Last night, we brought the region's best innovators and entrepreneurs to a sold out crowd for our first ever Inno on Fire.
The premise is relatively simple: In October, Tampa Bay Inno put out an ask to the community to let us know who they think are "on fire" this year. Whether that be a major funding round, a huge partnership or a big expansion, we got a long list of potential honorees which was narrowed down to 52.
Then, the list was given to a panel of esteemed judges (Lakshmi Shenoy from Embarc Collective, Brian Kornfeld from Synapse Florida, Saxon Baum from Florida Funders and Ian Anderson from the Tampa Bay Business Journal) who chose a standout from each of the nine categories that they believed was truly a trailblazer in their field.
We gathered on Nov. 20 at Factory 114 with an energized crowd. We had a video showcasing a majority of the winners and announced our coveted blazer award.
Once again, congrats to all our winners and especially our Inno Blazers:
And thank you to our founding sponsors: University of Tampa, Embarc Collective, Synapse and Florida Funders, along with our event sponsors Johnson Pope, CDW, Omni Public, Factory114 and Buzz Pop Cocktails.
Here are some pictures from the Inno on Fire party last night (more coming soon)
