Lakeland-based Solicore, Inc., the world's leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of ultra-thin, flexible lithium polymer batteries, has closed the first phase of its Series D Preferred Stock financing round. The company raised $12.2 million and expects to end the round at $13.3 million. (Read more)

A $100 million expansion of Coca-Cola's Main Street packaging plant will be finsihed later this year, adding more than 100 new jobs to Polk County's economy. The plant now employs 320 people, including 90 new jobs added this year. (Read more)

The Federal Economic Development Administration has awarded the University of Florida an $8.2 million grant to help create the Florida Innovation Hub at UF, a facility officials describe as a “super incubator.” (Read more)

Source Interlink will create or transfer 350 positions to its Bonita Springs headquarters, where its finance, human resources, IT, tax and senior executive functions are currently located. The project is anticipated to have $334.6 million in economic impact on the community over five years. (Read more)

CNN Money Magazine ranks 5 Florida counties (Lake, St. Johns, Pasco, Hernando & Lee) among the nation's best places to live in terms of plentiful job opportunites.  (CNNMoney.com)

Orlando's Planar Energy Devices was named the Corporate Award Winner in the Energy category of the prestigious World Technology Network's annual awards. Planar was cited for doing innovative work of the greatest likely long-term significance in its field.  (Read more)

Quantum Immunologics, the Tampa-based developer of treatments for breast and other types of cancer, has received $2.2 million from Mentor Capital. The funds will support the ongoing FDA-approved Phase I/II clinical trials on metastatic breast cancer. (Read more)

University of Florida wins a competitive National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award worth $26 million, joining an elite group of leading-edge medical research institutions. The award will be used to speed the transformation of scientific discoveries into medical advances for patients. (Read more)

Florida hospitals earned nearly 30 spots on this year's U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals rankings - including the nation's No. 1 ranked Ophthalmology Hospital, the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami. Overall, 12 Florida hospitals were ranked in the top 50 in specialties such as cancer, diabetes neurology and others. (Health News Florida)

St. Petersburg-based Revolution Money, the Internet payment processing company launched by former AOL co-founder Steve Case, has raised an additional $15.2 million of a $20 million offering, according to a regulatory filing. The company closed a $42 million C round led by a Goldman Sachs affiliate in April. (Read more)