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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

District Court Southern District of Florida – Miami Division. There’s a market for their pain, Votes and glory and money to gain. The papers were filed in the U.S. Let us celebrate the poor. Their ills, their sins, their faulty diction Flavor our songs and spice our fiction.

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Miami-based Ironhack raises $20 million for its coding bootcamps as demand for coders continues

TechCrunch

The Miami-based company (with locations in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Paris and São Paulo) said it will use the money to build out more virtual offerings to complement the company’s campuses.

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Ford’s self-driving cars will be available on Lyft’s platform in Miami and Austin

The Verge

Lyft customers in Miami will be able to hail a robotaxi from Argo AI, an AV startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen, by the end of the year, the companies announced Wednesday. But the company says it is “laying the groundwork” for the deployment of 1,000 autonomous vehicles across multiple markets over the next five years.

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

TechCrunch

Bumble is going public, so we chatted about its results , and how founder- and venture-friendly the dating market may be in the future. And, we closed on some Miami news. SoftBank earmarks $100 million for Miami-based startups. The company’s growth is hot, but its valuation may be even hotter.

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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar

TechCrunch

How Klaviyo used data and no-code to transform owned marketing (3,000 words/12 minutes). Marketing in 2021 is emotional and not just transactional (2,200 words/9 minutes). 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. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman.

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Upstream, a Miami-based professional networking platform, raises a $2.75M seed round

TechCrunch

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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Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups

TechCrunch

Most SaaS startups will fail, but not because of a sour marketing campaign or server downtime. What Vimeo’s growth, profits and value tell us about the online video market. What Vimeo’s growth, profits and value tell us about the online video market. Healthtech communications, it turns out, can be a lucrative endeavor.

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