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News, highlights and events throughout the Americas

The Second Issue of eMerge Magazine Is Now Available 

eMerge Americas unveiled its second eMerge Magazine issue with publishing partner, Havas House. The Miami tech industry story goes beyond what facts and figures can tell. Notable highlights include: Capital For All: Diversity In Venture Capital; Where Art Meets Tech: How Miami Innovators Disrupting The NFT Industry; Insights on the Miami tech ecosystem’s growth; and so much more…

Florida Startups Among List Of World's Top Fintech Companies

U.S. companies make up more than half of CB Insights' new list of the world's 250 most promising financial tech startups – including four with South Florida ties. Fifty-three percent of the companies on the list are based in the United States, the fewest since CB Insights, a database that tracks private companies and investor activity, launched the Fintech 250 in 2017. The United Kingdom came in second with 12%, followed by India (6%), Brazil (4%) and Germany (3%). The businesses on the list have collectively raised more than $115 billion in equity funding since 2017, including $51 billion in 2021 alone. Nearly two-thirds of the selected ventures are repeat winners, leaving only 90 new winners in 2022.

 

- Source: South Florida Business Journal

Brave Health Raises $40M To Bring Mental Health Care to Medicaid Patients

Brave Health will bring mental health services to more Medicaid patients after raising $40 million in a series C funding round led by venture capital firm Town Hall Ventures. The Miami company, a telehealth provider focused on serving Medicaid populations, will use the new capital to build the technology and data infrastructure needed to power its service. Brave Health is the first venture to receive an investment from Town Hall Venture's new $350 million fund dedicated to supporting health care access in underserved communities. The startup offers virtual outpatient services for mental health and addiction treatments, an alternative to traditional in-person services that can be difficult for some populations to access. 

 

-Source: Miami Inno

Celebrating Latina Founders, Innovators, And Technologists

Latinas are doing incredible things in technology. They are founding companies, creating new products, and leading innovation. They stand at the forefront of the future of tech, and they do this despite only holding 2% of technology jobs, with that representation dropping by an additional 28% just one step up the management ladder. 32% of women of Latin heritage say they feel stalled at work, and technology has the lowest rate of Latin participants out of all of STEM areas. We have an opportunity to improve Latina representation in the tech industry. The challenge is overcoming a feeling like they don’t have a path to leadership or a chance to grow in their professions. This barrier leads to over half leaving their positions by mid-career. 

 

-Source: Forbes

First Female Grad Of FIU’s Master’s In IoT Is Paying It Forward

In the Master of Science in Internet of Things program, students learn how a network of devices works to perform complex cohesive actions. For Fantaysia Polanco (BS ’21, MS ’22), the program’s first female graduate, her new College of Engineering and Computing degree is helping her connect everything in her life and elevate the people around her.  Equipped with advanced technical skills and the heart of a teacher, Polanco is helping hundreds of children learn about engineering and computer science. She is also excelling in the professional realm. A few days after graduating, Polanco is working at General Motors as a software developer, helping the eCommerce sector expand its functionality.

 

-Source: Refresh Miami

Meta’s Next Enterprise Push Is Into The Metaverse

Earlier this year, when the news that Meta had signed on with fast food giant McDonald’s as a customer for Workplace, the B2B service that was originally conceived as a Facebook for enterprises, we noted that Workplace the product had, curiously, been moved into a larger “Reality Labs” division to bring it closer to Meta’s VR business. Meta is announced some new developments that speak to this pivot: a raft of enterprise services aimed at a new effort to get businesses using its new, high-spec $1,499 Meta Quest Pro VR headsets in the workplace. They include a new version of the company’s Horizon Workrooms, and partnerships with Microsoft, Accenture, Adobe and Autodesk to build out more enterprise-ready and designer-ready VR services.

 

-Source: TechCrunch

Capture The Flag

Limited Spots Available | Alan B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation

 

As part of our South Florida Innovation Day on October 26th, 2022, the Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation will also offer attendees to participate in a cybersecurity Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge. The Center of Innovation has partnered with By Light Professional IT Services to offer an interactive way to learn and practice cybersecurity knowledge and skills in a safe simulated environment using By Light’s CyberCENTS platform. The CTF overview and challenge will last 90 minutes. The facilitators will provide a 20–30-minute overview of the CyberCENTS range environment and then allow participants 60-70 minutes to complete the CTF challenges. 

Next Generation of Women Leaders

October 18th | Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

 

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce presents the Next Generation of Women Leaders at Coral Gables Museum. The event will feature keynote speaker Symeria Hudson, President and CEO of United Way Miami. 

Miami Techies Thirsty Thursday 

October 20th | Supermomos

 

Join business and engineering professionals in the tech industry this Thursday as we bond over drinks and all things tech! Expect a fun group of young professionals in the tech space who are keen to make new friends! There will be product managers, sales and marketing professionals, designers, developers, engineers, founders, and investors.

South Florida Innovation Day

October 26th | NSU Broward Levan Center of Innovation + eMerge Americas

 

The Levan Center of Innovation is linking innovation, tech and entrepreneurship across South Florida. Join us for a day packed with networking, thought leadership sessions, an eMerge Americas pitch event, and so much more!

Sand In My Shoes

October 27th | Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

 

The Sand in My Shoes® Award is the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce most prestigious accolade. Each year, it honors the outstanding achievement of a single community leader in South Florida

who has made a significant contribution to the region, demonstrating a deep love and commitment

to the region as the best possible place in which to live, work and play.

Miami Business and Tech Drinks

October 27th | Supermomos

 

Come join business and engineering professionals in the tech industry this Thursday as we bond over spooktacular drinks and talk all things tech and other fun stuff! Expect a fun group of young professionals in the tech space who are keen to make new friends! There will be product managers, sales and marketing professionals, designers, developers, engineers, founders, and investors.

Web3 and Real Estate Summit October 2022

October 27th- 28th | Propy Inc.

 

Join us for the only conference that merges the power of real estate with the power of Web3, Blockchain, Crypto and NFTs in the real world and the metaverse. Grow your knowledge and learn how to make these new technologies work for you – today and in the future. This 2-day summit gives you the tools and information you need to get started.

Verizon Forward For Good Accelerator

Deadline November 11th | Verizon + coLab

 

Verizon & coLab are supporting startups working to break down barriers to quality care with solutions leveraging next generation technology. We’re currently accepting applications for the Verizon Forward for Good Accelerator’s newest cohort: Health Equity. Selected startups will receive $50,000 in non-dilutive funding, hands-on technology coaching, industry mentorship, and additional resources to help scale their technology.  

TC Sessions: Crypto 2022

November 17th | TechCrunch

 

Join TC for this in-person event to stay on top of the latest trends, technologies and concerns of the entire blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFT communities. TechCrunch (of Disrupt and Startup Battlefield fame) brings its considerable talent for attracting the top technology founders, CEOs, investors and unicorn makers to focus on the cryptoverse — blockchain, cryptocurrency, NFTs and web3.

DCENTRAL Miami – Web3 Conference

November 28th-29th | DCENTRAL

 

This year we return to downtown Miami to bring all of Web3 together during the largest Art Festival in the US. Combined Web3: We bring DeFi, NFT and all of Web3 together in one place to learn and connect with each other. Multichain: DCENTRAL events are multi-chain and non-maxi. We strongly believe in a multi-chain, cross-chain future. Over 30+ Protocols. Curated Speakers & Tracks: We carefully curate the top speakers across DeFis, DAOs, Metaverses, Gaming, NFTs and more.

 

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