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News, highlights and events throughout the Americas
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eMerge Americas CEO Felice Gorordo Honored As A 2023 South Florida Ultimate CEO Awards Recipient
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The South Florida Business Journal revealed the honorees for its 2023 South Florida Ultimate CEO Awards. Join us in celebrating all of the honorees, including our very own CEO, Felice Gorordo. This top recognition honors 15 distinguished executives known throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties for their extensive business acumen, leadership skills and philanthropic efforts. Now in its eighth year, the South Florida Ultimate CEO Awards honors the breadth of leadership across the tri-county region's key industries, including banking, real estate, health care, technology, manufacturing and education.
- South Florida Business Journal
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Miami Shines, Ranking As A Top Ecosystem In The World In New Report
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Miami moved up an impressive 10 places and is now solidly ranked among the top startup ecosystems in the world, according to the 2023 Global Startup Ecosystem Report released by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. The GSER includes research and insights from more than 290 entrepreneurial ecosystems and 3.5 million startups. The 354-page report contains its ranking of the top 30 ecosystems globally, as well as 10 runners-up. Miami was a runner-up in the 2022 report. This year, the Greater Miami area ranks No. 23 in the world. The Miami metro ranked ahead of Delhi, Austin, Sao Paulo, Philadelphia, Denver-Boulder, Atlanta and Vancouver. The top 10 were, in order: Silicon Valley, New York City, London, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Boston, Beijing, Singapore, Shanghai and Seattle. The rankings were based on scoring in six areas: Performance, Funding, Market Reach, Connectedness, Talent & Experience, and Knowledge.
-Source: Refresh Miami
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How The Miami Tech Talent Coalition's Workgroups Are Shaping The Future Of Tech In Miami
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The Miami Tech Talent Coalition held its third in-person meeting at Miami Dade College’s West Campus. This event continued the coalition’s mission to bridge the gap between employers and tech talent, fostering a sustainable tech workforce in Miami. To date, the Miami Tech Talent Coalition has 208 member organizations, 137 of them are employers and are the driving force in the direction of the coalition’s efforts. The meeting opened with an address from Terri-Ann Brown, the Director of Miami Tech Works. She highlighted the crucial role of talent providers (for example universities, colleges, coding bootcamps) in the tech industry and urged employers to seek partnerships with these entities to meet their talent needs. Brown noted that a significant challenge for the coalition remains establishing effective cooperation between academic institutions and the tech industry.
-Source: Refresh Miami
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Bicycle Capital, A New Latin America-Focused Growth Equity Firm, Launches
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Bicycle Capital, a new growth equity firm focused on Latin America, announced the launch of its first fund, Bicycle I with initial commitments of approximately US$440M, targeting a total fund size of US$500M. The firm will be led by Marcelo Claure as Executive Chairman and Managing Partner alongside Mwashuma ("Shu") Nyatta as Managing Partner. Bicycle I is anchored by Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi based sovereign investor, and Claure Group, Marcelo Claure's family office. Additional capital commitments for the initial closing come from prominent global tech investors and founders. Bicycle's strategy is to partner very selectively with the best founders in the region, helping them scale their startups into resilient and valuable companies. Beyond capital, Bicycle will seek to work hand-in-hand with founders, sharing extensive experience gained from operating, scaling, transforming and exiting companies across geographies and industries. In addition, Bicycle will provide access to a global network of mentors, talent and commercial partners. Although Bicycle is focused primarily on founders in Latin America, the fund may also invest opportunistically in leading global growth-stage companies with meaningful business in Latin America.
-Source: yahoo! finance
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AI Startups Have Tons Of Cash, But Not Enough Data — That’s A Problem
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Generative-AI startups are rolling in billions of dollars of funding, but they could already be headed for failure if they can’t get the right data—and that won’t be an easy feat. “We’ve seen lots of pitches from companies who may well be pursuing a brilliant application of AI, but they don’t have access to data that will give them the ability to build a powerful application, let alone proprietary data that will help them have competitive moats in their business,” said Brad Svrluga, co-founder and general partner of venture-capital firm Primary Venture Partners. Venture funding in generative-AI startups has grown from $4.8 billion in 2022 to $12.7 billion in the first five months of 2023, according to PitchBook. Now many of these companies are looking to build more niche AI models in areas such as finance or healthcare—but getting access to training data sets there hasn’t been easy. Some AI startups are targeting partnerships with big, data-rich enterprises. For example, Marna Ricker, global vice chair for tax at EY, said the firm has generative-AI startups approaching it everyday thanks to its vast troves of transactional data. But EY’s global managing partner of client service, Andy Baldwin, said he has concerns about what would happen to EY’s data if it is used to train an outside model.
-Source: Wall Street Journal
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Women in Miami Tech (WIMT) Happy Hour
June 20th | Women in Miami Tech
Join us for our monthly Women in Miami Tech Happy Hour! Connect with fellow founders, tech professionals and investors, all with the goal of supporting and advancing each other. Atmosphere is friendly and casual. Come as you are, bring friends or come alone, stay as little or as long as you like.
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The Future of Work
June 20th | Ted Lucas with Technolij
Come learn about how the workforce is changing, how you can upgrade your skills and find a new career pathways. Also learn how to do business with miami-dade county and access the counties procurement opportunities. Just bring your laptop and enjoy some chill music and intimate conversations with complimentary bites, coffee and drinks.
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Chambers Connections Happy Hour
June 21st | Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
Network with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and forge new business relationships at The Deck at Island Gardens. The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is the proud champion for the Greater Miami Business Community and a civic engine that fuels the advancement of The Magic City.
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The #MiamiTech Happy Hour!
June 21st | Natalia Martinez-Kalinina + Chris Adamo
This is a casual recurring happy hour for new and old Miamians interested in connecting with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, tech folks, and a diverse group of awesome people. Come grab a drink and catch up!
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The Miami_Israel Collective Launch Event
June 22nd | Miami_Israel Collective
Experience the power of collaboration and innovation at the first monthly networking event of the Miami_Israel Collective, where tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals come together.
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Tech Tuesdays Miami: The Pitch
June 27th| Ted Lucas with Technolij
Attention Miami-Dade County startups! Don't miss your chance to win up to $10,000 in our thrilling pitch night. Verizon Wireless, The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Miami-Dade County office of Innovation and Economic Development are joining forces to support YOU. If your business is making waves in the tech industry and has generated revenues below $5 million per year, this is your moment.
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100 Startup Project Scholarship
Apply Now| lan B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation
Calling all entrepreneurs in need! Thanks to the generous support of Memorial Healthcare System, we are thrilled to offer 10 entrepreneurs the opportunity of a lifetime—a one-year membership to the Levan Center of Innovation. Don't miss this chance to access a variety of resources, mentorship, and a thriving community that will help turn your dreams into reality. Apply now and join us on this incredible journey towards success.
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Miami Immersion Week
July 24th - August 25th | Mana Tech
Be part of a select group of startups for our “Immersion Week” program. Leverage Miami's thriving startup community by maximizing connections with potential buyers and/or investors whilst acquiring US startup knowledge. You'll benefit from virtual learning, mentoring and an on-site immersion week in Miami to learn how to raise capital and sell in the US. Unlike other programs, apply your new skills in a real-world setting.
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TEALS Volunteer Program
Recruiting Now | Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS Program
TEALS is a Microsoft Philanthropies program looking for volunteer computer science professionals that wish to use their skills to inspire the coders and creators of tomorrow. Volunteering with TEALS helps to make a difference in our community and schools that stand to gain the most from computer science knowledge and expertise. Volunteers help TEALS provide high school students with equitable access to CS education and create a pathway to economic opportunity.
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Learning Engineering + Data (LEaD) Program
Rolling Applications | Millennium Management
Millennium is a large global alternative investment manager with a strong commitment to leveraging innovations in technology and data. As a member of our Miami based Learning Engineering and Data (LEaD) program, LEaD engineers can expect to get comprehensive training and work alongside technology mentors and leaders to develop and maintain applications and tools spanning front-office, middle-office and back-office functions in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
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