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Head of Research at Venture Miami | leading the largest tech incubator in Florida | shaping Miami as an AI hub

From Ideas to Triumph: What a Journey for Built in Miami Founders A huge thank you to everyone who made the Built in Miami program an incredible success! To our founders, your dedication, passion, and hard work over these 18 weeks have been truly inspiring. Congratulations to all who participated, graduated, pitched on stage, and to our winner Joyce Medeiros, Investrio, and runner-up Shruti Choudhary, Smart Aerosol Technologies! Thanks to Mayor Francis X. Suarez for your leadership and vision for Miami's tech ecosystem. Thanks to Venture Miami team for your tireless efforts and commitment to the program. Thanks to our sponsors for providing the resources needed to help our startups thrive. Thanks to our partners for your essential collaboration and support. A special shoutout to Chris Daniels, our incredible program instructor, and our mentors for guiding our founders. To the THE HUB @ Office Logic team for your wonderful hospitality, and huge thanks to our judges Aditi Joshi, Olivia Gaudree, Jared Schwitzke, Darien K. Smith, Esq., Richard Robert II for the demo day. Together, we hosted over 40 workshops, supported 254 startups, and fostered a community of 261 founders with 55% completing the program. Founders launched over 100 new products and 8 of these founders pitched their startup in front of 200 people. James Chen José Alejandro Llanos Juliette Chevalier Justin Elliott Lena Levine Safir Monroe The best part of this journey has been the sense of community we've built. This doesn’t end here—we are committed to continuing our support for these founders and developing more tools and opportunities to help them succeed. Cheers to more successes and memories together! Find more info about the Demo Day by Krysten Brenlla https://lnkd.in/eyHMdsjv #MiamiTech #StartupCommunity #BuiltInMiami #DemoDay #TechInnovation #Entrepreneurship #CommunitySupport

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Zeynep A. Talu-Balci

Real Estate Development Advisor | Founder & Managing Broker at Makos Real Estate | Co-Founder at She.Work

1w

Burhan Sebin I cannot thank you enough for introducing me to the Built in Miami program. While I regret missing Demo Day, the entire journey has been incredibly enriching and unforgettable. Watching all the founders grow and thrive with such dedication and passion was truly inspiring. A huge shoutout to Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Venture Miami, and all the mentors and sponsors who made this possible. Your efforts have profoundly impacted the entire Miami tech ecosystem. Here’s to more innovation and success in our vibrant community! #MiamiTech #BuiltInMiami

Nazli Temur

Founder and CEO at Xena Vision | Mentor, Judge @MassChallengeUS

1w

I can not describe my experience with words. I am out of words. At the same time I feel very lucky about knowing Burhan Sebin ,Chris Daniels ,Irina Dubovik and many more amazing people as a part of our Venture Miami , #BuiltinMiami Program Journey. We all are happy and proud to have you now and in our life long journey with unbreakable bonds! Thank you Burhan Sebin for amazing work and everything you have done for us. We are stronger now as Xena Vision and I am super excited for future too. An ecosystem where you guys are present is the best gift!

Aditi Joshi

AI (CoreML)and Startups/VC @Google | CIPT | Former Fellow@YaleLaw | BerkmanFellow@Harvard | Stanford Business | Yale

1w

I am grateful for the opportunity to work with the Venture Miami team. Love the energy of Miami! 🙌 Thank you.

Irina Dubovik

Digital Marketing 20+ years of expertise AI | web3 | FinTech | IT | B2B. Startup World Cup Miami project coordinator. Mentor at Techstars, Built in Miami Startup Program. TOP 100 Women of the Future in Emerging Tech.

1w

Behind every great project stands a great team, with the best results and values-driven people, as you and all mentionned experts are. I am honored to work together.

José Alejandro Llanos

Aspiring Action Hero, Global MBA 💡

1w

Quite the journey indeed! Thank you for your leadership and support. What an amazing program! We at CIVIT look forward to supporting you and Venture Miami and any way we can. 🚀

Erick Gavin

Executive Director at Venture Miami

1w

Burhan Sebin Really proud of the work you put into this program and the foundation this is building for #MiamiTech 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Matthieu Merchadou Melki

CEO @ Magma | Building Trust in Real Estate

1w

305 🌆🔥🔥🔥

Brianna Cook

Financial Professional @ Equitable Advisors

1w

Congrats to the entire group and all founders! From IoTeedom to you all :) Looking forward to continuing our working groups for a resilient, sustainable Miami.

Shruti Choudhary

PhD Candidate @University of Miami

1w

So grateful to you and the team for all the support and the hard work. Glad that such a program exists in Miami. Thank you for elevating #MiamiTech.

Tyler Johnson

Defense Tech and Dual Use | International Relations | China | Asia

1w

Well done guys! Impressive program and events! Burhan Sebin Erick Gavin nice job! 😁

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