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What's the latest in #MiamiTech? We've got the low-down from an investor's perspective. Founders: take note! Many thanks to Alpaca VC's David Goldberg, and to Lorraine Sanders and Nancy Dahlberg Refresh Miami for making it happen. https://lnkd.in/daXmV6Zf #investing #VC #fundraising

🎉 Huge day, really excited to officially announce the closing of North's Seed round. Big shoutout to our amazing investors that helped make this happen at Alpaca VC, Looking Glass Capital, Uncommon Denominator, Everywhere Ventures, Riverside Ventures, Tenzing Capital Ventures & DragonX Capital. We have seen incredible growth & adoption from the market in the last 6 months. Our mandate & mission is simple: Make cloud finance automated & dramatically easier with AI. With the help of our customers, in less then 1 year since launching our MVP we have automated: 💰 $20m in AWS savings. 🔋 99.9% savings utilization. 🏢 Over 100 companies have used North. 🌤 Flexible compute & database savings with 0 dependance on the RI marketplace. 📉 Average customer is seeing 32% net savings before > after. Looking ahead we are excited to release a new batch of amazing features in July, focused on engineering optimization & FinOps. More on that soon! We are also hiring for sales & engineering. If you want to help build the future of how companies manage cloud finance & have a desire to be the best in the world at what you do, drop us a note because you’re one of us. We have tons of folks to thank for this, but the biggest group we owe gratitude to is our amazing customers. (100% of them are still with us today). We wouldn't be anywhere without the trust, patience, help & investment of your business & partnership. Thank you. Also big thank you(in no particular order) to a ton of folks that have been helpful to Yassine & I through the process of building North: Adam Besvinick Jared Kasner Doug Perlson Alex Pattis Jenny Fielding Scott Hartley Ivan Nikkhoo David Goldberg Skiddy von Stade David Honig Brian Mac Mahon Josh Oeding Larsa Davidson Andrew Gostine, MD, MBA Rhea Ghosh Andy Bonomo Rj Lewis Sam Hallene Brian Bell Aghya Naresh Goel Michael Paintner Oğulcan Bozkurt David Goldberg Aaron Tamaddon Expert Dojo Finally, nothing happens at North without my ridiculously awesome cofounder Yassine Açoine. This is only the beginning. Let's go baby!

We are excited and honored to announce that Chicory has been named one of Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for 2024!🎉 At Chicory, we know we're strongest when we operate with empathy, embrace individuality, and do serious work without taking ourselves too seriously. Thank you to our incredible team that makes Chicory the best workplace.💜 For the full list, visit: https://hubs.ly/Q02Cf0Rw0 #IncBestWorkplaces

Exciting new Acelab opportunity at the intersection of #sales, #buildingmaterials, #technology and #specifications! 🔥 Join our fast-growing team on the ground as we continue rapid expansion across North America! As the Director of Manufacturer Partnerships, you will focus on new customer acquisition and building relationships with targeted building product manufacturers and suppliers in the AEC industry. Become a part of our entrepreneurial team redefining the material selection and collaboration workflow – trusted by tens of thousands of architects and hundreds of manufacturers! DM me to learn more or apply here 🙏 https://lnkd.in/e4b8NkAG #buildingmaterials #buildingproducts #architecture #specifications #aec

This week in my newsletter, I talk: - The Fashion Act - Trad Wives - Uncrustable's $1B business - How Marc Jacobs is crushing Gen Z marketing (hint: when I was googling examples, I input 'psychotic toy drama marc jacobs') https://lnkd.in/e_3DkwSs

Last week I had the distinct honor of being the guest speaker at Madison International Realty's annual meeting. My topic was "The Intersection of AI and Real Estate"—which, if you know me, is a soapbox I've been standing on for the past year. Founders and VCs are already all over this topic. BUT in my opinion, real estate owners and investors are the # 1 stakeholder that needs to be paying attention—and most of them aren't yet. Lots of tools are coming to market that will improve how their assets are operated and actually impact NOI. So, I concluded my speech with the following: "Right now, there is a tech arbitrage opportunity available to real estate investors willing to bite the bullet and be early adopters of these tools BEFORE they become market norms. But this window will narrow quicker than you think." Thanks to Ronald Dickerman, Mo Saraiya, and Michael Chen for the opportunity to speak to a room representing hundreds of billions of $AUM. (And note to self: hem those pants before your next speaking gig!)

Last week, Alpaca became a National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) certified minority business enterprise (MBE). Continuing the One Herd mentality at the core of everything we do, we are proud of our diverse teams Alpaca VC and Alpaca Real Estate and look forward to expanding and collaborating with our partners to uplift communities of color. To learn more about the important work the NMSDC is doing nationally and locally, you can find upcoming events, resources and regional affiliates at nmsdc.org. #Alpaca #AlpacaVC #AlpacaRealEstate #MBE Aubrie Pagano Daniel Fetner David Goldberg Daniel Carr Peter Weiss Christina Bicks Raymond Updyke, CFA, CPA Julie C. Lorraine Sanders Alexandra Morley Noah W. Sophia Delgado Andrew Peng