Companies Building the Future from Daytona
Aerospace. Propulsion. Autonomous systems. Advanced manufacturing. The startups and companies building from Daytona Beach, FL.
20+
Active Startups & Companies
6
High-Growth Sectors
4
University Partners
100K+
Regional Talent Pipeline
Featured Companies
Companies shipping product and gaining traction from Daytona Beach.
VerdeGo Aero
Advanced Propulsion
Hybrid-electric propulsion for eVTOL and advanced air mobility
Censys Technologies
Autonomous Systems
Advanced UAV platforms for defense and commercial applications
AURA AERO
Electric Aviation
Electric and hybrid-electric aircraft manufacturer
Early-Stage Startups
New companies building from Daytona Beach. Early in the journey, already shipping product.
TrackPulse
Motorsports Fan Engagement Platform
The engagement engine for modern motorsport. TrackPulse powers a family of consumer-facing products that bring interactive fan engagement to tracks, bars, venues, and watch parties.
Speedway Gaming is the consumer hub. Simple, luck-based games anyone can play. No racing knowledge needed. Pick a square, scan a QR code, cheer every lap.
What They're Building
Speedway Squares
10x10 grid. Last digits of the leading and runner-up car numbers pick the winning square after each stage. Three stages, three winners, plus a final. Boards for Daytona, Talladega, Indy, and Charlotte.
Pulse Cards
Bingo-style engagement cards with 30 race-day events. Eight card styles. Each player gets a unique randomized 5x5 card. Tap events as they happen. First to complete a line wins.
TrackPulse Platform
The B2B engagement engine. Custom-branded games for speedways, QR codes at the track, fan participation analytics, and buy-in game modes that replace the paper-ticket 50/50 raffle.
Daytona Connection
Built from Daytona. The first product launched as Daytona Squares for the Daytona 500. Now TrackPulse powers Speedway Squares, Pulse Cards, and a full suite of fan engagement games from the place that invented modern stock car racing.
Where Founders Are Building
Six sectors tied directly to what Daytona has been building for a century.
A century of building things that actually work
Land speed records. Endurance racing. Aerospace research. Daytona has been testing things under real-world stress for over 100 years. That same culture of iteration and performance now supports the startups building here.
Deep Talent Pool
Embry-Riddle, Daytona State, Bethune-Cookman, and UCF produce aerospace engineers, data scientists, and business talent year-round.
Testing Infrastructure
Airfields, coastline, motorsports facilities, and open terrain for field testing. All here.
Aerospace Corridor
60 miles from Kennedy Space Center. SBIR/STTR programs and defense contracting pathways for qualified startups.
Founder-Friendly Costs
Industrial and lab space at a fraction of major metro costs. No state income tax. Room to build on day one.
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