
And very appreciative of the entire Birtcher Anderson & Davis team for all of their hard work.

“Finding compelling value-add, industrial opportunities are never easy and to have invested $45M of equity over a four-month period during these past twelve months is something we are very proud of. The Sunstate Industrial Portfolio is extremely well located within a very competitive submarket and is a great addition to our other recent acquisitions,” said Jake Loughridge, Senior Vice President of Investment with Belay Investment Group. “We’re extremely excited to have closed on our third multi-tenant industrial transaction with Birtcher Anderson & Davis. “Given the dynamics of this submarket, with limited availability of existing space and no quality development sites available for new construction, Sunstate was a great opportunity for us to add to make another investment our portfolio in the Tampa market”, notes Bob Anderson, Co-Chairman of Birtcher Anderson & Davis. This represents the third investment for the venture since October 2020 totaling $110 million in consideration. Embarc Collective works with a growing roster of over 100 early-stage startups and is the fastest-growing startup hub in Florida.April 2021, A venture between San Juan Capistrano, CA-based Birtcher Anderson & Davis, LLC and Belay Investment Group has recently closed on a $17.1 million purchase of the Sunstate Industrial Portfolio located in Tampa, FL comprised of eight (8) buildings totaling 180,323 sf, and home to 32 tenants. Ballast Point Ventures is a team of eleven dedicated professionals who possess a. Member companies receive customized, ongoing coaching and support from startup veterans to help propel member companies’ growth. Embarc Collective offers hands-on support driven by the unique goals and needs of each member startup at its 32,000 square-foot office in downtown Tampa.

To learn more about the Glaring Gap report, visit Įmbarc Collective is a nonprofit startup hub helping founders in the Tampa Bay region build bold, scalable, thriving companies.
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Please visit to be a part of this year’s training, free to attend through the support of JPMorgan Chase. The Summit is a virtual forum that will convene women interested in becoming startup investors for three days of training to lead, fund, and impact the future of Florida. In November, Embarc Collective will host its second annual Glaring Gap Summit. The Glaring Gap Report is one part of a broader initiative, “Growing the Impact of Entrepreneurship Through Inclusion," supported by JPMorgan Chase and led by Embarc Collective and Tampa Bay Wave. Despite many wins, it’s clear there is still a need for support and services that address the glaring gap of women in entrepreneurship in our state.” “In addition to lower numbers of ventures created by women, women founders in our survey added 'access to talent' as their key need after 'access to capital’. “As we approach two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we now have data available showing how the pandemic may have impacted women-led Florida startups,” said Lakshmi Shenoy, CEO of Embarc Collective. For instance, only 18% of new startups in Florida have a woman founder, down from 23% in 2019. The report also revealed the state's opportunities for improvement in supporting women founders. “That’s why Embarc Collective has focused so much on equipping women for startup investing through our Glaring Gap Summit and other initiatives, to accelerate the number of women-led companies funded throughout the state of Florida.” “These findings from our report are in line with a wide body of research that continues to find that when more women hold investing positions, more women founders tend to get funding,” said Allie Felix, VP of Platform at Embarc Collective.

This year, the report uncovered improvements in the trend of women and venture capital, including: Supported through funding from JPMorgan Chase, the report surveys the state of technology-based entrepreneurship for women in Florida. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Embarc Collective, the startup hub helping founders in Florida build bold, thriving, scalable companies, today announced the findings from its second annual Glaring Gap Report. Glaring Gap Report shows large increase in number of women participating in startup investing across the state
