Rachel W. West

TalentGuard’s AI platform transforms talent insights into personalized upskilling and mobility solutions, driving growth for both employees and organizations. By dynamically aligning employee skills and aspirations with the evolving needs of the company, TalentGuard ensures a symbiotic growth trajectory, empowering both the workforce and the enterprise to reach new heights of success and innovation. This unique blend of technology and personalization positions TalentGuard at the forefront of nurturing and developing top-tier talent, essential for shaping the future of businesses in an ever-changing corporate world. OUR VISION: A world that works at its highest potential. Imagine if every employee and company had exactly what they needed to achieve their greatest hopes, goals, and dreams. The outcome would be extraordinary: Total fulfillment in the workplace and grand ambitions lived out every day. That’s the kind of world we want to live in—and the one we seek to create. We help companies truly see their people—their skills, credentials, performance scores, preferences, career aspirations and more—in order to realize the full potential of their workforce. Armed with this valuable data and the predictive power of AI, companies can pinpoint the best path forward not just for each employee but for the entire organization.

At Soarce, we are redefining industrial nanomaterials. Our proprietary refining process converts excess biomass into cellulose nanomaterials that make manufactured parts stronger, lighter and at a fraction of the cost. Specifically, Fiberglass & Carbon fiber reinforced parts for industrial sectors like aerospace, automotive, energy, and textiles, have had limited adoption of nano materials due to their high costs and low compatibility. With our process, we have increased nano material compatibility leading to strength increases of final parts by 60% while being 5x cheaper than leading nanomaterials

VuPulse makes digital marketing more effective for marketers, more profitable for brands, and better experiences for consumers. VuPulse is an enterprise grade, Post-Click Intelligence Platform with technology that delivers personalized digital customer experience, driven by a combination of data, optimization, and live customer journeys. Many of the world’s largest brands and agencies use VuPulse’s to better connect and communicate with their digital audiences. For more information visit www.vupulse.com or follow VuPulse here www.twitter.com/VuCard.

Papa is a new kind of care, built on human connection. Across the country, health plans and employers look to Papa to provide vital social support by pairing older adults and families with Papa Pals, trained and vetted companions, who provide a helping hand and an open ear, resulting in less loneliness and better health. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Miami, Papa is backed by Canaan, Tiger Global Management, Comcast Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, TCG, Initialized Capital, and Seven Seven Six, among other revered institutional and individual investors. We envision a world where no one has to go it alone.

VentureWomen is a global platform and community supporting women founders, operators, and investors through education, capital access, strategic insights, and meaningful connections. Our mission is to help women build enduring companies, generational wealth, and influential leadership.

Suncoast Venture Studio is a venture builder focused on launching high-impact companies in Florida’s Gulf Coast. We invest at the pre-seed and seed stages, matched by outside capital, and operate as an institutional co-founder, providing talent, tools, and execution frameworks to build startups from zero. Our model emphasizes speed, validation, process, and scalability, with an in-house team that supports ventures through ideation, product development, and early traction. The goal is not only investor return, but regional economic growth through well-built companies. We concentrate on four verticals where our team brings deep expertise and market tailwinds align: SaaS/AI, FinTech, Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing, and HealthTech. In SaaS/AI, we build intelligent software that automates decision-making and workflow in underserved industries. In FinTech, we focus on tools that modernize legacy systems, democratize access, and leverage Florida’s unique demographics. Our Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing efforts target robotics, machine vision, and automation software that solve industrial labor and efficiency problems, while our HealthTech ventures apply software, AI, data, and connected devices to challenges in care delivery, elder health, and clinical operations. Each of these sectors are capital-efficient and ripe for transformation. By combining our internal venture creation process with access to domain experts, university tech-transfer pipelines, and our own operator experience, we can de-risk early execution and bring high-value startups to market faster. We aim to launch 3-4 ventures per year across these focus areas, positioning Suncoast as a launchpad for practical innovation across industries critical to the region and the future.

TalentGuard’s AI platform transforms talent insights into personalized upskilling and mobility solutions, driving growth for both employees and organizations. By dynamically aligning employee skills and aspirations with the evolving needs of the company, TalentGuard ensures a symbiotic growth trajectory, empowering both the workforce and the enterprise to reach new heights of success and innovation. This unique blend of technology and personalization positions TalentGuard at the forefront of nurturing and developing top-tier talent, essential for shaping the future of businesses in an ever-changing corporate world. OUR VISION: A world that works at its highest potential. Imagine if every employee and company had exactly what they needed to achieve their greatest hopes, goals, and dreams. The outcome would be extraordinary: Total fulfillment in the workplace and grand ambitions lived out every day. That’s the kind of world we want to live in—and the one we seek to create. We help companies truly see their people—their skills, credentials, performance scores, preferences, career aspirations and more—in order to realize the full potential of their workforce. Armed with this valuable data and the predictive power of AI, companies can pinpoint the best path forward not just for each employee but for the entire organization.

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At Soarce, we are redefining industrial nanomaterials. Our proprietary refining process converts excess biomass into cellulose nanomaterials that make manufactured parts stronger, lighter and at a fraction of the cost. Specifically, Fiberglass & Carbon fiber reinforced parts for industrial sectors like aerospace, automotive, energy, and textiles, have had limited adoption of nano materials due to their high costs and low compatibility. With our process, we have increased nano material compatibility leading to strength increases of final parts by 60% while being 5x cheaper than leading nanomaterials