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PS27 Portfolio Company, OnPay Solutions founder and COO, Juliet Negrete-Anderson, was selected for the Money 2020 RiseUp USA Academy! This program provides women in Finance and Fintech the support and knowledge needed to succeed at every career stage. Congratulations,...

Congratulations to the Abilitare team, Parth Shan and Mohit Patil for winning the PS27 Leadership Day $10K Shark Tank Prize! About Abilitare Abilitare empowers the specially-abled who cannot use their hands or fingers by providing hands-free control of smartphones and...

Last Friday, PS27 Business Analyst, Anuj Dalal and PS27 Director of Communications, Christine Caven attended Synapse Orlando at the Dr. Phillips Center. Below are our Top 5 Highlights from the day and a photo gallery from the event. Morning Keynote: Experience...

Hazlnut Provides a Large-Scale Contactless Experience at the 2021 Jacksonville Jazz FestivalVenture-backed software company, Hazlnut, is brought a contactless experience to the Jacksonville Jazz Festival for Premium Experience VIP packages from Oct. 1 – Oct. 3,...

Learn more JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 5, 2021 - The PS27 Foundation announced today that this year's keynote speaker will be Lakshman Rathnam, a Silicon Valley veteran and CEO of Wordly. Lakshman has been a product designer at some of the most innovative companies in...

When Casey Kelley decided to create some of the products she needed for her own wedding, the items she crafted turned out so well that she launched a family business to sell more like them.“We started Blended Designs (BD) in 2014 shortly after we got...

The national organic spice company continues to inspire healthy living for its customers – home cooks, grill masters, professional chefs, and corporate gifting. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 29, 2021— FreshJax, Inc. is proud to launch its newly redesigned website,...

Wednesday, September 29th is National Coffee Day! PS27 Portfolio Company Civilized Coffee has been featured as one of the top Coffee Beans and Flavored Treats to Try by Inspiring Kitchen. Civilized Coffee launched its Instant Cold Brew Coffee in February...

Via Jacksonville Business Journal by Logan Moore - ReporterSeeing the growthJim Stallings has seen that growth over the years that he has been investing.Stallings founded PS27 Ventures — an accelerator and venture capital firm — in 2013 after retiring from IBM.Earlier...

Today OneSixOne Ventures, a Gainesville accelerator for early-stage tech startups, is announcing the Startup Launch Competition in partnership with the UF Warrington Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center. The 10-week program will include weekly lectures on relevant...

Via Jacksonville Business Journal By Logan Moore – Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal A Jacksonville-based startup that provides restaurants with their own apps and online ordering templates told the Business Journal Monday it's looking for more funding to help...

PS27 Ventures has been featured on the growing list of accelerators and venture capital firms on the First Coast. Via First Coast Inno By James Cannon - Managing EditorThe success of a startup can often rely on finding the right help when needed. That might be a key...

Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 10, 2021 – Venture-backed software company, Hazlnut, is bringing a contactless experience to the Jacksonville Jazz Festival for Premium Experience VIP packages from Oct. 1 - Oct. 3, 2021. Premium Experience VIP packages will...

Congratulations to PS27 Portfolio Company Blended Designs for being featured on iHeartMedia Power 105.1 Fm-Wwpr in their segment for back-to-school shopping with Black-Owned businesses. Read the article here.

The PS27 Foundation announced Delores Kesler as the 2021 PS27 Entrepreneur Award recipient today. The award was presented to Kesler by Jim Stallings, Chairman of the PS27 Foundation Board of Directors, with members of her family and staff present.Delores Kesler is an...