Resilience
Babcock Ranch
This is not a traditional accelerator.
It is part of a statewide platform designed to connect companies directly into Florida’s economy.
Southwest Florida is positioned to become a leader in resilience innovation. Launched in 2026 as part of the statewide expansion of our accelerator program, the Southwest Florida Resilience Accelerator is powered by FC100, Babcock Ranch and eMerge Americas, focused on technologies and solutions addressing climate resilience, infrastructure, and sustainable development. The accelerator fosters collaboration among startups, established enterprises, and investors, providing the mentorship and resources necessary to turn resilience challenges into economic opportunities and category-defining companies.
Visit the Resilience accelerator’s microwebsite for additional information.
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The accelerator program is backed by a statewide network of over 75 CEOs, founders, and senior executives, and will connect chosen high-growth startups directly to customers, capital, and leadership across the state, aligning Florida’s regional strengths into a coordinated system designed for scale.
What Companies Gain
Founders are not just entering a program. They are entering a market.
Elite Mentorship
Direct access to top CEOs, investors, and industry leaders
Corporate Partnerships
Pilot and scale with leading enterprises
Market Access
Leverage Florida's thriving ecosystem for growth and customer acquisition
Investor Network
Connect with Florida's vast investor community
Embarc Collective Scholarship
One founder and one co-founder from each company selected for the 2026 accelerator program will receive a one-year scholarship for membership in Embarc Collective for 2027, providing unfettered access to their nationally recognized startup platform.
REGION OVERVIEW
Southwest Florida is a dynamic and rapidly expanding region characterized by strong population growth, diverse economic sectors, and a high quality of life. While the region is smaller than some of its counterparts, it boasts a robust economy driven by healthcare, distribution and logistics, and emerging resilience technologies. With its strategic location, natural assets, and growing innovation ecosystem, Southwest Florida is positioned to lead the nation in resilience innovation, turning infrastructure challenges into economic opportunities and establishing the region as a hub for sustainable growth solutions.
Babcock Ranch, where the Resilience accelerator program is based, is America's first solar-powered town and one of Florida's most recognized examples of resilient community development. The community has become a national case study in how growth, sustainability, infrastructure resilience, housing, and economic development can work together.
Southwest BY THE NUMBERS
55%
+41.9%
Large demand and market for resilience products in Florida given that three-quarters of residents live in coastal counties.
Babcock Ranch and Florida Gulf Coast University are partnering to advance an Institute on Sustainability and Resiliency located in Babcock Ranch, a nationally recognized national symbol of resilience.
2026 Resilience Companies
Airorasense, Inc
Spring Hill, FL
Founder(s):
Jeffrey Sullivan
AIroraSense is a critical infrastructure and operational intelligence platform that uses AI to verify electric utility distribution construction against engineering standards in near real time, from the crews in the field, while they are still on site.
Climingo
London, United Kingdom
Founder(s):
Avi Baruch
Climingo helps organizations get the best weather data on the market
Ethos Connected, LLC
Lincoln, NE
Founder(s):
Julie Bushell
Ethos Connected turns real-time water data into actionable intelligence that accelerates permitting, reduces development risk, and enables responsible growth.
Hohme Innovations LLC (dba Hubi App)
Punta Gorda (Babcock Ranch), FL
Founder(s):
Anthony DeBono III
Hubi builds a live 3D digital twin of your home that watches every wet area and opening 24/7, tells you what's wrong, what it should cost to fix, and which local pro to call.
Just Cool It, Inc.
Miami, FL
Founder(s):
Tim Sperry
Just Cool It is building the Cooling Renewal Coatings category with CoolCrete® RENEW and HeatROI AI, combining advanced materials and property intelligence to cool, protect, and extend the life of buildings and infrastructure.
Loss Intel
Sarasota, FL
Founder(s):
Stuart Nixdorff
Founded by a Sarasota hurricane survivor who recovered 27× his carrier's opening offer, LossIntel is the AI claims recovery service protecting Florida homeowners from underpayment.
Primostar Group
Tallinn, Estonia
Founder(s):
Indrek Uusalu
Primostar is a green construction technology company that, instead of fighting the natural physics of concrete by trying to prevent cracking, works with it—engineering where and how cracks form and making them watertight by design.
Printera Inc.
Palm City, FL
Founder(s):
Justin D'Angelo
Printera manufactures high performance, off site 3D printed concrete components for coastal resilience, infrastructure, and architectural applications using climate controlled robotic fabrication.
Sealor
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Founder(s):
Alexander Suma
Sealor is building a new category of biogenic materials that harness nature’s mineral-forming intelligence to protect coastal infrastructure from the ground up.
Thrive Florida
Denver, CO
Founder(s):
Stephen Myers
Thrive Home Builders brings advanced building science and innovative construction practices into mainstream production housing, and through Thrive Florida is applying more than 30 years of experience to create resilient, high-performance homes designed specifically for Southwest Florida.
WildlifeOS™ | CrocAlarm™
Punta Gorda (Babcock Ranch), FL
Founder(s):
Rodolfo Saccoman
WildlifeOS™ is building the intelligence layer for wildlife risk, starting with CrocAlarm™, a sonar-first AI early-warning system designed to detect alligators and crocodiles in murky waterways before they surface.
