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News, highlights and events throughout the Americas

eMerge Americas Announces Tom Brady As Keynote Speaker

 

eMerge Americas, a venture-backed platform focused on transforming Miami into a global tech hub, has announced that seven-time football world champion, New York Times bestselling author, and entrepreneur Tom Brady will keynote the 2023 eMerge Americas global technology conference scheduled for April 20-21, 2023, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Techstars Miami Launches With Second Batch Of Tech Startups

Techstars has just launched the second cohort of its local accelerator program, Techstars Miami Powered by J.P. Morgan. The hybrid program will conclude with a demo day on May 11th, where the companies will showcase their progress and pitch to a room full of investors, partners, and industry experts. From upwards of 2,000 applications, Techstars interviewed over 100 startups to ultimately choose the 12 startups that will participate in the program. The startups [pictured above] are active in a diverse range of sectors: from developer tools to supply chain to FinTech to healthcare. “We select founders that have a deep understanding of their customer’s pain points, and have demonstrated an ability to execute quickly. Those are the two main criteria,” Andres Barreto, Managing Director of Techstars Miami, told Refresh Miami. “And of course, we like to see large or growing markets.”

 

-Source: Refresh Miami

JPMorgan Chase Deploys $2M To Make Miami Tech More Equitable

JPMorgan Chase deployed $2 million in funding to four South Florida organizations that aim to make the region's technology sector more equitable. Coding bootcamp BrainStation, tech education platform CodePath, YWCA of South Florida and Rebrand Cities, an initiative that provides tools, workshops and training for businesses, each received $500,000. The goal is to expand tech workforce training for underserved job seekers and small businesses in Miami. Last year the bank announced it would deploy $10 million toward Tech Equity Miami, a $100 million initiative to close the racial wealth gap in South Florida through tech education. That involves connecting women and people of color with job training and career opportunities. According to Tech Equity Miami, all projects will contribute information and statistics to a public database to measure the impact of the initiative. Although more tech companies have expanded in South Florida in recent years, diverse talent report it's difficult for them to access job opportunities, according to a 2021 analysis from Aire Ventures. Women and Black ecosystem leaders also told the organization they did not feel adequately supported by tech organizations and investors in the region.

 

-Source: Miami Inno

Ken Griffin's Miami Move Inspires Investors Who Want To Work From Beach

Finance professionals all over the world would like to follow Ken Griffin to Miami. Florida — where Griffin relocated his Citadel hedge fund — tops the investor wish list when asked where they would move if they could work from anywhere globally. The sunny southern locale with low taxes, and specifically Miami, is also coming up as a rival to Singapore and New York for the title of the hottest residential market this year, according to the latest MLIV Pulse survey. The finance community quickly decamped to friendly climates during the pandemic, with Citadel setting up shop in a luxury Four Seasons hotel in Palm Beach, helping create what’s now known as Wall Street South. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. have also added presence in the region, and billionaire Stephen Ross's Related Cos. is looking to expand in Florida as people relocate for jobs. Waterfront properties in the Sunshine State are hitting records. 

 

-Source: Bloomberg

What Will The Future Of Cars Be Like? Video Games May Have The Answer

When he’s not designing the digital future of car dashboards, Mike Hichme is probably in his home-built racing simulator. Hichme has had a three-decade career at General Motors and now oversees the entire “digital cockpit” experience, including software development for in-car displays and the ways drivers and passengers interact with touch screens. He’s been an obsessive gamer even longer, growing up in the era of arcade machines and the Atari 2600 before graduating to modern racing sims like iRacing and Assetto Corsa. Those two things, Hichme said, have a lot more in common than you might think.

 

-Source: Washington Post

Here Are The Tech Industry's 2023 Super Bowl Commercials

At Super Bowl LVII, the Kansas City Chiefs referees emerged victorious over the Philadelphia Eagles. But maybe the real winner was us, the viewers, who did not have to sit through a bunch of crypto ads this year. (Also, Rihanna. She won.) These ads offer an insight into the way that the companies we write about everyday market themselves to the average consumer — and sometimes they can be intensely prescient time capsules. This year, with crypto ads (mostly) out of the way, we got back to the basics with advertisements from tech companies that actually sell real things.

 

-Source: TechCrunch

2023 Synapse Summit

February 14th | Synapse Florida

 

Come join the innovation movement as we take over Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL to Celebrate, discover, and engage everything the Florida innovation community has to offer! Get ready to make boundless connections in-person and virtually through the Synapse hybrid community feature for Florida’s 6th annual premiere innovation event. Everyone has a unique journey and Synapse Summit continues to play a role in so many success stories.

Starting And Building a Career in Data and Software Engineering

February 15th | BrainStation

 

Connect with data and software engineering experts at Data Science Salon and IntelePeer, explore in-demand skills and common career paths, and network with other ambitious professionals.

Drone Racing League World Championship

February 25th | Drone Racing League

 

The Drone Racing League (DRL) is bringing a Championship event, Miami 3-0-FLY, to loanDepot park. Transforming the baseball stadium into a video-game inspired, neon-colored aerial course, the world's best drone pilots will race custom racing drones at 90 MPH through the immersive course specifically designed to loanDepot park. This epic event is not to be missed and is the only Miami event of the season.

CELEBRATE: A DEI Series Event presented by Chase for Business

February 28th | eMerge Americas 

 

Explore the story of Black Tech in the #MiamiTech community and celebrate diversity in tech with friends - new and old. Join us for networking, live music, light bites & drinks, and a short program featuring Black Founders' and Investors' POV.

Brickell Tech Tuesday

February 28th | Brickell Tech

 

A tech happy hour for those who live or work around Brickell and Downtown. Share what you are working on. Please join us on Tuesday, February 28 for the next Brickell Tech Tuesday. We'll have a special guest, Cesi de Quesada, to talk briefly about the county's new tech innovation fund.

Impact Miami

Program Begins February 28th | BrainStation

 

BrainStation, will expand its Impact Program to Miami. Impact Miami is part of Tech Equity Miami, a funding consortium focused on removing barriers to entry into tech for underrepresented groups, made possible in part by a commitment from JPMorgan Chase. Impact Miami will provide full scholarships for BrainStation’s Software Engineering and User Experience (UX) Design bootcamps, including career and placement support into high-paying tech careers. 50 seats will be made possible by this opportunity.

Miami NFT Week

March 31st - April 2nd | Miami NFT Week

 

Join us to learn all about NFTs and network with your online Frens & Web3 communities IRL (In Real Life). This event will be packed with speakers from the NFT industry, DeFi and Blockchain technology with workshops, panels, pitch competitions, creative installations, immersive art, performances and more.

eMerge Americas 2023

April 20th-21st | eMerge Americas

 

Anchoring Miami Tech Month 2023, eMerge Americas returns April 20-21, 2023. eMerge is the premier tech event in Miami that's transforming Miami into a global tech hub. Hear from over 200 speakers, demo products from innovative startups and companies, and network with tens of thousands of thought leaders and industry experts.

eMerge Americas  2222 Ponce de Leon Blvd  Miami  FL 

 

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