Tampa Bay Wave
Miraj Patel is the Founder and CEO of Harness, a financial technology platform established in February 2016, which connects consumers with nonprofits, financial institutions, and brands to align everyday spending with personal values. Additionally, Miraj serves as a Board Member for Tampa Bay Wave, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting tech entrepreneurs through resources and mentorship to scale their startups. Miraj began academic contributions as a Teaching Assistant for Business Law at the University of Florida, where a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship was earned from the Warrington College of Business from 2009 to 2013, following completion of high school at Vanguard High School from 2006 to 2009.
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Tampa Bay Wave
Tampa Bay Wave (Wave) is a purpose-driven nonprofit dedicated to accelerating Florida’s innovation economy. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs transform innovative ideas into real-world solutions & scalable businesses, thus fueling positive social & economic change in Tampa Bay and communities everywhere. In the last 10 years, we have supported 460 of the most innovative startups who collectively have raised over $700 million and created more than 4,200 jobs. As Florida’s #1 Accelerator, Wave has built a successful track record that combines best practices of nationally recognized accelerators and incubators with strategic connections to existing regional entrepreneurship resources, mentors, capital, and other expertise in order to foster a highly cohesive innovation ecosystem. WAVE fills an important gap in Tampa Bay’s and Florida’s ecosystem as Florida’s top tech accelerator in terms of startup volume, investment capital raised, and job creation. Wave’s programs provide tech entrepreneurs with the resources they need to scale their startups, including access to our 200+ mentors, 400+ investors, and exclusive events with key stakeholders in the tech community.