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News, highlights, and events throughout the Americas

Latin America Ranks As Fastest-Growing Region For Venture Funding

For Latin American startups, 2021 was an extraordinary year on the funding front. Venture and technology growth investors poured an estimated $19.5 billion into the region, per Crunchbase data. That’s more than triple prior year levels, which were themselves record-setting. In just the first two weeks of this year, Latin American startups have pulled in over $450 million, according to Crunchbase data.

 

-Source: Crunchbase News

Miami-Based ApexEdge Raises $4M To Manage Subscriptions

Miami startup ApexEdge announced it raised a $4 million seed round led by Florida Funders and the Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology. The company, a subscription management platform for banks, credit unions and fintechs, enables customers to cancel subscriptions and negotiate bills with service providers. ApexEdge already works with businesses such as Intuit, MetLife and NerdWallet, and plans to scale after its recent capital injection.

 

-Source: Miami Inno

Caribou Raises $3M In Quest To Make Healthcare Cost Planning Accessible

Caribou, a Miami-based startup, has developed a healthcare cost estimator and predictor tool, and today the founders announced they have raised seed funding to propel their SaaS solution more broadly into the market. The founders spent their first year diving deep to understand the market and developing the product at the intersection of healthcare and fintech that would initially be targeted to financial planners and their clients. The product gathers and analyzes data on a client’s health conditions, insurance, medications and other needs and health plans to help advisors evaluate their client’s financial planning needs.

 

- Source: Refresh Miami

Meet Latin America's IPO Candidates

Following a blockbuster IPO for Brazil's Nubank late last year, a lot is riding on Latin America's remaining IPO hopefuls. Will these tech leaders deliver the kinds of returns that venture capital investors have reaped in other developing markets? More than 20 VC-backed companies in Latin America are valued at more than $500 million, according to PitchBook data. Valuation alone is not a predictor of whether a company is ready to go public, but none of these companies would be out of place in public markets.

 

- Source: PitchBook

Boston Harbor Angels Expand To Miami

Boston Harbor Angels, Inc (BHA), a leading Boston-based angel investment group, announced today that it is opening a Miami presence of BHA. BHA will extend its long and fruitful collaboration with Babson College to Babson's Miami campus in Brickell. BHA members, many of whom spend time in Florida and Miami in particular, are also looking forward to extending BHA's activities in sunny Florida.

 

-Source: PR Newswire

Miami Hack Week

January 23rd-30th| Miami Hack Week

 

Miami Hack Week is back! Join hundreds of hackers across Miami January 23-30. Sign up for your house assignment and hackathon opportunities today. The winning teams will receive $10k+ in cash and prizes!

Creating Equity In Miami For Women In Tech

February 3rd| The Women's Fund

 

Join The Women’s Fund in a powerful, actionable conversation on how we can lift women’s economic mobility while fomenting overall innovation by having a diverse and inclusive workforce; a representative ecosystem where creativity can flourish.

Synapse Summit

February 17th| Synapse

 

Join the innovation movement on February 17th as we takeover Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL to Celebrate, Discover, & Engage everything the Florida innovation community has to offer! Prepare to make boundless connections in-person or virtually through the Synapse hybrid community feature for Florida’s 5th annual premiere innovation event!

Code/Art Fest 2022

March 12th| Code/Art

 

Code/Art Fest is an annual gathering intended to celebrate the achievements of young female coders and to increase awareness of opportunities in computing fields. This one-of-a-kind conference is for students, parents, educators, artists, and anyone interested in the intersection of tech & art.

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