Global Sponsors

Google for Startups

Google is committed to empowering entrepreneurs around the world through programs, partnerships, and our products.

Heroku

Heroku is a cloud-based, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that gives startups a powerful solution for building, deploying, and operating their business-critical apps. The Heroku platform is fully-managed, meaning that we take care of servers, hardware, and infrastructure, so you can keep your team lean and focused on product. Heroku grows with your business — use a range of free services to get established and then scale up with increased usage.

Local Sponsors

WeWork

WeWork is a platform for creators providing the space, community, and services you need to create your life’s work. WeWork's Miami co-working space is located on Lincoln Rd.

Shorty’s BBQ Restaurants

Shorty’s BBQ restaurants and catering service have been serving up barbecue in South Florida for over 68 years! Our news making and award winning caterers and cooks take great pride in providing the utmost in professional service. Call to reserve our party room, or just come on in to any of our many convenient locations in Davie, Doral, South Miami, and West Miami.

The Istituto Marangoni Miami

The Istituto Marangoni Building, a striking 21,900 ft2 site is where the Miami School has opened its location. The Miami school gives students an unprecedented opportunity for exchange, inspiration, and creativity, working towards a brilliant future in fashion. The school offers a two year Associate of Arts in Fashion Studies, four year Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design, Fashion Styling, Fashion Business, a Master’s in Fashion & Luxury Brand Management.

8base

Transforming how software is created 8base empowers developers to reduce the time needed to build powerful software applications by eliminating the need to worry about backend computing and application infrastructure.

The Venture City

TheVentureCIty is a new venture and growth acceleration model that helps diverse founders achieve global impact. We are led by an international DreamTeam, with experience in hypergrowth tech companies, and inspired by the need to transparency, diversity and fairness in the industry.

Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts.

Digital Future Marketing

Digital Future Marketing is a Digital Marketing Agency in Miami which provides complete digital marketing services at best marketing cost. Digital Future Marketing works with small, medium and big business and spend time in understanding their goals and the challenges they are looking to overcome.

Capital One Café

Capital One Cafés: We made this space for you. Our Cafés are inviting places where you can bank, plan your financial journey, engage with your community, and enjoy Peet's Coffee®. You don't have to be a customer.

AC Hotel Miami Beach

Blending modern style and urban sophistication, Collins Avenue address is conveniently located near vibrant entertainment and restaurants at Miami Beach Boardwalk and Lincoln Road Mall. European-inspired hotel rooms with stylish decor, complimentary Wi-Fi and ergonomic workstations. Then drop by our on-site bar, Gin + Collins, for a signature cocktail with friends or colleagues. We also feature a popular rooftop pool and event terrace for inspired gatherings during your Florida getaway.

EOS.Miami

EOSIO is the first blockchain that has proven to support enterprise scale applications, from gaming, to enterprise mail services, and more. We’re down with that kinda chain. EOS.IO chains consist of hundreds of geographically disbursed block producers powering their networks. These networks comprises participation from North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, South America, Australia, and more.

Zoho

Interested in learning best practices to streamline your business' finances? Join one of Zoho's free finance seminars to learn how you can successfully manage everything from expense policies and analytics to approval workflows, invoicing, inventory, and more with one suite. Register now. Free breakfast and lunch included!

Blue Martini Brickell

Blue Martini Brickell is known as the hottest, upscale nightclub in the heart of Brickell. Blue Brickell boasts a beautiful atmosphere, beautiful people, and features the best in Live Entertainment. Blue Martini is Florida's best premier nightclub with live music entertainment, an outdoor patio, chic ambiance & best happy hour bar times near you.

Alice

Whether you’ve owned a business for years or you just had a brilliant idea in the shower, Alice is here to help you start and grow your company. Alice works by matching you with opportunities, locally and online, that will help you start and grow a business. Think of Alice as the sidekick to your superhero—the adviser and cheerleader who will help you find your path, every step of the way. So, put on your cape. You got this.

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018

During one week each November, thousands of events and competitions in 170 countries inspire millions to engage in entrepreneurial activity while connecting them to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors. Powered by the Kauffman Foundation, the initiative is supported by dozens of world leaders and a network of more than 15,000 partner organizations. GEW is held November 12-18, 2018.

Techstars Startup

Techstars Startup digest is the ultimate curated newsletter of the most dynamic local startup events, startups and people. Every other week, we feature key upcoming startup events, highlight an outstanding startup and profile a notable ecosystem achiever. If you want to keep your fingers on the pulse of our growing startup ecosystem, you want to join our mailing list here. You can also submit your startup here or your event here for inclusion consideration for an upcoming digest release.

CIC Miami

CIC Miami opened its doors in October 2016 as the company's fifth expansion site. With a vision to bridge the nation's second largest health district with the rest of Miami's thriving innovation corridor, we combine coworking, flexible offices, and laboratory spaces layered with robust programming, advising, and community-building initiatives. Building a collaborative, inclusive, and value-adding center of gravity with a strong focus on what it will take to make Miami a true regional hub.

Turnkey Studios

Miami design studio providing amazing customized videos to share the story of your brand. Creating original videos around your brand, services, or even people who reflect your brand. Save time and money and get all the graphic designs you need to promote your services, specials, discounts, and more on Social Media.

Comcast

Comcast Corporation, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services, is the owner of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations and a major motion picture company and theme parks.

Soyka Restaurant

Soyka Restaurant opened its doors to the now-called MIMO community in 1999. Before this large warehouse building transformed into the avant garde restaurant it is today, it housed Mark Soykas vintage car collection. After time, living in the area with his family, Mark saw this Biscayne corner as a wonderful place for a family restaurant. Since its doors opened, Soyka has been a fine, family restaurant, with a strong business lunch, and quiet, intimate dinners, except for the weekends.

StartHub

At Starthub we focus on business growth acceleration for consumer-centric companies of all shapes and sizes. We understand the value of metrics and understanding your market, as well as driving sales through powerful mechanisms. We have launched many companies in the US market both from abroad and homegrown. No company should fail in the world’s strongest economy, and at Starthub, we are dedicated to providing the tools and resources necessary to propel you towards success.

MindWarehouse

7,000 square foot dynamic events space located in the Downtown Miami Historic District. From startup presentations and business conferences to art and fashion events our open space is a blank canvas that can be easily customized to fit your needs! The space which encompasses a full floor can be set up in theater, banquet, classroom or any other configuration style required for an event.

hello.MIAMI

You can now have a .MIAMI domain. Get a piece of Miami's digital real estate and show the world you mean Miami Business.

Partners

Moving Picture

Moving Picture Media is a boutique production company with a unique eye for stories about people and companies who are engaged in the business of life—tales of perseverance and possibility, risk and opportunity, challenge and change. Moving Picture can take your unique history, blended with your business goals, and develop content that purposefully directs your narrative.

Miami DDA

Miami is in the midst of an urban renaissance. Downtown Miami is driving growth with new developments of all types; developers added condos, apartments, hotels, offices, and retail centers this year with more to come. Our skyline keeps changing, providing a newly imagined backdrop for this emerging global city and we at the Miami Downtown Development Authority are here to help you get the most out of your Downtown experience, whether you are here for a few nights or a lifetime.

iLab Startup Foundation

Supporting entrepreneurs by offering education, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. Focus areas are to generate and enable the next generation of entrepreneurs. Connecting the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem from early stage entrepreneurs, serial entrepreneurs, professionals at leading corporations, venture capital, angel investors, thought leaders among others. The organization emphasizes the spirit of giving in all aspects of their work.

Laspainc Consulting

Specializes in the positioning of researches, markets, recruits, plans, and manages development of new and expanding small businesses; creates and implements research strategies to support small business economic development efforts, including compiling and analyzing data; supports small business efforts by providing research, data, and marketing the Community Development efforts; and represents the CDA’s in target related industry meetings, trade shows, and presentations.

Product Hunt

Product Hunt is a website that lets users share and discover new products. The site, which was founded by Ryan Hoover in November 2013, is backed by Y Combinator. Users submit products which are listed in a linear format by day. The site includes a comments system and a voting system similar to Hacker News or Reddit.

Alice

Whether you’ve owned a business for years or you just had a brilliant idea in the shower, Alice is here to help you start and grow your company. Alice works by matching you with opportunities, locally and online, that will help you start and grow a business. Think of Alice as the sidekick to your superhero—the adviser and cheerleader who will help you find your path, every step of the way. So, put on your cape. You got this.

Dosha

DOSHA AYURVEDA CAFE & JUICE BAR VEGETARIAN & VEGAN THE WISDOM OF AYURVEDA IN EVERYDAY LIFE, FEEDING YOUR BODY AND NURTURING YOUR SOUL THE DOSHAS EXPRESS PARTICULAR PATTERNS OF ENERGY UNIQUE BLENDS OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS.

Wework

A hub of South Florida's fast-growing entrepreneurial scene, this Miami office space has a great location on lively Lincoln Road. In a classic, streamlined building, this four-level coworking space draws a wide range of businesses, from startups to established companies. Many members are in real estate or hospitality, but businesses of all sizes find plenty of use in our spaces. For lunch, try Havana 1957 for some Cuban favorites, or fancy up with Mediterranean cuisine at Cleo.

HUBB Co-Working Space

ABOUT HUBB CoWorking We believe that we are designed to live for something greater than ourselves. Our greatest success lies beyond what we have achieved but with what we have done to help others succeed. We envision our team to be a provider of the essential tools for building sustainable businesses and to be a part of a growing community of creative individuals working together toward a common goal of doing what we love, sharing what we have, and living a healthy work-life balance.

iAnalyst

iAnalyst is a Miami-based internet solutions firm that specializes in Social Media Optimization, Search Engine Optimization, Location Based Marketing, Website Development, App Development, & Mobile Websites.

AC Hotel Miami Beach

Embrace European soul at AC Hotel Miami Beach, one of the newest boutique hotels in Miami Beach, FL. Our friendly staff invites you to experience an effortless blend of contemporary style and cosmopolitan sophistication in the heart of it all - across from the beach and minutes from Lincoln Road and South Beach's Ocean Drive. Relax in sleek, European-inspired guest rooms boasting modern technologies and everyday comforts with pristine beaches and the Atlantic Ocean as their backdrop.