South Florida's young professionals are attracting attention from Forbes, including several people from the technology and startup world.
More than half of Forbes' inaugural Miami 30 Under 30 list is comprised of startup founders and venture capitalists based in the region who are 30 years old or younger. The publication reports the entrepreneurs on the list are collectively projected to generate almost $300 million in revenue by the end of the year.
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In addition to Miami, Forbes released local 30 Under 30 lists for the first time in innovation hubs like Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Puerto Rico and Toronto.
The Miami list includes:
- Brandon Amoroso, 26, founder of Electriq: The e-commerce agency helps brands on Shopify scale, retain customers and maintain performance on the platform.
- Natalie Barbu, 27, and Connor Boyce, 25, cofounders of Rella: The app acts as a virtual assistant for content creators to help manage their workflows.
- Brian Bristol, 26, founder of Pigeon: The fintech manages loans and IOUs for friends and family members that loan each other money.
- Thomas Cecil, 29, founder of Clyde AI: The fintech used algorithms and other data to find low risk bank loan customers. Clyde AI was acquired by Array in 2021.
- Olivia Gaudree, 27, partner at Miami-based Fuel Venture Capital: Guadree, who was also featured in Miami Inno's Under 25 list in 2021, has helped facilitate millions in funding to startups in South Florida.
- Asher Genoot, 28, founder of U.S. Bitcoin Corp.: The Miami company builds and operates data centers to produce the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
- Liam Gerada, 23, and Travis Gerada, 20, co-founders of Krepling: The brothers are the founders of Krepling, a subscription-based no-code e-commerce platform for businesses.
- Felix Hartmann, 28, founder of Hartmann Capital: The investment firm focuses on funding crypto and metaverse startups. Its portfolio companies include Miami-based Aexlab, a virtual reality studio for gaming.
- Andrew Hiesinger, 21, founder of Quant Data: The fintech app evaluates stocks and market trends for investors and individual traders.
- Frida Leibowitz, 27, cofounder of Debbie: The financial management platform offers guidance for student loans, budgeting and saving, increasing credit scores and more.
- Joey Levy, 28, co-founder of Betr: The Miami sports betting app co-founded with social media star Jake Paul is backed by more than $85 million in investor capital.
- Juan Meisel, 28, founder of Grip: The Miami startup provides logistics for e-commerce firms that ship perishable items, like food or flowers, to customers. Meisel was previously head of logistics at ButcherBox.
- Jared Mintzlaff, 28, founder of Nifty Bridge: The platform lets Shopify storefronts sell NFTs to customers without a web3 or crypto wallet.
- Jonathan Ovadia, 28, founder of Aexlab: The Miami-based game development studio focuses on virtual reality tech. The startup is developing Vail VR, a first-person multiplayer shooter game that combines virtual reality with social gaming. Aexlab previously appeared on our Startups to Watch list.
- Stefano Selorio, 24, founder of Carevocacy: The website matches older adults with online tutors that can help them learn about technology.
- Jason Shatsky, 24, founder of TicketRev: The Miami startup helps fans find ticket deals for live shows such as concerts and sporting events. In April, it closed a $1.1 million funding round from investors that included the MLB's Minnesota Twins.
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