Thirty local companies and people are being recognized this year as honorees for the 2024 Tampa Bay Inno Awards, representing talent, innovation and disruptive strategies in Tampa Bay's tech ecosystem.
In evaluating the honorees, an internal judging team looked at nominees with banner years, people and companies with new funding, those with recent product launches, or those that articulated innovative approaches to solving problems.
Among the honorees are creative leaders who bring unconventional perspectives, growth-stage businesses, enterprises and innovators working above and beyond to set the ecosystem apart. Our Inno Pick is someone who has made a lasting imprint in the Tampa Bay region.
Here are the 2024 Inno Awards companies and people:
Artificial intelligence
- Geographic Solutions: VOS Sapphire AI
- Improving Aviation: WindTL
- Isocrates: MADTechAI
- Suffolk: Predictive Safety Model
B2B
- AquaTech Eco Consultants
- Fractio
- Streetleaf
B2C
AstroBleme
B2G
Rise8
Cybersecurity
ThreatSHIELD Security Company
Deal of the year
- Bedrock acquisition of Procoto
- Outbound.com acquisition of Red Wall Marketing
Edtech
- Aecern LLC: Career ConnectED
- Black Unicorn Education
- Scholar Education
Healthtech
- Cope Notes
- Depth AI
- NeuroEM Therapeutics Inc
- Plasma-Therm
- Veuu Inc.
Inno pick
Nonprofit
Bay Area Legal Services: FosterPower
Product launch
- ConnectWise SideKick
- Tampa General Hospital - TGH at Home
Supporter
- The Bellini Center for Talent Development at USF Muma College of Business
- Embarc Collective
- SMARTstart Pasco
- University of Tampa, Lowth Entrepreneurship Center
- USF Connect
- Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship
The Inno Awards event will be held Nov. 14 in downtown Tampa. See the registration details below.