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Each week on “On a Mission” we talk to community leaders who are out to make a positive impact in the area. Today, our host Wendy Norfleet talks to Paige Tyrrell from FreshJax Organic Spices.FreshJax® is a rapidly growing family business handcrafting organic spice...

Congratulations to PS27 Portfolio Company, Civilized Coffee, for being featured in the Florida Times-Union Coffee reflects the spirit of entrepreneurshipVia Teresa Stepzinski of Florida Times-UnionA Jacksonville specialty coffee roaster believes a partnership with...

How to Automate AP Series: Podcast #1 Paper checks have been extinct for nearly two decades in the realm of consumer payments. Why is it then, that paper payments still reign supreme in business to business transactions?Julie Negrete-Anderson, COO and Founder of...

Join Media Advisor Christine Caven at UF Innovate | The Hub's Virtual Speed Networking event tomorrow, March 30th, at 6 PM. Learn more

Civilized Coffee Jacksonville-based Civilized Coffee has teamed up with Dallas Mavericks Owner and Shark Tank Investor Mark Cuban and his company Three Commas to create a new line of Organic Colombian Coffee and Decaf Coffee. Mark Patterson,...

PS27 Ventures CEO, Jim Stallings, sat down with TheTop.VC Podcast to discuss the future of voice automation. Listen Here

PS27 Portfolio Company, SmartBox, gives back to the Brea Fire Department by providing snacks for their fire crew! Great work, SmartBox! Smart box carefully selected and curated a box full of brands that give back to society in all kinds of ways. Each brand contained...

PS27 Portfolio Company, Blended Designs, was recently featured in Ebony Magazine. Read more in the excerpt below by Savannah Taylor.Black businesses are booming, and also struggling. How can both be true? Many of us have watched, read or even meme’d about the dire...

By teaming up with FreshJax for their annual employee gift, Vystar Credit Union was able to give every VyStar employee a box of delicious spices, and more importantly, provide 2,060 meals for children in need.FreshJax Organic Spices are the simple, healthy, and...

Coffee for the Entrepreneurship LifestyleJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US, March 16, 2021 - Civilized Coffee, one of the fastest growing Specialty Coffee Roasters, has teamed up with Mark Cuban (Owner of Dallas Mavericks) and his company Three Commas to create an exciting...

PS27 Media Advisor, Christine Caven, sat down with Brendan Rivers this week on WJCT First Coast Connect to discuss the Female Founders Forum, the largest celebration of International Women’s Day in Florida. Listen to the interview at 46:00. Listen now

FreshJax Ghost Pepper Sea Salt was recently featured on CNN's list: "The Spiciest Food On Amazon That Reviewers Are Obsessed With."PS27 portfolio company, FreshJax’s  Ghost Pepper Sea Salt was a part of a list of 20 items that contained the very best...

PS27 Foundation and Deloitte are excited to announce the 6th Annual Female Founders Forum hosted virtually on March 12th, 2021. Each year, the Female Founders Forum attracts women entrepreneurs and intrepreneurs from across the region who want to become better leaders...

“I learned the difference between a founder and CEO from Jim Stallings at PS27.” - Kevin Dedner When Kevin Dedner founded digital health startup Hurdle in 2018, he couldn’t have anticipated what the following years would hold—a global pandemic and a death toll of more...