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News, highlights, and events throughout the Americas
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After A Two-Year Hiatus, eMerge Is Back (And Better Than Ever)
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Next week, eMerge Americas will return to the Miami Beach Convention Center on April 18-19 for the first time since 2019 with a two-day event featuring some of the technology industry's most well-known personalities. It's one of the anchors of Miami Tech Week, a series of technology industry events scheduled for the month of April. The 2022 conference will feature more than 200 speakers touching on everything from early-stage investing to finding and retaining tech talent. South Florida's status as a rising cryptocurrency hub will also be explored, with multiple sessions devoted to subjects like Bitcoin, NFTs and Web 3.0. And there will plenty of opportunities for people watching. Tennis champion and entrepreneur Serena Williams will be a keynote speaker this year, along with Reddit founder (and Williams' husband) Alexis Ohanian and Shark Tank presenter and entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary.
- Source: Miami Inno
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8base Secures $10.6M To Accelerate The Growth Of Its Low-Code Platform
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Miami-based low-code development platform 8base today announced a $10.6M Series A capital raise. The oversubscribed round was led by Foundry Group with participation from MongoDB Ventures, Techstars, Firebrand Ventures, 11 Tribes Ventures, Argonautic Ventures, LAGO Innovation Fund, and Strawberry Creek Ventures, an Alumni Ventures. 8base offers a platform that enables developers to build JavaScript applications 10X-50X more quickly than traditional development processes. Albert Santalo, 8base’s founder and CEO, told Refresh Miami that this funding will enable the company to pivot from bootstrapping mode to growth mode. To further unlock 8base’s growth potential, Santalo plans to triple the size of his team within the next 12 months. While the company will be hiring across the board, Santalo said that there will be a particular emphasis on marketing, product, and design roles.
-Source: Refresh Miami
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Miami Tech Takes Off With Record-Breaking Venture Capital Funding
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South Florida is officially a rising star in the U.S. technology scene, with more money than ever pouring into new firms in the tri-county area.
Local investors say the numbers prove what they knew all along: The Miami metropolitan area has the potential to become one of the globe’s leading tech economies. A record-breaking $4 billion in venture capital investment flooded into local tech startups in 2021 – double the prior year’s funding. The Covid-19 pandemic helped, as South Florida served as a relocation destination for out-of-state entrepreneurs escaping strict mask and vaccine mandates, a trend that put Miami tech on the map. The region has continued to draw new companies and investors ever since. And money. Lots of it. Early-stage startups secured more funding than ever, bolstered by multimillion-dollar seed and series A and B rounds.
- Source: South Florida Business Journal
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VCs, Unicorn Founders Back LatAm User Authentication Startup, Truora
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Truora, a Colombian user authentication startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding co-led by two Silicon Valley-based venture firms. Founded in August 2018, Truora was originally focused on background checks for gigster platforms. In 2018 and 2019, its biggest customers were ride-hailing companies, and with the pandemic, the company saw an increase in e-commerce and marketplace customers. Today, Truora describes itself as a SaaS startup that builds authentication and communication tools for Latin American startups, marketplaces, fintechs and banks. It specializes in user authentication and onboarding, mainly through WhatsApp. Its technology includes automated onboarding with features such as automated chatbot conversations, facial recognition, document verification and background checks. In 2021, Truora launched its WhatsApp-focused Truconnect product in an effort to help companies connect, and verify users, via a more accessible channel.
- Source: TechCrunch
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'We Became Like A Big Startup': How Kyiv Adapted The City's Tech To Save Lives
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For the past five weeks, Polovynko and his boss, Kyiv’s deputy mayor and chief digital transformation officer Petro Olenych, have led an exhaustive effort to adapt and repurpose everyday technology for a city that has found itself facing a 20th-century-style war. Their creative maneuvers are a key reason that most residents of the Ukrainian capital can connect to the Internet in underground bomb shelters, find open pharmacies and grocery stores, and go to sleep knowing their phone will alert them of incoming air raids before the physical sirens sound. The popular Kyiv Digital smartphone app, which residents previously used to pay utility bills and parking tickets, now gives them a map of the closest bomb shelters and places to get critical supplies like insulin, food or gasoline. Notifications for the closure of a local metro stop for repairs have given way to warnings of incoming air raids.
-Source: TIME
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Venture Miami Tech Hiring Fair
April 14th| Venture Miami + eMerge Americas + Algorand
The “vision” of Venture Miami is to make Miami the "capital of capital" with an innovative technological ecosystem and an economy that delivers for everyone. A key component to realizing the vision is connecting local talent to career opportunities. Please join City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega, University of Miami President Julio Frenk, and Florida International University Interim President Kenneth A. Jessell for an evening of connection and community.
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Algo Talks
April 15th| Algorand
In addition to happy hour and networking, AlgoTalks will draw on the "Pecha Kucha" storytelling format. In quick and engaging presentations, Algorand ecosystem founders will give quick pitches on what they are building and how they are leveraging the fast, scalable, and sustainable Algorand blockchain to disrupt everything from finance and gaming to insurance, art, and more.
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eMerge Americas 2022
April 18th-19th| eMerge Americas powered by Blockchain.com
Anchoring Miami Tech Month 2022, eMerge Americas is excited to be back in person! We're transforming Miami into a global tech hub and looking forward to having YOU join us. Hear from world-class thought leaders and industry experts including 23-time Grand Slam Champion & Entrepreneur Serena Williams, Seven Seven Six & Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian, Investor & star of ABC's Shark Tank Kevin O'Leary, Blockchain.com Cofounder & CEO Peter Smith, and Okcoin CEO Hong Fang.
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An Evening Of Bossa Nova And R+B
April 19th| Musicasa + Delta Airlines + The Venture City
Musicasa is partnering with Delta Airlines and The Venture City during Miami Tech Month to bring people together through the power of live music. Get ready for a night of Bossa Nova, R&B and Soul. Milla a Brazilian born, New York raised, singer, songwriter who has performed alongside headliners such as Shawn Mendes, Demi Lovato, and JLo.
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