TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

If you’re a university- or college-level student who believes the future of finance is crypto — or even if you’re just crypto curious — pack a bag and head to Miami for TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17. The contacts you make could lead you to your future funding. Bonus reason: Miami… in November. Face-to-face connection.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

And, we closed on some Miami news. SoftBank earmarks $100 million for Miami-based startups. And then there were some neat early-stage rounds to chat about: Balance raising $5.5 million to bring B2B payments to the modern world , Alloy Automation raising $4 million for e-commerce automation and Beam raising $9.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

If you’re a university- or college-level student who believes the future of finance is crypto — or even if you’re just crypto curious — pack a bag and head to Miami for TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17. The contacts you make could lead you to your future funding. Bonus reason: Miami… in November. Face-to-face connection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

12/1 :: Miami, OK. Proceeds benefit the International Lifeline Fund. View: Event details, training agenda, and registration information. Proceeds benefit the American Indian Center for Excellence (AICE) at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. View: Event details, training agenda, and registration information. 1/19 :: Washington, DC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

8 Miami-based investors share their views on the region’s startup scene. Upstream, which is pre-revenue and is Miami-based, is a company whose founder was attracted to the Sunshine State from NYC during the pandemic. The week before, the guest speaker was U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

VC is the flashy gold medal, but the rapid growth of emerging fund managers means that a first check can be piecemealed together from a variety of different sources. This year and the last are shaping up to be key exit periods for startups and unicorns of all shapes and sizes; many a venture capital fund return rests on these public debuts.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Perhaps sitting perched somewhere in sunny Miami, Florida, is a founder wondering the best ways to fundraise for a company when situated outside a traditional tech hub like the Bay Area. Last week, Mike Asem from M25, Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund and Accel’s Rich Wong answered that question at TechCrunch Disrupt.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2012

Proceeds benefited the International Lifeline Fund. 11/30 :: Miami, OK. Thanks very much to those that attended, the nonprofit partners (listed below), and the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Sponsors that helped make it happen. C ompleted Trainings: 3/15 :: Memphis, TN. Proceeds benefited Amazon CARES. 1/19 :: Washington, DC.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Today, Muck Rack is making another kind of connection, with investors: it’s raised $180 million in what it’s describing as its first outside funding, having been bootstrapped since being founded back in 2009. At least one answer is coming in the form of today’s news and this very hefty funding round.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2025

And Griffin, who has also moved to southern Florida, awarded $50 million each to the University of Miami for its comprehensive cancer center and Baptist Health South Florida to advance neurological care in the region. Those gifts are in addition to the $640 million she awarded in the first quarter of the year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 25, 2011

12/1 :: Miami, OK. Proceeds benefit the International Lifeline Fund. View: Event details, training agenda, and registration information. Proceeds benefit the American Indian Center for Excellence (AICE) at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. View: Event details, training agenda, and registration information. 1/19 :: Washington, DC.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The early success of the company may lie in the makeup of its founders: OpenStore is led by some heavy hitters, including Founders Fund general partner Keith Rabois and Jack Abraham, Atomic’s founder and managing partner, who started the company along with Matt Lanter and Jeremy Wood. The company now has more than 100 employees.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Funding Priority: Arts & Culture. Ford Foundation. Ford Foundation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

In the rest of this newsletter we’ll get into All Raise data, the new Miami and a new lineup you don’t want to miss. The whole thing is honestly worth a read, but we especially paid attention to how funding has dropped for female founders: Round sizes for women + non-binary founders were up to 49% lower than males. million in funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

million in funding. At the time, CEO Selin Sonmez told TechCrunch that the app was live in 400 buildings in New York City, and today that has increased to over 40,000 active neighbors across 1,300 buildings in New York and Miami. million in seed funding to give the company $4.45 million in total funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Miami-based startup, which had raised a known $5 million in funding, posted on its website on January 3 that it was ceasing operations “due to the current interest rate environment and economic conditions.” Here, a fractional short-term vacation rental marketplace, has shut down after just over two years of operation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

million in funding. The startup, launched in late 2018 by former Beats Music CEO David Hyman and Mog co-founder, said Wednesday it is bringing its subscription service to Austin, Miami, Nashville, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle. cities in an expansion fueled by $10.5 Unagi will also be expanding its service in New York and L.A.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Miami-based cybersecurity startup Lumu today announced the closing of its $7.5 s SB Opportunity Fund and Panoramic Ventures. He founded his first cybersecurity company, Easy Solutions, in Miami in 2009, focused on preventing fraud. million Series A. The round was co-led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Interest in alternative investments such as private equity, real estate and crypto continues to surge, and Miami-based fintech startup Allocations is riding the wave. The latest round brings its total funding raised to $12 million, according to the company.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

Jake Rothstein is the co-founder of Papa , a Miami-based company that offers care and companionship to seniors. Alongside the funding, UpsideH?M The business, which pairs elderly Americans with uncertified-yet-vetted pals, helps offer casual services, such as technology support, grocery delivery or even a fun conversation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

But soon the company plans to expand its platform to include a passive investing product (robo funds) and crypto. Founders Fund Partner Matias Van Thienen said his firm had been looking for an investing and savings platform in Latin America that could offer global equities with a high-quality product and a suitable regulatory approach.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2022

El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, is a strong proponent of Bitcoin — he announced the country’s Bitcoin law at a conference in Miami for the cryptocurrency and frequently tweets about investing in Bitcoin (sometimes somewhat caustically ).

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

Adams didn’t reveal how much of his $5,900 check is split between Bitcoin and Ethereum, but if the crypto market continues to trend downwards, the funds from Adams’ first check may quickly evaporate. The move came out of a Twitter exchange between Adams and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who said he would receive his next paycheck in Bitcoin.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Funding Priority: Arts & Culture. Ford Foundation. Ford Foundation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

All the while, the corporate venture fund has been reshaped by plenty of the top crypto startups, now capitalizing on historic revenues to bankroll their versions of a web3 future. Buy your pass or package today, and then join the web3, DeFi and NFT communities at TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

He was also the first investor in Misfits Market, serves on the board at Atom Finance and is a managing partner at Pareto Holdings , based in Miami, where Lando now lives. Goody is a team of nine full-time employees, based in Miami and elsewhere, working remotely.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Today, the Japanese investment conglomerate is announcing the launch of the SoftBank Latin America Fund II, its second dedicated private investment fund focused on tech companies located in LatAm. SoftBank is launching the new fund with an initial $3 billion commitment. billion in 48 companies with a fair value of $6.9

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

MAJORITY , a mobile banking service for migrants to the United States, said on Tuesday it had raised $27 million in its Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. He is currently awaiting visa approval so he can move from Stockholm to Miami to build out MAJORITY’s marketing and brand efforts. Image Credits: MAJORITY. every year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

NovoPayment is a global BaaS startup based in Miami that has largely been focused on offering its API platform to customers in the Latin American market. It plans to use the new funding to gain new customers, particularly in the U.S. market, as Miami continues to grow as a hub for the financial services sector, according to Perez.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

million seed round led by City Light Capital , with participation from K50 Ventures, Ventura Investments and Human Ventures, as well as Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen’s JAM fund and angel Felipe Villamarin. JAM Fund principal and Tinder co-founder Mateen believes Shift One is turning the labor problem of “adverse selection” on its head.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America can find it difficult to get the funds they need to export their goods to the United States. Marco was backed last September by a small seed round from Struck Capital and Antler and over $20 million in a credit facility underwritten by Arcadia Funds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Many entrepreneurs prepared for a slowdown in funding, putting hiring and expansion plans on ice as they searched for ways to continue operating in a world that had been remade by the pandemic. The question under consideration this week: How should founders prepare for an eventual retreat in startup valuations and investor interest?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Whether you’re mining for a co-founder or your next round of funding, TC Sessions: Crypto , which takes place on November 17 in Miami, provides fertile ground for all your networking needs. Don’t miss your chance to go mining for prime networking opportunities at TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Bevirt, who joined the TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9, didn’t give away the first location; although recent announcements suggest it is narrowed down to Los Angeles, Miami, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. Toyota became an important backer and partner, leading a $620 million Series C round of funding in January 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Vets , a tech-enabled pet healthcare platform that provides at-home care, has raised $40 million in seed funding led by Target Global, PICO Venture Partners and Bolt Ventures. Since its inception, the company has expanded to nine major cities, including Miami, Tampa, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas and Denver.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

The Miami-based company, which created a platform for e-commerce businesses looking to scale their operations on and off Amazon, was founded in 2020. Ulrich Kratz, co-founder and CEO, told TechCrunch via email that the funding “gives us more firepower to execute and overachieve on our business goals.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Whether you’re mining for a co-founder or your next round of funding, TC Sessions: Crypto , which takes place on November 17 in Miami, provides fertile ground for all your networking needs. Don’t miss your chance to go mining for prime networking opportunities at TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami.

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