Funded Startups in Gainesville
Seven funded entries are shown, spanning 2021-06-24 (Forever Oceans, $68M) through 2025-04-23 (King Insurance, undisclosed).
Seven funded entries are shown, spanning 2021-06-24 (Forever Oceans, $68M) through 2025-04-23 (King Insurance, undisclosed). On disclosed amounts, $68M is the only round above $50M, and it dwarfs the next-largest disclosed figure of $19M (Admiral on 2024-08-21); other disclosed rounds cluster much lower at $5M (Feathr, 2022-03-07) and $2M (MLM Biologics, 2023-04-04), with one disclosed $0K (Grace on 2024-02-20). Geographic and temporal patterns are mixed: six entries cite “Gainesville” but one is explicitly Gainesville, Virginia (Forever Oceans), and the most recent three rounds in this view fall in a 16-month window from 2024-02-20 to 2025-04-23.
The series/stage fields are mostly “Series Unknown”: five of seven rows show a Series Unknown classification (including King Insurance, Admiral, Grace, Optym, and MLM Biologics), with one additional row labeled “Venture - Series Unknown” (Feathr). Sector presence is limited, but three sectors repeat once each: Biotechnology (MLM Biologics), Data and Analytics (Feathr), and Information Technology (Optym) sit alongside Financial Services (King Insurance), Content and Publishing (Admiral), Community and Lifestyle (Grace), and Agriculture and Farming (Forever Oceans).
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What’s the largest disclosed round in this Gainesville-focused view, and how does it compare to the rest?
Forever Oceans’ $68M round (2021-06-24) is the only disclosed amount above $50M and is well above the next-largest disclosed round: Admiral’s $19M (2024-08-21). The remaining disclosed amounts shown are $5M (Feathr, 2022-03-07), $2M (MLM Biologics, 2023-04-04), and a $0K disclosed entry (Grace, 2024-02-20), with King Insurance and Optym marked undisclosed (2025-04-23 and 2024-01-23).
Do the dates cluster near the most recent funding window or spread evenly across years?
Within these seven rows, the earliest date is 2021-06-24 (Forever Oceans) and the most recent is 2025-04-23 (King Insurance), but there’s a tighter concentration from 2023-04-04 onward. Specifically, four of seven rounds are dated 2023-04-04, 2024-01-23, 2024-02-20, and 2024-08-21, and three of the remaining four are in 2024–2025 (2024-08-21, 2025-04-23) versus 2022-03-07 (Feathr).
Are “Gainesville” entries concentrated in a single state, or is there a geographic outlier?
Six of seven rows reference “Gainesville, Florida” (King Insurance, Admiral, Grace, Optym, MLM Biologics, Feathr), while Forever Oceans is the exception listed as “Gainesville, Virginia” and also holds the largest disclosed amount ($68M, 2021-06-24). This makes the geography split closer to a Florida concentration with one out-of-state outlier.
What stage/series labeling dominates the list?
“Series Unknown” appears on five of seven rows (King Insurance; Admiral; Grace; Optym; MLM Biologics), and Feathr is the only row explicitly labeled “Venture - Series Unknown” (2022-03-07, $5M). One row is disclosed as $0K (Grace, 2024-02-20) and two are marked undisclosed (King Insurance in 2025-04-23 and Optym in 2024-01-23), reinforcing that series detail is often not specified.
Which sectors look most represented, and are any sectors tied to unusually large or small disclosed amounts?
No sector repeats across multiple entries in this set; each appears once (e.g., Biotechnology for MLM Biologics at $2M on 2023-04-04, Data and Analytics for Feathr at $5M on 2022-03-07, Information Technology for Optym on 2024-01-23). The outlier scale aligns with Agriculture and Farming (Forever Oceans at $68M on 2021-06-24), whereas the smallest disclosed value shown is $0K for Community and Lifestyle (Grace on 2024-02-20).
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