
Before Nucleus Security became an enterprise platform, it was a working answer to a federal problem: too many findings, too many handoffs, and too little time. Steve Carter has spent his career closing that gap between knowing and doing.
Shooger began as a mobile coupon network backed by $10 million and a cast that included an Emmy-winning Simpsons writer. When daily deals collapsed, it quietly became something more useful: a single marketing department that small businesses rent by the month.
Suncoast Venture Studio is trying to make Sarasota more than a pleasant place to retire or relocate. Its wager is practical: build the startups first, recruit operators around validated ideas, and let a regional technology economy form company by company.