{"id":425707,"date":"2026-10-12T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425707\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:14:32","slug":"fsu-discovery-days-ignite-tallahassee-open-house-welcomes-visitors-for-behind-the-scenes-look-at-high-tech-business-incubator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425707\/","title":{"rendered":"FSU Discovery Days: IGNITE Tallahassee Open House welcomes visitors for behind-the-scenes look at high-tech business incubator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IGNITE.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"A view at the front of a building with a sign reading &quot;IGNITE Tallahassee&quot; during sunset.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>The IGNITE Tallahassee Open House + Innovation Expo will give visitors a closeup look at how this business incubator supports high-tech and deep-technology ventures in Florida\u2019s Capital Region. (Courtesy of IGNITE Tallahassee)\t\t        <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.fsu.edu\/ignite-tallahassee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IGNITE Tallahassee<\/a> will showcase how it supports high-tech and deep-technology ventures in Florida\u2019s Capital Region during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.fsu.edu\/discovery-days\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FSU Discovery Days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/3up0t5f1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The IGNITE Tallahassee Open House + Innovation Expo<\/a> will give visitors a front-row seat to the resources, success stories and investment strategies available at this business incubator.<\/p>\n<p>With state-of-the-art facilities, expert mentorship, commercialization support, investor access and a vibrant community of clients, IGNITE Tallahassee empowers founders to transform early-stage technology into real-world products and solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The open house program includes:<\/p>\n<p>State of IGNITE-FSU updates from IGNITE leadership<\/p>\n<p>Startup Spotlight at IGNITE! featuring IGNITE Tallahassee companies Piersica, Phusion AI, SafePath App, Feel With Me, SeraphFlora and SCOFile<\/p>\n<p>iCREATE: Innovation Experience for Undergrads with students from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering delivering elevator pitches, a panel discussion, and the presentation of the TiE Tampa Bay\u2019s ARTISAN Student Pitch Award<\/p>\n<p>Capital of Florida: VC &amp; Angel Funding Panel on how Sunshine State tech startups find funding across Florida<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation is Everywhere\u201d Expo, featuring demos, prototypes and founders of IGNITE incubator companies and ecosystem sponsors<\/p>\n<p>The program ends with lunch. Breakfast is provided. IGNITE events will continue Wednesday with <a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/gve9aozy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Challenge<\/a>, when FSU startups compete in a \u201cShark Tank\u201d-style pitch competition for up to $100,000 in cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The IGNITE Tallahassee Open House + Innovation Expo will take place:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WEDNESDAY, OCT 21<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a09 A.M. \u2013 12:30 P.M.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">IGNITE TALLAHASSEE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1729 W. Paul Dirac Drive<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/3up0t5f1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">event website<\/a> for more information and to register.<br \/>Registration is free and open to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IGNITE Tallahassee Open House + Innovation Expo will give visitors a closeup look at how this business&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7348,12695,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-425707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-discovery-days","tag-ignite","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}