UniKey Adds Strategic Investors in Series A Round to Drive Smart Locks in New Markets

WINTER PARK, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UniKey, the smart lock category creator and industry leader in smart access control technology, today announced it has secured $10M in an oversubscribed Series A round from renowned investors: Asset Management Ventures, AXCIT, Broadway Angels, CBRE, ff Venture Capital, Samsung, Haas Portman, Oriza Ventures and other prominent global investors. The investment will […]

Sundog Software Renders Genesis Creation Story on Computer Screens with Awesome Realism

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 13, 2015) — In the beginning, Genesis tells us, God created the earth and the heavens, and the earth was covered with water. Sundog Software at the UCF Business Incubator is recreating those elements—the oceans and the heavens—with startling realism for computer screens used in the gaming industry and military and commercial […]

Sundog Upgrades Visual Simulation of Stratus and Overcast Clouds with SilverLining 4

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 13, 2015) — Sundog Software recently released version 4 of its SilverLining Sky, 3D Cloud and Weather SDK for simulation and game developers. The update offers a new representation of stratus and overcast cloud layers with 3D depth, and a physically rigorous simulation of how light scatters within thick clouds. “SilverLining 4’s […]

Winter Springs-Based Anti-Counterfeiting Technology Company Adds New Channel Partner Developer to Corporate Staff

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (April 10, 2015) – Spectrum Dynamix Inc. has hired David Fonseca as senior vice president of channel development. Fonseca – who has been in the barcode/RFID item-tracking industry since the mid-1980s – previously partnered with pioneering companies such as Telxon, Symbol Technologies and Metrologic, all of which now are part of other […]

venVelo Accelerates Investment Activities in 2015

Winter Park, FL, April 10, 2015 –(PR.com)– venVelo, one of the fastest growing and most active early-stage venture funds in Central Florida, announced that it was investing an additional $1.7 million in five of its current Florida-based portfolio companies. venVelo and its Board members have invested over $3.25 million in nine Florida companies since 2012. […]

UCF Researchers Discover Accurate Early Cancer Test that uses $1 worth of Gold Nanoparticles

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 8, 2015) — A University of Central Florida research team and local startup company are developing a new and improved way to detect cancer early with a screening test that uses a drop of blood, about $1 worth of gold nanoparticles, and produces results in just minutes. Dr. QunHuo, associate professor in […]

RSS Logistics and Vision Engineering now U.S. Navy Prime Contractors

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 7, 2015) — Two technology companies located in Central Florida Research Park have earned admission to a very exclusive club—as prime contractors in the U.S. Navy’s Seaport-E program, a highly secure online community of U.S. businesses qualified to service U.S. Navy and Marine Corps programs. RSS Logistics and Vision Engineering, both client […]

Reality show auditions Orlando entrepreneurs

The producers of a new reality show think Orlando is one of the best places in the country to find talented business owners. The Statup Hour — a business-themed reality show — auditioned entrepreneurs representing 16 companies on Thursday. Read on.

Savage Race: Profile of a Company Doing it Right

In a sport often marred with races that promise greatness then on race day fall sort of expectations, Savage Race promises big and delivers. While most talk about the Big 3 as leaders in our sport, over time many of the smaller and less known races have proven they can and do put on superior […]

Life Skills Institute President Certified as Family Mediator by Florida Supreme Court

Kissimmee, Fla. (March 24, 2015) — Dr. Wanda Bonet-Gascot (“DrW”), president of the DrW® Life Skills Institute in Kissimmee has been certified as a Family Mediator by the Florida Supreme Court. DrW fulfilled all the requirements provided by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure for Certified and Court Appointed Mediators and will be serving Florida’s […]