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News, highlights, and events throughout the Americas

eMerge Americas Is Back IRL And Embracing The Future Of Miami Tech

After a two-year hiatus, eMerge Americas returned to the Miami Beach Convention Center on Monday bigger than ever – and with a refreshed look, reflecting the new Miami. Featuring over 200 speakers and with 400+ companies participating, the conference aims to offer something for everyone, whether you are an early-stage founder, an investor, a large tech company seeking talent, an educator, or one of the many supporters of South Florida’s tech ecosystem. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s vision of his city as a Crypto Capital is one of the main themes of the conference, with a number of main stage talks devoted to subjects like blockchain, NFTs and Web3.

 

- Refresh Miami

eMerge Americas Launches Its Inaugural Edition of eMerge Magazine

On Monday, April 18, during the eMerge America conference, the organization launched its inaugural eMerge Magazine issue with its publishing partner, Havas House. "Our new publication will celebrate Miami's burgeoning and diverse tech ecosystem while continuing to highlight all the valuable data and insights our followers and supporters have come to expect from us," noted Melissa Medina, president of eMerge Americas. But the Miami tech industry story goes beyond what facts and figures can tell. It's a story about the entire innovation ecosystem — entrepreneurs, investors, academia, corporate and government leaders working together to achieve a common goal. A story where creativity and grit combine to elevate tech offerings. A story where fledgling businesses are given the support needed to thrive, scale and succeed.

Miami Startup Fundraising Remains At Elevated Levels

At Crunchbase News, we’ve been following growth in funding to Florida’s startup scene, which has been expanding for a few years and picked up momentum during the pandemic. Miami in particular was a trendy hot spot, as remote workers and investors, untethered from their old commutes, flocked to this famously humid, beachy and multicultural metro. Funding has followed. In 2021, Miami-headquartered companies raised a record $2.6 billion across more than 150 disclosed-size seed through late-stage rounds. The pace looks to be accelerating in 2022, with over $1 billion invested across at least 67 disclosed rounds. Looking at recently funded Miami companies, one standout observation is that they skew heavily to the crypto/NFT/blockchain/metaverse sphere. There’s also a heavy dose of fintech in the mix. Deep tech is less pervasive, and given that Miami isn’t a major technology company headquarters town, this isn’t entirely surprising.

 

-Source: Crunchbase News

Venture Miami Tech Hiring Fair Brought Out 1,300 Job Seekers And 74 Companies

Looking to get hired? Miami has a job for you.

Miami’s top academic institutions, community partners, and hundreds of jobseekers gathered on a sunny Thursday afternoon at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus to meet 74 businesses looking to fill more than 2,687 open roles. Just four months ago, the inaugural Venture Miami Tech Hiring Fair was launched with Miami’s top academic institutions and key community partners in hopes of bridging the disconnect between new-to-Miami tech firms and hiring local talent. But this Hiring Fair was more than double the size, featuring local tech startups like Kaseya, Tradestation, Chewy and SwagUp, alongside familiar corporate favorites like Microsoft and Amazon, all with hundreds of openings available for Miami talent looking to fill them. The Venture Miami Tech Hiring Fair was sponsored by eMerge Americas, Algorand, eMed, UKG, and more.

 

- Source: Refresh Miami

A Virtual Golf Venue, A Metaverse Space: Rooms You'll Find In Homes Of Future

A pandemic that left many people sequestered at home gave them a lot of time to think about spaces that would better cater to their future selves. Now developers are starting to integrate more comprehensive plans for working and learning into the rooms they design for new homes, says Andres Miyares, chief operating officer of CC Homes, a builder based in Florida. Some clients have more idiosyncratic ideas. From high-tech places for getting active to spaces devoted entirely to other dimensions, here are some of the rooms that could become must-haves in homes of the future. Indoor sports centers, space for the metaverse, multi-tasking spaces are including on the list of what homes of the future will likely include.

 

- Source: The Wall Street Journal

Snoop Dogg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Bieber Among Investors In Miami Startup

More than 60 celebrities from the music, film and investment world are among Miami-based MoonPay's latest backers. The cryptocurrency payment startup raised $87 million from a collection of investors that include Ashton Kutcher, Gal Gadot, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow and Matthew McConaughey. Miami hospitality mogul David Grutman and Time Ventures, an investment firm led by Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff, are also among MoonPay's new supporters. MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said web3, a term for a future version of the internet powered by blockchain technology, will transform the way the entertainment industry approaches fan engagement and intellectual property management.

 

-Source: Miami Inno

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.

Connect: Big Data

April 28th| Publicize

 

Connect: Big Data, is a pitch competition designed to bring together leading members of the media with startups focused on Big Data innovation. At Connect: Big Data, six innovative startups will pitch their ventures to a panel of Media Judges and receive valuable feedback about their companies before the panel selects a winner.

FIU Cybersecurity Leadership & Strategy Professional Certificate

Begins May 17th| FIU

 

This online program will assess the most critical cyber threats facing the public and private sectors in the 21st century and demonstrate the best practices and strategies for preventing and managing cybersecurity in the public and private sectors.

English promo code: clsemerge-eng

Tuition-Free Bootcamps

May 23rd| BrainStation Miami

 

To support the growth of the Miami tech community, BrainStation is offering tuition-free bootcamps in Web Development and UX Design starting May 23! BrainStation has offered these bootcamps for more than a decade across multiple cities, with more than 90% of graduates finding work at Microsoft, Google, Shopify, REEF, and Royal Caribbean, among others. 20 seats in each bootcamp will be awarded on a competitive basis.

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