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Via Jacksonville Business Journal By Julien Hast, Reporter Prior to his foray into the venture capital world, Jim Stallings spent more than a quarter-century at IBM, most recently as general manager of global markets. He retired in 2013, but his retirement didn’t last...

Via Jacksonville Business Journal By Julian Hast, ReporterRYZE Superfoods was the second investment of Jacksonville-based venture capital firm PS27’s $20 million Rhea Fund, which put significant money behind the Boston-based e-commerce mushroom coffee start-up in...

Vote for Civilized Coffee! PS27 Portfolio Company Civilized Coffee has made the Top 100 finalists for the FedEx Small Business Grant Contest beating out 18,000 applicants. Help them win and vote with the link below. vote

Congratulations to PS27 Foundation Board Member, Whitney Meyer, for being nominated for Jacksonville Business Journal's 40 Under 40! Learn more

PS27 Foundation Director, Emmanuel Fortune, participated in Flagler College’s 6th Annual Business Week as a Judge in their Pitch Competition where Lashed! Beauty Bar was awarded the Lion’s Cage Grand Prize winner of $2,500. Our goal was to educate students about the...

by: Karen Brune Mathis Editor, Jacksonville Daily Record Emmanuel Fortune, 36, is the first executive director, as of Feb. 1, of the 6-year-old PS27 Foundation, which is expanding education and leadership programming for startup founders and small business CEOs. It...

Happy International Women's Day! Join PS27 Director of Communications, Christine Caven, this afternoon on The Alexa Rose Show podcast with host Alexa Carlin. Tune in to the live show today at 5 PM EST. Learn more

Ellen Latham Founder of Orangetheory Fitness at PS27 Female Founders Forum Via Forbes Written by Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Senior Contributor CareersPS27 Ventures, an early-stage investment firm founded by Jim Stallings, hosted the Female Founders Forum on March 4,...

By Drew Dixon, Contributing Writer, Jacksonville Daily RecordHazlnut LLC has evolved from a software management experiment featured at Jacksonville's One Spark festival to competing head-to-head with corporate restaurant chains.Company CEO Dick Sikes said Hazlnut is...

Each week on “On a Mission” talks to community leaders who are out to make a positive impact in the area. Today, host Wendy Norfleet talks with Emmanuel Fortune from PS27 Foundation.The PS27 Foundation provides educational resources to early-stage companies and...

PS27 Group Photo at Synapse 2022 1. Supporting Synapse as a Community Sponsor and Networking with Startups at the PS27 Booth We had a blast meeting with founders, accelerators, venture capital firms, and innovation enthusiasts from across the region. If you didn’t get...

Via. Jacksonville Business Journal Written by Julian Hast - ReporterA nonprofit spinoff of venture fund PS27 Ventures is ramping up plans to help train early-stage companies and startups, especially those founded by women, people of color and veterans. The expansion...

PS27 is proud to support the Folded Flag Foundation with our CEO, Jim Stallings, who was a host and Folded Flag Foundation Trustee. It was a great event at TPC Sawgrass that showed support for the Gold Star Families in our area. View fullsize View fullsize View...

PS27 Foundation is excited to announce the 7th Annual Female Founders Forum with keynote Ellen Lathem, Founder of Orangetheory Fitness, to be held in person and hosted at the University of North Florida on March 4th, 2022. Each year, the Female Founders Forum attracts...

Las Vegas, NV (January 19, 2022) – Civilized Coffee is using their E-commerce success to fuel an expanding Retail footprint across North America. The Founders of Civilized Coffee will be exhibiting coffee and tea products at the Winter Fancy Food Show to showcase new...