David A.

syp builds hydration intelligence for elite athletes. Our universal smart sleeve attaches to any water bottle, measures actual fluid intake in real time via a load cell sensor, and feeds a coach-facing dashboard and AI-powered athlete app. We started at USF. A season-ending injury traced to chronic dehydration that went undetected by coaches and trainers. No tool existed to catch it. So we built one. Today, syp has 5 Division I programs committed for a Fall 2026 pilot, 160+ athletes on the waitlist, and a USF IRB-approved research study underway. Patent pending. Building in public. Follow along.

Embarc Collective, a globally recognized 501c3 ranked as the top startup platform in North America by UBI Global, is a central landing zone for the most driven startup builders in Florida and contributes almost $200M annually in wages and growth capital to Floridas economy. We understand that growth isn’t one-size-fits-all. Neither is our support. Our team meets you where you are and evolves alongside you with a startup platform includes: 1) on-demand coaching and mentorship in business model design, customer discovery and growth, innovation and design thinking, PR and media relations, product engineering and development, fundraising and investor relations, talent strategy and acquisition, and leadership development from talented experts and successful startup operators; 2) curated programming and access to an constantly-growing repository of startup resources and frameworks; 3) membership in a community of driven startup builders with a shared mission to solve meaningful problems for large markets and scale rapidly; and 4) access to corporates for customer validation and industry expertise, to universities for access to talent and technology (IP), and to investors for early-stage funding to launch and scaled the business, all amongst a peer community of more than 275 founders of 135+ early-stage tech startups and growth companies operating within our 32,000-square-foot startup hub in downtown Tampa. As the leading platform for early stage tech startups and growth companies, Embarc Collective helps accelerate Florida’s startup and innovation economy, hosting 300+ events that draw 10,000+ participants each year into conversations about entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation. Annually, more than 18,000 professionals visit for meetings with Embarc Collective member-companies. For more information about Embarc Collective, to join our community of early-stage tech startups and growth companies, or to host an event, please visit https://embarccollective.com/.

We are a design-driven company reinventing wasteful, overlooked product categories. We started with wipes. Meet the clean system revolution.

syp builds hydration intelligence for elite athletes. Our universal smart sleeve attaches to any water bottle, measures actual fluid intake in real time via a load cell sensor, and feeds a coach-facing dashboard and AI-powered athlete app. We started at USF. A season-ending injury traced to chronic dehydration that went undetected by coaches and trainers. No tool existed to catch it. So we built one. Today, syp has 5 Division I programs committed for a Fall 2026 pilot, 160+ athletes on the waitlist, and a USF IRB-approved research study underway. Patent pending. Building in public. Follow along.

Design and simulate conversations before they happen in the real world. Build life-like scenarios, practice with AI-powered avatars, and receive instant, actionable feedback that helps improve communication and decision-making.

Embarc Collective, a globally recognized 501c3 ranked as the top startup platform in North America by UBI Global, is a central landing zone for the most driven startup builders in Florida and contributes almost $200M annually in wages and growth capital to Floridas economy. We understand that growth isn’t one-size-fits-all. Neither is our support. Our team meets you where you are and evolves alongside you with a startup platform includes: 1) on-demand coaching and mentorship in business model design, customer discovery and growth, innovation and design thinking, PR and media relations, product engineering and development, fundraising and investor relations, talent strategy and acquisition, and leadership development from talented experts and successful startup operators; 2) curated programming and access to an constantly-growing repository of startup resources and frameworks; 3) membership in a community of driven startup builders with a shared mission to solve meaningful problems for large markets and scale rapidly; and 4) access to corporates for customer validation and industry expertise, to universities for access to talent and technology (IP), and to investors for early-stage funding to launch and scaled the business, all amongst a peer community of more than 275 founders of 135+ early-stage tech startups and growth companies operating within our 32,000-square-foot startup hub in downtown Tampa. As the leading platform for early stage tech startups and growth companies, Embarc Collective helps accelerate Florida’s startup and innovation economy, hosting 300+ events that draw 10,000+ participants each year into conversations about entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation. Annually, more than 18,000 professionals visit for meetings with Embarc Collective member-companies. For more information about Embarc Collective, to join our community of early-stage tech startups and growth companies, or to host an event, please visit https://embarccollective.com/.

We are a design-driven company reinventing wasteful, overlooked product categories. We started with wipes. Meet the clean system revolution.