VC, Angel & CEO of @getadmiral Saving the free internet, one publisher at a time... https://xitter.cf/t.co/sr1E58Ehde

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Joined March 2007
Congratulations to @DanRua (CEO), Nathan Hagen @zxcvv (co-founder and Head of Engineering) and the team at @EmbarcCollectiv member-company @getadmiral. Earlier this month, the company was named Best Marketing Automation Platform for Media Publishers by @Digiday in the 2025 Digiday Technology Awards. Gainesville-based Admiral is the premier marketing automation platform for publishers. The company's AI-powered SaaS platform solves several monetization challenges digital publishers face, powering personalized visitor journeys that include copyright access control, paywalls and paid subscriptions, registration walls, donation management, advanced adblock analytics and revenue recovery, GDPR/GPP privacy consent, email acquisition, 1P data collection, journey shaping, mobile app downloads and more. Digiday judges highlighted the company's work with @CBSSports, where Admiral helped drive record engagement during major live events like the @NFL Playoffs and @SuperBowl, delivering millions of engaged visitors in these campaigns. To-date, Admiral has raised $21.57M to date according to @PitchBook. Investors include @BigfootCapital, @BirchmereVC, and Harbert Growth Partners. For more info, visit digiday.com/announcement/awa…. Embarc Collective, an innovation leader for early-stage tech entrepreneurs ranked as the top startup platform in North America by @UBIGlobal central landing zone for Florida’s most driven and focused startup builders. Over the past five years, member-companies have achieved a 96% survival rate, created 1,200+ high-paying tech and tech-enabled jobs, and secured more than $600M in angel, venture and growth equity, including more than half from investors outside the state of Florida, contributing almost $200M annually in wages and compensation and capital from institutional investors across the nation to that directly benefits the Tampa Bay and the state of Florida. As the leading platform for tech companies in Florida, Embarc Collective helps activate, promote, and accelerate Florida’s startup and innovation economy, hosting more than 300 events annually that draw 10,000+ participants into entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation conversations in downtown Tampa. Annually, more than 18,000 professionals visit Embarc to engage with founders in our community and the high growth tech companies they lead, marking Embarc’s efforts to demonstrate the vibrancy and strength of Tampa Bay’s startup and innovation ecosystem and helping lead the way for Tampa Bay and the state of Florida on the national and international stage. For more info about Embarc, visit embarccollective.com/. #Startups #HighGrowth #VentureCapital #Founders #MarTech #AdTech #EcosystemBuilders #StartupTB #StartupFL
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Way to go team Admiral & CBS! 🎉🏆
Admiral is this year’s Best Marketing Automation Platform (@Digiday Awards 2025)! CBS Sports showed how our platform drives record fan engagement. See the award-winning case study 👉 hubs.li/Q03DXlll0
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Several searchers have solved at least the first two clues. Some people have even been within 200 feet of the checkpoint.
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Moments like this, built into the culture. #AdmiralCulture
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Hands-on. Fast. Human. That’s how #CustomerLove shows up.
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Congrats Riley!!! You did it…we’re all so proud of you! #ufgrad #gogators
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Customer Love starts with listening — and grows by helping customers reach their goals. 🎯 #CustomerLove
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University Avenue. Gainesville, Florida. April 7, 2025
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“hey coach, we got it” 🥹
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One more! 🐊🐊🐊
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Dan Rua retweeted
FLORIDA WILL PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 🐊 The Gators return to the natty for the first time since 2007‼️
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Dan Rua retweeted
Oh no someone touched Broome under the basket - foul. Broome all game:
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Unbelievable grit. Never, ever give up. It’s great to be a Florida Gator!! #gogators #gatornation #gatorboys #toughesteamwins
"THE GATORS ARE GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR" 🗣️ #MarchMadness @GatorsMBK
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Excited to share that Admiral has raised $19M in new funding led by Harbert Growth Partners! This investment is a testament to our mission of protecting the free Internet, one publisher at a time. hubs.li/Q02M574p0
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Admiral has made it an annual tradition to support the Toys4Tots drive and 2023 was our biggest year yet! We wish all our customers, partners, and team members the best holiday season and an exciting new year!
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While YouTube is over here waging war on adblockers, Chrome developers are over there telling ad block developers what Google is doing to make high quality YouTube ad blockers easier for users to find: 404media.co/as-youtube-decla…
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We did it! 10K run today to celebrate our 10yr run streak -- mile+ a day, every day, rain or shine, hospital or travel. Tomorrow is day 1 of year 11, it's a Saturday, & Fall running is the best, so we challenge you to join us for 1 day or start a streak of ur own? #StreakWithUs
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