Florida Funders | Activity | F4
Florida Funders Activity Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.
Essay
Published "The Founder Playbook", a video series/essay on operating lessons for founders, hosted by Director of Investments Rachel Ferm. The Founder Playbook
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Hired Guy Levy as Associate, Investor Relations. Guy Levy joined as Associate, Investor Relations
Essay
Launched The Founder Playbook, a video series hosted by Director of Investments Rachael Ferm sharing investor-side fundraising insights for founders. The Founder Playbook video series
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Exit
Fund 1 portfolio company RepScrubs was acquired, delivering a realized 11.84x gross MOIC and returning roughly 30% of Fund 1's paid-in capital. RepScrubs
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New Fund
Launched Florida First Check with The Florida Institute, an evergreen pre-seed strategy writing $75K-$100K first checks to Florida technology founders. Florida First Check
New Fund
Launched Florida First Check with The Florida Institute, an evergreen pre-seed strategy writing $75K-$100K first checks to Florida founders. Florida First Check (evergreen pre-seed strategy)
Essay
Managing Partner Saxon Baum published a Q2 2026 market letter on AI mega-round concentration, Florida's record funding quarter, and FLF portfolio wins. A Letter from Saxon: Q2 2026 Update
Investment
Florida First Check's inaugural investment, a Tampa-based agentic AI HR platform. Stello AI
Investment
Follow-on participation in Flex's $70M Series B1 led by Halo Fund, valuing the AI-native private banking platform at $1.2B and making it FLF's second unicorn. Flex
Essay
Managing Partner Saxon Baum published a Q2 2026 update on Florida's record quarter, AI mega-round concentration, and FLF's two fund-defining wins. A Letter from Saxon: Q2 2026 Update
Exit
Fund 1 portfolio company RepScrubs was acquired, delivering a realized ~11.84x gross MOIC and returning roughly 30% of Fund 1's paid-in capital. RepScrubs
Team Change
Guy Levy joined Florida Funders as Investor Relations Associate in May 2026. Guy Levy joined as Associate, Investor Relations
Milestone
Portfolio company Flex raised a $70M Series B1 led by Halo Fund at a $1.2B post-money valuation, FLF's second unicorn out of the Fund 2 portfolio. Flex
Talk
Hosted the annual FLF Founder/Venture Summit 2026 at The Motor Enclave in Tampa. FLF Venture Summit 2026