreneurs on Govt subsidies and sustainable business. - July 24, 2026 - PARENTNashik
ScheduleBot Unveils Bold New Brand Identity as It Scales Into the Leading AI Platform for Home Service Operators
ScheduleBot, the AI-powered scheduling and lead conversion platform for multi-location home service operators, has unveiled a bold new brand identity. The refreshed logo, modern navy and orange palette, and updated design system reflect the company's rapid growth and its mission to help HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing businesses turn every lead into a booked job. The new look is live now across ScheduleBot's digital properties, with the same platform results customers already trust. - June 26, 2026 - ScheduleBot
New Study: 36% of Americans Have Punished a Brand for Using AI — and the Wealthiest Customers Punish Hardest
A new SegmentOS study of 1,017 U.S. consumers finds that 36% have penalized a brand for using AI in the past six months, and 68% would choose a "human-made" product over an identical "AI-made" one at the same price. The backlash is strongest among the youngest and highest-earning customers. - June 24, 2026 - SegmentOS
TruDecision and FUSE Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Intelligent Lending Automation
TruDecision Inc., a leading provider of credit risk analytics and decisioning solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with FUSE, a modern loan origination platform designed to provide lenders with the flexibility and configurability needed to compete in an evolving lending... - June 23, 2026 - TruDecision Inc.
Security Token Offering Foundation Launching June 29, 2026 to Advance the Global Tokenization Industry
The Security Token Offering Foundation (STO Foundation) today announced its official launch date on June 29, 2026 as a global membership organization dedicated to supporting the growth, education, adoption, and advancement of Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, digital securities, and tokenized capital markets. As tokenization continues to transform the way assets are issued, managed, distributed, and traded, the STO Foundation has been established to serve as a central hub for tokenization. - June 16, 2026 - STO Foundation
myLifeSite Launches Dual Websites to Meet Growing Demand for Financial Clarity in Senior Living
myLifeSite's expanded digital footprint includes a dedicated B2B product site for senior living communities, as well as a consumer-facing site featuring an enhanced directory of life plan communities (CCRCs) for consumers. - June 11, 2026 - My LifeSite
PeopleReign and Business Partners Announce Alliance to Deliver Human-First Agentic Experiences for UKG Customers
PeopleReign, the leader in AI-powered employee service automation, today announced a strategic partnership with Business Partners, Inc., a leading UKG partner focused on implementing and managing UKG's Workforce Operating Platform and helping clients turn workforce data into strategy. - May 21, 2026 - PeopleReign
Fyt-02 Launches on Kickstarter: The Smart Sensor That Turns Any Chair Into a Posture & Movement Tracker
The chair-based sensor uses advanced pressure and motion tracking to monitor posture, activity, and break patterns in real time, delivering gentle haptic reminders through an intelligent desktop app. - May 19, 2026 - VRGO Ltd
How a Gen X Son Inherited a $2.3 Million Orange County Home — and Never Had to Sell It
A 56 year old Orange County man inherited a $2.3 million home with a reverse mortgage on it — and never had to sell it. Mortgage CEO Jeff Wetzell of Liquid Home Equity introduces the living inheritance — a strategy helping California Boomer parents and Gen X homeowners unlock home equity across two generations, while most families never even have the conversation. - May 16, 2026 - Liquid Home Equity, Inc.
Outfront Solutions Launches New Website Built for the AI Era
New platform reflects a shift in how brands are discovered, evaluated, and chosen. - May 07, 2026 - Outfront Solutions
Asclepii Partners with Nottingham Spirk to Scale Breakthrough Regenerative Wound Care Technology Nationwide
Strategic collaboration aims to expand access to next-generation regenerative platform designed to improve healing outcomes and reduce the cost of chronic wound care. - May 06, 2026 - Asclepii
MSPwiz Brings Patent-Pending, AI Matchmaking Platform to Web Summit Vancouver Tech Conference
Company to Showcase the Power of Its First-to-Market Service, Which Radically Streamlines How Businesses Search for – and Find – the Right Outsourced IT Providers - May 05, 2026 - MSPwiz
Florida 3D Scanning Company View As Built Launches Lidar Services for As-Built Documentation, BIM and Virtual Tours
View As Built, a Boca Raton-based 3D scanning company, announced the launch of its lidar-powered services across Florida. The company delivers as-built drawings, BIM models, CAD files, point clouds and 360° virtual tours from a single site visit. Its workflow helps contractors, architects, real estate agents and showrooms reduce delays, avoid repeat visits and improve coordination with accurate, ready-to-use digital documentation. - May 04, 2026 - View As Built
Brooks Law Group, PLLC Celebrates the Launch of Fractional General Counsel Services
Brooks Law Group, PLLC is pleased to announce the formal launch of a month-to-month legal support model designed for growing companies that need ongoing guidance without hiring full-time counsel. - April 27, 2026 - Brooks Law Group, PLLC
FasterCapital Backs FuelDash in EquityPilot to Advance Residential and Business Fuel Delivery Services
FasterCapital today announced it has selected FuelDash to join EquityPilot, supporting the Colorado startup as it prepares to launch on-demand residential and business fuel delivery services. The program will work with FuelDash to refine go-to-market execution, regulatory readiness, and technology... - April 16, 2026 - FuelDash Inc.
Healing Through Action to Host 3-Day Women’s Empowerment Conference in Houston, April 24–26, 2026
Healing Through Action will host a 3-day Women’s Empowerment Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn Medical Center. The event will bring together speakers, survivors, leaders, and organizations for powerful sessions focused on healing, leadership, personal growth, and community connection, empowering women to move from surviving to thriving. - April 08, 2026 - Healing Through Action
Zoetic BPO Services Strengthens BPO Outsourcing Solutions for Startups and Enterprises Across India
Zoetic BPO Services Pvt. Ltd. expands its professional BPO outsourcing solutions for startups and enterprises across India, offering structured call center, data entry, back-office, healthcare, and banking process projects designed to improve operational efficiency and scalability. - April 04, 2026 - Zoetic BPO Services Pvt. Ltd.
The SLPeaceBOT™ by Melospeech Recognized for Innovation in the 2026 EdTech Awards
Finalists and winners for The EdTech Awards 2026 have been announced to a worldwide audience of educators, technologists, students, parents, and policymakers interested in building a better future for learners and leaders in the education and workforce sectors. Melospeech's product, The SLPeaceBOT™, was honored with an EdTech Cool Tool Award in the Administrative Solution category. - April 02, 2026 - Melospeech Inc
Kaliun Disrupts Legacy Construction CRM Market with AI-First Platform Built for General Contractors
AI-native construction CRM built by a licensed general contractor challenges industry incumbents with purpose-built platform for residential remodelers. - March 31, 2026 - Kaliun
Giftella LLC Launches Free AI-Powered Gift Recommendation App on iOS App Store
Giftella LLC has launched Giftella, a free iOS app that uses Anthropic's Claude AI to generate 16 personalized gift recommendations in about 60 seconds. Users input recipient details, the occasion, and a budget to receive purchase-ready results with direct buy links. The app also includes user profiles, wishlists, and friend connections. No signup required. Founded by Samson Jiya and Mohamed Haidara, Glenn Dale, Maryland. - March 30, 2026 - Giftella LLC
SignaBlok to Present Novel Approach to Preventing Cancer Recurrence at the 2026 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting
• In experimental pancreatic cancer, macrophage-targeted but not cell-unspecific TREM-1 inhibitor: 1) prevents cancer recurrence, improves complete response rate and survival, when administered in a time window of 7 days after standard-of-care (SOC) chemotherapy, and 2) reverses immunosuppression and overcomes cancer resistance to anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy - March 26, 2026 - SignaBlok, Inc.
Chicago-Based Turkish Food Brand Turkitch Returns After COVID with New Cloud Kitchen Concept "Turkitch Express"
Chicago-based Turkish food brand Turkitch is returning to the market with a new cloud kitchen concept called Turkitch Express, bringing Turkish street food and halal fast food to digital food courts across the city. - March 17, 2026 - Turkitch Express
Thrombolex, Inc. Secures $50 Million Series A Growth Financing
Thrombolex, Inc. Secures $50 Million Series A Growth Financing to Advance Commercialization of its Innovative Pharmaco-Mechanical Lysis Technology (PML). Thrombolex, a commercial-stage medical device company advancing a differentiated pharmaco-mechanical lysis (PML) platform for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and other thromboembolic diseases, announced the closing of a $50 million Series A equity financing led by OrbiMed, with strong support from current investors and co-founders. - March 16, 2026 - Thrombolex, Inc.
Shreekant Patil Guides 200 Plus Students Under SPPU Startup Talk Series at BYK College of Commerce
ParentNashik Founder CEng. Shreekant Patil's startup session at BYK College inspires 200+ students; Nashik startups grow 13% in 2025, tops Maharashtra. - March 14, 2026 - PARENTNashik
Brian Tidmore Launches Crownz.ai: a Culture-Forward AI Platform Built by a Visionary Solopreneur
Serial entrepreneur, independent music industry veteran, and technology innovator Brian Tidmore has officially published Crownz.ai, a groundbreaking AI-powered platform now available to the public in Beta. Crownz.ai combines the power of artificial intelligence with culturally relevant mentorship,... - March 12, 2026 - Symphnia
POM Health Announces Agreement with GRAIL to Offer Its Galleri® MCED Test
POM Health Systems, a cancer screening service offering oncologist-led subscription cancer screening plans, today announced that it has reached an agreement with GRAIL, Inc., to offer its Galleri® multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test. Under the terms of the agreement, POM will deploy the... - March 05, 2026 - POM Health Systems
Vinoperte Launches Today, Redefining the Wine Ordering Experience
Vinoperte, a new mobile app from NY-based founder Emily Buckley, launches today on iOS with a simple premise: the best glass of wine is the one you actually enjoy. The app translates personal taste into instant, personalized recommendations from any wine list, in any language. - February 26, 2026 - Vinoperte
SSGMCE Alumnus Shreekant Patil Leads Workshop on Design Thinking & Innovation at Shegaon
SSGMCE alumnus Shreekant Patil’s workshop on design thinking inspires 100+ students; offers incubation support to alma mater. - February 26, 2026 - PARENTNashik