Tech Rage IT Named a 2023 Companies to Watch Finalist

Winter Springs, Fla., August 22, 2023 – Tech Rage IT is a finalist for one of Florida’s most prestigious lists, the 2023 Companies to Watch list from GrowFL.

The list is comprised of second stage companies from around the state with between 6 and 150 employees and revenue between $750,000 and $100 million in 2021.

“Every year, the companies on this list represent the best of the best in Florida and we’ve had a goal to be included eventually,” says Erica Martinez-Rose, CEO, Tech Rage IT. “It’s an honor just to be included in this stage of the process and hopefully we’ll be listed as an honoree in October.”

GrowFL is a statewide organization developed to assist companies in a wide range of services, including CEO roundtables, leadership courses and more. Its annual Companies to Watch list is extremely coveted and showcases companies who are creating jobs and diversifying Florida’s economy.

This year, according to GrowFL’s release, the finalists reported “a total of more than 2,770 jobs and generated close to $813 million in revenue in 2022. These companies anticipate growth of 29 percent in revenue and 21 percent in employment by the end of 2023.”

Tech Rage IT has been a part of the UCF Business Incubator for several years.

“The UCF Business Incubation Program takes pride when our companies are named to this list as it is often a validation of what we work with our entrepreneurs to build,” says Rafael Caamano, site manager, Winter Springs Business Incubator. “Watching companies like Tech Rage IT work so hard on building their businesses and then being recognized for that effort is why this type of work is so fulfilling.”

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For more information, please contact:

For Tech Rage IT: Erica Martinez-Rose, 407-278-5664 ext. 102, Erica@TechRageIT.com.

For the UCF Business Incubation Program: Rafael Caamano, 407-408-4297 rafael.caamano@ucf.edu or Alan Byrd, Alan Byrd & Associates, 407-415-8470, alan@byrdconnections.com

About Tech Rage IT: is an award-winning, woman-owned technology firm providing managed IT services, VoIP phone services, IT consulting and more to the frustrated, defeated and disappointed businesses craving more from their technology investment.

Tech Rage IT’s registered tagline “We Prevent Tech Rage” speaks to their laser focus of being a recognized leader in reducing the raging-headaches that employers and their employees face every single day due to technology problems, such as inconsistent or high IT support costs, unreliable or outdated technology, faulty or slow devices, and ransomware or lost files.  Tech Rage IT, headquartered in Winter Springs, has been serving the area since 2015.  Find more information about how Tech Rage IT is preventing Tech Rage at www.TechRageIT.com.

About the UCF Business Incubation Program: The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is a community resource that provides early-stage companies with the tools, training and infrastructure to become financially stable, high growth/impact enterprises. Since 1999, this award-winning program has provided vital business development resources resulting in over 300 local startup companies reaching their potential faster and graduating into the community where they continue to grow and positively impact the local economy.

With eight facilities throughout the region, the UCF Business Incubation Program is an economic development partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Corridor, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties, and the cities of Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Springs. In 2022, current incubator clients supported over 1200 employees and generated over $120M in revenue.  Nineteen companies graduated from the program and remained in the local community. For more information, visit  www.incubator.ucf.edu.