Cohort 3.1 Founder Showcase
Support the Showcase.
On July 30, hospitality-tech founders, operators, investors, educators, and regional partners will gather in Orlando to see what twelve weeks of real work have produced—and to strengthen the relationships that can carry that work forward.
Why this gathering matters
This is not a Demo Day.
The founders are not arriving cold to deliver five-minute pitches. Their relationships with operators, mentors, subject-matter experts, and investors have been building throughout the cohort.
The Showcase makes that work visible and brings the wider hospitality-innovation community into the room. Your contribution helps the Foundation host the evening and continue the founder, operator, and community work surrounding it.
What support accomplishes
Help make the work visible.
01
Recognize real progress
Give founders a serious setting to present what they have learned, tested, and built during the twelve-week cohort.
02
Bring the right people together
Create a room where founders, hospitality operators, investors, educators, and industry partners can continue relationships already taking shape.
03
Establish the first gathering
Help launch the first public Showcase of the first Tier 3 cohort—and give Central Florida’s hospitality-innovation community a place to gather around the work.
Showcase support
Give any amount. Sponsor recognition begins at $250.
Use the same secure Stripe page for a personal contribution or a Showcase sponsorship. Contribute what makes sense for you; a contribution of $250 or more qualifies for Showcase Sponsor recognition.
Support the Showcase
Any amount
Your contribution supports the July 30 Showcase and the Foundation work that brings founders, operators, investors, educators, and regional partners together.
Showcase Sponsor recognition
- Logo displayed in the room throughout the evening
- Name or logo included in the event program
- Sponsor acknowledged from the podium
- Every sponsor receives the same recognition—there are no tiers and no title sponsor
After contributing $250 or more, send your preferred name and logo file to scott@proxenia.io.
Event details
Join us July 30.
Cohort 3.1 Founder Showcase
Thursday, July 30, 2026
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Unplugged Social Cafe
8267 International Drive, Suite 200
Orlando, Florida 32819
The evening brings together founders working across guest experience, operations, event technology, and resort services with investors, operators, industry partners, educators, and members of the regional innovation community.
About contributions
A direct way to support the work.
Contributions are processed through the Proxenia Foundation’s general Stripe contribution page. The Foundation is a Florida nonprofit corporation registered to solicit contributions in Florida under registration number CH82070. Its application for federal tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) is pending with the IRS; contributions may not currently be deductible for federal income-tax purposes.