# Florida Funders

> Florida Funders is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 151 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tampa, United States
- Total investments: 151
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last fund: Dec 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/floridafunders
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/FloridaFunders
- Website: https://www.floridafunders.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flfunders

Florida Funders is a VC fund in Tampa focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Florida Funders operates as a venture capital firm and investor network focused on early-stage technology companies. The firm invests in sectors including B2B software, fintech, cybersecurity, digital health, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and future of work technologies. Florida Funders provides capital, investor access, operationalguidance, and founder support through its network of entrepreneurs, venture partners, and accredited investors. The organization also offers educational resources, startup community programs, portfolio support, and investment opportunities for individuals and institutions interested in private technology companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$9M |
| Series A | $1.1M–$25M |
| Convertible Note | $60k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 32 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 21 | 14% |
| SaaS | 14 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 14 | 9% |
| FinTech | 9 | 6% |

145 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 44 | 29% |
| Series A | 29 | 19% |
| Convertible Note | 16 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 5% |
| Series B | 8 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 83 | 55% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tom Wallace | Managing Partner | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-wallace-cbbc |
| Asher Weiss | Scout | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asher-weiss-699c |
| Chelsea Oppenheim | Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chelsea-oppenheim |
| Eric Ramos | Director of Investments | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-ramos-0998 |
| Joe Panettieri | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-panettieri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stello | Stello handles the annual compensation cycle, it likely helps organizations streamline their processes, ensure compliance, and make data-driven decisions. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Stello | Stello handles the annual compensation cycle, it likely helps organizations streamline their processes, ensure compliance, and make data-driven decisions. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Stello | Stello handles the annual compensation cycle, it likely helps organizations streamline their processes, ensure compliance, and make data-driven decisions. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Flex | Flex is a financial technology company that offers an end-to-end finance platform that integrates business and personal finance management. Their services include business banking with zero monthly fees, 1% cashback on eligible purchases, and high-yield accounts with up to 2.99% APY on idle cash. They provide a business credit card featuring 0%interest for 60 days on eligible purchases, unlimited cashback, and flexible rewards. Flex also offers accounts payable automation with features like fraud prevention, AI-powered bill scanning, and real-time payment tracking. Additionally, their platform supports global payments across over 180 countries in 32 currencies, catering to businesses with international operations. | $70M | Series B | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| RAPIDFORT | RapidFort provides software supply chain security solutions focused on identifying, prioritizing, and remediating vulnerabilities in containerized applications without requiring code changes. The company’s platform combines curated near-zero CVE container images, automated scanning, profiling, and runtime protection tools to manage software attacksurfaces and support compliance workflows. RapidFort’s technology generates software bills of materials and runtime insights to help teams reduce exposure to vulnerabilities across the development lifecycle and integrate security into existing CI/CD processes. The platform is designed to assist engineering and security teams in streamlining vulnerability management and optimizing container security at scale. | $42M | Series A | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Emobi | Emobi is the leading EV charging ecosystem that delivers a single point of integration. The company’s products offer instant access to a vast network of charging stations and e-mobility partners through its advanced AI and data refinement models. As the largest roaming ecosystem in North America, Emobi enables Plug & Charge technology,facilitating automatic charging identification between EVs and chargers. | $3.4M | Seed | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| Flex | Flex is a financial technology company that offers an end-to-end finance platform that integrates business and personal finance management. Their services include business banking with zero monthly fees, 1% cashback on eligible purchases, and high-yield accounts with up to 2.99% APY on idle cash. They provide a business credit card featuring 0%interest for 60 days on eligible purchases, unlimited cashback, and flexible rewards. Flex also offers accounts payable automation with features like fraud prevention, AI-powered bill scanning, and real-time payment tracking. Additionally, their platform supports global payments across over 180 countries in 32 currencies, catering to businesses with international operations. | $60M | Series B | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Curated For You | Curated For You is an e-Commerce platform that offers customer intelligence for online businesses. It focuses on measuring consumer motivations based on social-scientific measurement and theory by utilizing machine vision and natural language processing to accurately predict perceptions. Using the data, the platform provides productrecommendations, contextual personalization, curated collection, on-site search, and SEO.Curated For You was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. | $8.3M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| RAPIDFORT | RapidFort provides software supply chain security solutions focused on identifying, prioritizing, and remediating vulnerabilities in containerized applications without requiring code changes. The company’s platform combines curated near-zero CVE container images, automated scanning, profiling, and runtime protection tools to manage software attacksurfaces and support compliance workflows. RapidFort’s technology generates software bills of materials and runtime insights to help teams reduce exposure to vulnerabilities across the development lifecycle and integrate security into existing CI/CD processes. The platform is designed to assist engineering and security teams in streamlining vulnerability management and optimizing container security at scale. |  | Seed | Jun 20, 2025 |  |
| Worth AI | Worth AI is a SaaS platform that leverages AI to enable inclusive financial underwriting. The company streamlines any operations by consolidating platforms, leading to faster approvals, improved compliance, and smarter risk management. | $20M | Seed | Mar 11, 2025 |  |

10 of 151 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DeepWork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-fan-fund) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Florida Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institute-for-the-commercialization-of-public-research) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Elizabeth Street Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-street-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Florida Institute of Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florida-institute-of-technology) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Grotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Florida Funders invest in?

Florida Funders invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 151 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Florida Funders's check size?

Florida Funders typically joins rounds of $1M–$9M at Seed, $1.1M–$25M at Series A and $60k–$1.3M at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Florida Funders participates in.

### How do I contact Florida Funders?

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### Who are the partners at Florida Funders?

The team at Florida Funders includes Tom Wallace (Managing Partner), Asher Weiss (Scout) and Chelsea Oppenheim (Investment Associate), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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