Catching up with Miami Angels: New leader, new board member & more
‘It’s the angel network to join if you want to back some of the best and brightest founders in America’ – Miami Angels Managing Director…
TheVentureCity’s Laura González-Estéfani on building bridges between Miami and Madrid tech
By Riley Kaminer As we’ve previously reported, connections between Miami and Madrid abound – with investors, entrepreneurs, and tech community builders increasingly shuttling across the Atlantic…
JPMorgan Chase is doubling down on #MiamiTech. Here’s why – and how local startups can benefit
By Riley Kaminer Where they kept their money was probably on the bottom of most founders’ list of priorities until earlier this year, when the…
Marcelo Claure and Shu Nyatta launch $500M growth equity fund with LatAm focus
By Nancy Dahlberg Making a significant bet on Latin American startup prowess, Marcelo Claure and Shu Nyatta announced the launch of their inaugural fund for Bicycle…
6+ things to know in #MiamiTech: News from Aplós, Next Tier Ventures, BrainStation, 4Geeks, Intuitive Robotics, Numatec, Alteon, Global Ventures & more
1 Miami-based Aplós, maker of non-alcoholic spirits, raises $5.5M Aplós, a non-alcoholic spirits maker, has raised a $5.5 million Series A funding round. The Miami-based…
Fuel Venture Capital launches $300M Flagship Fund II
By Nancy Dahlberg Fuel Venture Capital, the Miami-based firm that has invested $100 million into South Florida startups and millions more around the world, is…
Opportunity Fund launches Fund 2, aims to invest $150M in Black- and Latinx-led startups
With a new name but same core mission, Open Opportunity Fund will be chaired by Paul Judge By Nancy Dahlberg Nearly three years after SoftBank…
Miami-based venture studio Atomic raises $320M for its 4th fund
Founder and MP Jack Abraham: Today is the best time in decades to start a company By Riley Kaminer Today, Miami-based venture studio Atomic announced…
Jaclyn Baumgarten to lead US expansion of IDC Ventures as Miami’s managing partner
By Nancy Dahlberg What’s next for Jaclyn Baumgarten, the boating industry innovator? She’s diving into venture capital. IDC Ventures announced this week that Baumgarten would become the…
What’s the lowdown on funding for female-founded startups? Pitchbook report and local data shed light
The share of VC in South Florida women-founded startups badly trails the US average and other large metros. By Nancy Dahlberg Across the nation this…
Former Bain investor aims to make magic in Miami with new $30M consumer web3 fund
By Nancy Dahlberg Magdalena (Mags) Kala is announcing a web3 venture capital fund today. This former Bain Capital investor and new(ish) Miami resident says the…
TheVentureCity launches free data analysis platform to help startups scale faster
By Nancy Dahlberg “Most young startups do not have a data science team, nor much support when deciding how to get the most out of…
Under Miami Angels’ new leadership, expect more membership growth and another record year for investments
By Nancy Dahlberg The Miami Angels, one of Florida’s largest angel networks, nearly doubled its membership from the start of 2021 and is coming off…
Daba is opening up the African startup ecosystem to investors in Miami and beyond
By Riley Kaminer Africa is a vast continent, home to a billion and a half people living in more than 50 countries – the biggest four…
BOOM! Andreessen Horowitz opening office in Miami Beach
By Nancy Dahlberg Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital giant, is putting down stakes in the Miami area. The firm also known as a16z…
Protagonist launches $100M blockchain protocols-focused fund
By Riley Kaminer The crypto landscape is dire. BTC down 52.7% year-to-date. ETH down 68% YTD. STC down 95% from its all-time high (OK, well…
Seedfunders launches in Miami, makes first local investment: HeartOut
By Nancy Dahlberg A Florida investment firm that aims to be the first check in for very early-stage startups has expanded to Miami and has…
Jeanine Suah launches Rezilyent Capital to empower underestimated founders and investors
By Riley Kaminer Today marks the launch of the Miami-based investor syndicate Rezilyent Capital. Led by Jeanine Suah, an X in Residence at fintech Brex,…
SYN Ventures is back with a $300M cybersecurity-focused fund
Last summer, SYN Ventures of West Palm Beach announced it had launched a $165 million venture fund to invest in the next wave of transformational…
Q&A with Dami Osunsanya, a new director in SB Opportunity Fund
Beyond her very Miami story, this SoftBank leader shares her views on #MiamiTech and diversity/inclusion, what's ahead for the fund and more Dami Osun…
Fuel VC deployed $100M to South Florida startups alone – and there’s more to come
By Riley Kaminer In 2016, Wall Street veteran Jeff Ransdell retired from his post as one of the leaders of Merrill Lynch’s global wealth management…
META4 makes the case for NFTs as an asset class. Institutional investors are already in.
By Riley Kaminer NFTs are about more than hip-looking apes and large-scale events. One Miami-based group of investors is elevating NFTs to perhaps the highest…
A buffet of Web3 and Florida tech at pre-eMerge brunch for early-stage investors
Ahead of the eMerge Americas 2022 conference, Florida Funders, Silicon Valley Bank, and the Florida Institute co-hosted a brunch event at the Loews Miami Beach…
Doubling down on its B2B strategy, Las Olas VC raises $50M Fund 2
Las OIas Venture Capital, one of South Florida’s homegrown early-stage venture firms, announced the closing of its Fund 2. With this new $50 millio…
Endeavor’s Claudia Durán on the state of Miami Tech and South Florida’s role as an international innovation hub
Few people have been as deeply entrenched in Miami’s tech movement than Claudia Durán. As the Managing Director of Endeavor Miami, she not only has…
As Miami Angels soon selects a new leader, we catch up on a record year
We also have the lowdown on what qualities the angel group wants in its next managing director. In the past 14 months, Miami Angels deployed…
SB Opportunity Fund deployed $100M into 70 startups & will keep investing in underrepresented founders
SoftBank Group announced today that its $100 million SB Opportunity Fund has been fully deployed in 70 companies founded by Black and Latinx founder…
Meet the asset management firm that just launched a $30M metaverse fund
Hartmann Capital is betting on long-term metaverse trends Pop on your VR goggles and buckle up. One forward-thinking South Florida investor is doubling down on…
Core Ventures launches in Miami to bring foreign capital to local startups
The new syndicate’s first two seed investments are Zigazoo and OneRoof Yaǧiz Sözmen launched a seed and pre-seed venture fund to invest in Miami startups…
Why serial entrepreneur Elias Janetis is betting on early-stage tech founders in Palm Beach
In four years, this founder has grown his portfolio of angel investments by 10x Is Palm Beach actually one of the most profitable places for…