Mapping Miami Startup Ecosystem
When I first arrived in Miami in November 2020 from New York, I never would have guessed that I would still be here today. While I knew that Miami had a small but thriving startup scene, I never expected that it would grow so significantly over the past 2.5 years, catapulting the area into the top 10 metros in the US for venture capital. In 2022, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area set a new record by logging $5.5 billion across 423 deals, while other major tech hubs saw decreases of up to 40% in deal activity. Miami now ranks 8th in the US for venture capital, and the growth shows no signs of slowing down.
But it’s not just the venture capital community that’s thriving in Miami. The city has also seen a surge in events, meetups, and companies supporting startups.
With all of this growth and with Miami Tech Month on the horizon, I’ve put together a map to help you navigate the VC funds, companies, and organizations that support the Miami tech ecosystem. It’s an exciting time to be part of Miami’s tech scene, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.
- Angel Network
- Gaingles
- Miami Angels
- Harvard Business School Club of South Florida Angels
- Function
- Black Angels Miami
- Palumni
- Flamingo Capital
- RUV Alliance
- XnVC
- Angeles Investors
- Bells Ventures
- New World Angels
- Rezilyent
2. Accelerator/Incubator/Venture Studio
- Techstars Miami
- Atomic
- Endeavor Miami
- The Shrimp Society
- Dream Ventures
- Metaversal
- 35 Mules
- Cryptan Labs
- 25Madison
- 1909
- Venture Hive
- Rokk3r
- NSU Broward Center of Innovation
- Seaworthy Collective
- Ocean Exchange
- StartupFIU
- Algorand Miami Accelerator
- MisFit Labs
- Arrington Capital
- Adapt Ventures
- 360 Venture Collective
- Sugarcane Ventures
3. VC
- ANIMO
- VentureCity
- Florida Funders
- Founders Fund
- Valhalla Ventures
- Blumberg Capital
- Craft Ventures
- Fuel Venture Capital
- Pareto Holdings
- Fin Capital
- Alpaca
- Crew VC
- a16z
- Thundermark
- Duna Ventures
- Clerisy
- Lightship Capital
- Acronym Venture Capital
- Ocean Azul Partners
- 305 Ventures
- SoftBank
- Future Perfect Ventures
- Las Olas
- Seven.Seven.Six
- Exceptional Capital
- RRE Ventures
- Costanoa Ventures
- Valor Equity Partner
- Form Capital
- Focal VC
- Boldstart
- Guild Capital
- Zenda Capital
- Point72
- Bling Capital
- Secocha
- Reign VC
- Arrington Capital
- Krillion Ventures
- Beni VC
- Beresford
- SaaS Ventures
- Harlem Capital
- Medina Capital
- Original Capital
- GTM Capital
- Zelkova Ventures
- Zenda Capital
- Starlight VC
- HyperSphere Ventures
- Roo Partners
- Reformation Partners
- Borderless Capital
- Medina Ventures
- 7Feur
- Allon Ventures
- LegalTech Fund
- SaaS Ventures
- 1/1 Capital
- AntiFund
- BridgeWest
- SquareOne Capital
- Food Retail Ventures
- LevelOne Fund
- Rivet Ventures
- Baleon Capital
- Breed VC
- Mission One Capital
- Node Ventures
- FCP Ventures
- Ravelin Capital
- Tellus Tech Ventures
- Frictionless Capital
- Ulua VC
4. Co-working Spaces
- LAB Miami
- WeWork
- Industrious
- Ampersand Studio
- 360 Spaces
- office logic
- Buro
- Forum
- Expansive
- MADE at Citadel
- Space Called Tribe
- Pipeline
- Tambo
- Moonlighter FabLab
- Tedge
- MindSpace
- Quest Workspace
5. Conferences
- Tech Week
- Miami Hack Week
- TLFT Summit
- Bitcoin 2024
- Black Men Talk
- eMerge Americas
- Miami Tech Summit
- ETHMiami
- BITE-CON
- Data Science Salon
- Tech Beach
- FII Miami
- React Miami
6. Unicorns
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I invest in B2B/B2C pre-seed startups. If you like this content, you can follow me on Twitter or connect with me on LinkedIn.
*Some of the VC funds mentioned are based outside of Miami in surroudning cities like Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and Fort Lauderdale.
