Building the Next Generation of Companies in Florida
Ambition Accelerated Florida is The Florida Council of 100’s statewide economic-development and company-building platform, designed to help attract and scale companies in Florida.
Created as the execution platform for Beyond Sunshine, the Council’s strategy for strengthening Florida’s economy by organizing its regions around the industries and capabilities in which they are best positioned to lead, the platform brings together CEOs, established companies, founders, investors, universities, economic-development organizations and regional partners to attract businesses and talent to Florida, and connect companies of all stages with the relationships, capital, customers, talent and market opportunities they need to grow.
From Strategy to Execution
Ambition Accelerated Florida moves from statewide strategy to execution across several connected areas by bringing together Florida’s leading CEOs and business leaders to support:
why florida
Florida already has the scale to compete as one of the largest economies in the United States. The opportunity now is to organize that scale into a system that supports company formation and long-term growth.
EDUCATION
#1
in higher education nationwide for 10 consecutive years
ECONOMY
#1
economy in the nation for the last 3 consecutive years
BUSINESS CLIMATE
#2
least business regulations per capita in the nation
TAXES
#5
in tax competitiveness among populous states and no state income tax
2026 ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS
Ambition Accelerated Florida’s accelerator programs connect high-growth companies with industry leaders, strategic partners and market opportunities across Florida.
Each program is built & located around a priority industry identified in Beyond Sunshine for that region, giving participating companies direct access to the relationships, insight and opportunities that can help them succeed in the Florida market, whether or not they currently have a presence.
FinTech
West Palm Beach
Dual-Use & Defense Tech
Miami
health tech
Tampa
