The Rise Collective named GrowFL Companies to Watch finalist

The Florida-based parent company was named a finalist for the 16th Annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Awards as its portfolio expands across 31 states. The recognition spotlights The Rise Collective’s vertically integrated model spanning real estate, hospitality, investing, lending, tax strategy and business services.

Why it matters: - The GrowFL finalist nod highlights The Rise Collective’s expansion across multiple real estate and hospitality-related businesses. - The recognition also signals that the company has moved into GrowFL’s second-stage growth category, which is meant to identify Florida companies with room for continued expansion. - Rise companies now operate across 31 states, giving the portfolio national reach across property owners, investors, hospitality operators, businesses and consumers.

What happened: - The Rise Collective was named a finalist for the 16th Annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Awards. - The announcement was made Aug. 11, 2026, from St. Petersburg, Florida. - The Florida-based parent company oversees businesses spanning real estate, hospitality, investing, lending, tax strategy and business services.

The details: - The Rise Collective has built a vertically integrated structure that connects specialized companies across the real estate and investment lifecycle. - The portfolio covers property acquisition, financing, tax strategy, management, hospitality operations and business growth. - Home Team Luxury Rentals is the collective’s national vacation rental management company and manages more than 650 homes. - Home Team Luxury Rentals provides full-service short-term rental management, including revenue management, property marketing, guest experience and operations. - Roam Hospitality extends the portfolio into hotel and food-and-beverage management. - Roam works with hospitality owners on hotel and F&B operations, property management, guest experience and long-term property performance. - The broader portfolio includes STR Realtor Search, BNB Lending, Surge, Legacy Business Services and The Scale Space. - Those businesses add capabilities in real estate acquisition, financing, tax strategy and accounting, business infrastructure, vacation rental management, hotel and F&B management, and business growth. - GrowFL’s awards program recognizes growing second-stage companies headquartered in Florida. - Finalists are evaluated on company growth, entrepreneurial leadership, competitive advantage, company culture and community involvement. - The 2026 Florida Companies to Watch honorees will be announced after the finalists complete the selection process. - The Rise Collective describes itself as a Florida-based parent company for a vertically integrated portfolio of specialized businesses across real estate, hospitality, vacation rental management, investing, lending, tax strategy, business services and growth. - GrowFL supports Florida’s second-stage companies through programs focused on business growth, leadership and economic development.

Between the lines: - The recognition reflects a strategy built around pairing specialized operators with complementary services rather than scaling a single business line. - That model can matter for property owners and investors because one portfolio can touch multiple needs, from financing and tax planning to management and operations. - The comments from company leaders frame the award as a people-and-culture milestone, not just a growth metric.

What's next: - The Rise Collective will continue through GrowFL’s selection process before the 2026 honorees are announced. - The company is positioning its portfolio for further expansion as it adds more businesses and deepens the connections between them. - GrowFL will name the final Florida Companies to Watch honorees later in 2026.

The bottom line: - The Rise Collective’s finalist status underscores how a connected portfolio of real estate and hospitality businesses can scale beyond Florida while keeping specialized operations under one umbrella.