2019 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Tampa, Florida. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:
- Revenue potential
- Leadership team
- Brand/product traction
- Competitive landscape
Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.
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1. vXchnge
Founded: 2013
Also honored in:
“With 100% uptime guaranteed, vXchnge is a leading carrier-neutral colocation services provider dedicated to improving the business performance of its customers. Our broad geographic footprint puts our customers at “the Edge” – in locations where they can serve customers locally and reach more businesses and consumers in high growth markets.”
2. A-LIGN
Founded: 2009
“A-LIGN – a global information security, cyber risk advisory, and compliance solutions provider – specializes in helping businesses across a variety of industries navigate the complexities of their specific audit and security assessment needs. Founded by former “Big 4” executives and security specialists, A-LIGN is dedicated to making the security and compliance process as seamless and efficient as possible for our clients while creating value for them. Our leadership team’s experience undergoing audits in industry provides us with our clients’ perspective of the audit and drives us to deliver a high degree of communication and responsiveness to them before, during, and after the audit.”
3. Peerfit
Founded: 2011
Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
“Peerfit connects companies, their employees, and local studios through personalized fitness experiences. Our digital platform allows organizations that genuinely care about improving the health and wellbeing of their teams to redefine their wellness programs with access to local fitness studios using workplace wellness dollars. Learn how to redefine wellness for your team at peerfit.com/wellness.”
4. Homee
Founded: 2016
Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
“Homee is an on demand home servicing app that provides instant access to handymen, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing service providers. The Homee app allows users to see GPS-located background-checked service providers right from the Homee app and request immediate servicing for any property: residential (home, apartment, condo) or commercial (office, restaurant, hotel).”
5. Dabbl
Founded: 2015
Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
“Adjoy is an attention marketplace that directly connects consumers with their favorite brands to build lasting relationships. Brands gain valuable feedback and confirmed engagements with live humans. Consumers meanwhile drive the timing of the engagements such that they do not get interrupted doing other activities. Adjoy brings consumers into the media distribution channel and are therefore compensated for the time spent with brands.”
6. Washlava
Founded: 2014
Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
“Washlava is the smart laundry experience that lets you reserve and pay for washers and dryers from your phone. No quarters. No waiting. No hassle.
The company’s patent-pending platform manages the end to end experience for both business owners and their customers, creating a connected network of laundries that benefit from unprecedented features. Washlava was founded by Todd Belveal, co-founder of the Austin-based, mobile-enabled car rental company, Silvercar.”
7. SiteZeus
Founded: 2013
Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
“SiteZeus® is the leading SaaS cloud-based location intelligence technology platform available, building higher intelligence around location based decisions by pioneering the use of firsthand machine learning and artificial intelligence. Combining your expertise, the power of big data, and a data agnostic database architecture, with a truly unique and interactive user experience, SiteZeus allows individuals and organizations to mitigate risk, discover efficiencies, and interpret actionable insight from technology that analyzes more data points than humanly possible.”
8. PikMyKid
Founded: 2013
Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
“Pikmykid was founded with the vision to simplify the student dismissal process, increase safety and security, ease traffic, and reduce the chaos in schools and neighborhoods.
PikMyKid is the only company in the United States that provides a comprehensive dismissal solution that addresses all of the dismissal needs of a school without the need to purchase, install, or support ANY additional hardware. As a true “Software as a Service” platform, teachers and staff are able to use their existing devices to manage PikMyKid.”
9. CopyPress
Founded: 2010
Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Tampa
“CopyPress provides content marketing products and software focused on the following:
- Content ideation and creation: shareable copy/articles, infographics, video, flash gaming
- Content promotion: native advertising, publisher contributorship, social seeding
Community.CopyPress.com is a free content marketing educational portal, multimedia training facility, and networking center. The Community is designed to connect, educate, and build business for Marketers, Writers, Designers, and Publishers.”
10. Harness
Founded: 2015
“Back in 2015, our Founders, Miraj & Andrew were leading student philanthropy efforts supporting several non-profits at the University of Florida. After 4 years of participation and several thousands raised in donations, Miraj received an email asking if he’d like to “learn more” and “donate” to a cause he’d already been proudly championing for so long.
It didn’t feel right. In fact, it felt bad. As if all of his efforts ー and dollars raised ー in years prior didn’t matter anymore. A new year simply meant the same, ungratifying, transactional experience for even the most loyal supporter.
Shortly thereafter, Miraj vented about his experience to Andrew, who was just finishing his Masters in Entrepreneurship program. Andrew noted that a common theme across the highest performing For-Profit companies was their transition in approach toward an unwavering commitment to customer experience and relationship building. An approach where companies no longer viewed customers as one-time revenue generators, rather as potential life-long champions of their brand who could drive recurring revenue well into the future.”