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Highlights: America’s Seed Fund Road Tour Visits Florida
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 2024 America’s Seed Fund Road Tour kicked off in Florida Wednesday, Feb. 7, to an audience of nearly 200 small businesses and business support organizations interested in learning more about the $4 billion distributed annually by federal agencies supporting high-risk, high-tech research and development.
The Corridor’s Cenfluence clustering initiative led the development of the application and will leverage existing regional assets in new ways to reach beyond urban city centers and serve organizations based in rural communities.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host America’s Seed Fund Week May 15-18, providing opportunities for small business startups to learn about the country’s largest source of early-stage funding. Seed Fund Week is another way to get both entrepreneurs and ecosystems better connected to and understanding of the SBIR/STTR process.
Paul Sohl of The Corridor presented Zach Gilmore the Dan Webster Young Innovator Award at the Florida Economic Development Council Dinner.