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A lake house architect, a Miami VC and a homeowner walk into a wine bar

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Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. And, we closed on some Miami news. SoftBank earmarks $100 million for Miami-based startups. The good news is that we managed to fit it all into a single episode this week.

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Miami twins raise $18M for Lula, an insurance infrastructure upstart

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Lula , a Miami-based insurance infrastructure startup, announced today it has raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding. Founded by 25-year-old twin brothers and Miami natives Michael and Matthew Vega-Sanz, Lula actually emerged from another business the pair had started while in college. “We

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Taking Their Time Series Talents to South Beach: How McLaren Is Gaining an Edge with Accurate Weather Data

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As the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix culminates on May 8, 2022, it’s not likely to be snowing. Way back in 1925, Carl Fisher—who built the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909—was working on developing Miami Beach and turning the Miami area into the winter auto racing capital of the world.

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Launch price TC Sessions: Crypto tix going, going…

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If blockchain, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (DeFi) and web3 get your entrepreneurial motor running, do not miss our TC Sessions: Crypto daylong deep dive on November 17 in Miami. DeFi, crypto and NFT technologies, a wild mix of potential, volatility and risk, continue to make waves and headlines and make many investors skittish.

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Clubhouse will create billions in value and capture none of it

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Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. And somehow, Microsoft Excel and Miami? Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. The answers appears to be yes, oddly enough.

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a16z now wants to manage the money of the entrepreneurs it backs

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A16z made headlines for another reason recently when it announced that moving forward, its headquarters will “be in the cloud. ” Alongside ditching a centralized HQ, a16z announced new offices in Miami Beach, New York and Santa Monica in addition to its existing Menlo Park and San Francisco posts.

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Launch price TC Sessions: Crypto tix going, going…

TechCrunch

If blockchain, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (DeFi) and web3 get your entrepreneurial motor running, do not miss our TC Sessions: Crypto daylong deep dive on November 17 in Miami. DeFi, crypto and NFT technologies, a wild mix of potential, volatility and risk, continue to make waves and headlines and make many investors skittish.

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