Paving the way for tech entrepreneurship since 2015.
We are Central Florida’s only 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on accelerating tech and tech-enabled startups.
With educational outposts throughout the region and a rich variety of virtual and hybrid programs, we support early-stage tech founders through our Accelerator Programs for idea, build, and pre-seed stages of tech entrepreneurship. Working with nearly 300 companies over the course of almost a decade, our Starter community continues to grow – growing our mission of making early-stage tech startup support more accessible to all.
Meet our expert team.

Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Mike Bowers, PhD

Program Manager
Elizabeth Burgess

Build Stage Lead
Lilian Myers

Alumni Network Manager
Gina Marziotto
Our Board of Directors.
Donna Mackenzie, CPA
Chair
Florida CFO Group
Jacques Fu
Vice Chair
PETE Learning
Tom Gawronski
Treasurer
Private Investor
Renuka Sastri
Secretary
I-Drive Community Redevelopment Agency
Phil Zeman
Immediate Past Chair
SouthState Bank
Kelly Cohen
Southern Strategy
Shari Costantini
Kismet Technologies
Peter McAlindon, PhD
Crummer Graduate School of Business
Stephanie Miller, PhD
ERAU
Taylor Pancake
Foley & Lardner
Rob Panepinto
UCF and Govo Venture Partners
Gregg Pollack
Vue Mastery / Elar Institute
Terry Sanks
Buesse & Sanks
Joshua Snyder
NeoGov