The #MiamiTech Pod

Interviews with #MiamiTech founders, investors & builders. Highlighting recent news, events & trends in the #MiamiTech community. Part of the @RefreshMiami

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Everyone assumes startups = venture capital.

Top seed investor @edsim says… not so fast 👀

Now may be the best time ever to build a business — and you may not need VC to do it.

Full episode out now 🎧 - https://t.co/cg4TlTiBb8

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

What's the biggest fundraising mistake founders make?  👀

Top seed investor @edsim breaks down what first time founders often get wrong when raising capital, and what they should focus on instead.

🎙️ Full episode out now - https://t.co/cg4TlTiBb8

@Boldstartvc @MariaDerchi

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

New episode dropping soon…

@meltz @VeryAI @thelabmiami @MariaDerchi @refreshmiami

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

What makes someone fundable?

Top seed investor @edsim of @Boldstartvc breaks it down.

Including:
→ why most founders shouldn’t raise VC
→ founder green and red flags
→ what AI changes about startup building
→ why Miami is just getting started

🎧 New Episode: https://t.co/wPkqbXPUv4

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Stop lying to yourself. You don’t need the perfect plan or the perfect background. JUST START.

Anya went from a law career to building a $10M+ climate tech company because she refused to stay in her lane.

🎧 Learn more about her journey in our full episode - https://t.co/x7eqrJxnO1

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

This Miami founder is combining infrastructure and artificial reef science to create seawalls that double as marine habitats 🐠

Even better, they’re cheaper and faster to build than traditional concrete seawalls.

🎧 Learn more in our latest episode: https://t.co/pxiKSMIS5b

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

She left a career in law to turn concrete seawalls into living reefs 🐠

Now she’s built a $10M company, backed by Mark Cuban, and scaling fast.

🎧 Hear her story on our latest episode of the Miami Tech Pod. 

https://t.co/pxiKSMIS5b

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Too few people appreciate how insanely difficult and stressful being a founder is.

@magna_digital founder, @Bfaviero, believes it's overrated.

Listen to the full episode for this and more hot takes - https://t.co/92f9GMJdfu

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Raising a round? Stop trying to social engineer it. 

Hear more from @Bfaviero and his lessons building, scaling and selling his startup, @magna_digital, to @krakenfx / @Payward in our latest episode of the Miami Tech Pod. 

🎧 Listen in: https://t.co/92f9GMJdfu

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Built. Scaled. Acquired.

@magna_digital built the “Carta for crypto”, then became so essential, it just got bought by @krakenfx / @Payward.

In this interview with founder @Bfaviero, we break down how they scaled infrastructure powering billions - and the real lessons on fundraising, leverage, and not getting taken advantage of along the way.

Listen in 🎧 https://t.co/oVsdbeqx0O

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Most patients assume they have to get their MRI or CT scan done wherever their doctor refers them. They don't.

@elan_was_here built @oneimaging to give patients a real choice in where they get medical imaging done — which can lower out-of-pocket costs and cut down wait times significantly. It's a simple idea with a real impact on people's lives and wallets.

🎙️ Listen to the full episode at https://t.co/8PXu8OPqIf #miamitech #fundraising #startups

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Hot Take 🔥 Too many founders feel entitled to funding. 

@elan_was_here, founder of @oneimaging, says the biggest mistake he made early on was not approaching fundraising with a sales mindset. 

Learn more about how he raised $38M in this episode of The Miami Tech Pod: 🎧 https://t.co/bwtHIMFkPd

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Episode 2 is live 🔥

In this episode, @MariaDerchi sits down with @elan_was_here, Founder of @oneimaging — a Miami-based startup that has:

- Raised $38M (including a $31M round closed in ~6 weeks) 📷
- 50x’ed growth in under 3 years 📷
- Reached millions of covered lives 📷

All by tackling one simple insight: patients don’t realize they have a choice in healthcare.

We cover:

- Why 35% of people delay or skip care due to cost
- How faster access to imaging can directly impact health outcomes
- The surprising way insurance works (and who actually pays)
- OneImaging’s rapid growth
- Lessons from raising $31M in 6 weeks and why fundraising is just sales
- Why Miami is becoming a serious hub for healthcare innovation

Listen in 🎧
https://t.co/bwtHIMFkPd

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Battery constraints are a thing of the past.

Tune in to our latest episode to learn how @gabednconfused and the @Material_HM team are changing the battery game, from right here in Miami 🌴

https://t.co/WduV3Hi76U

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

We're baaacccccckkkkk!!

After 1.5 year hiatus, we’re excited to announce the return of the Miami Tech Pod!

For our first episode post-relaunch, I sat down with @gabednconfused, co-founder of @Material_HM, to talk about his path from childhood dreams of Formula 1, to winning 7 F1 championships at Mercedes, to now building a hard tech startup in Miami focused on 3D-printed batteries.

It’s a conversation about the level of ambition and persistence needed to build something meaningful.

Listen in and subscribe for 🔥 conversations with the founders, operators and investors shaping the future of Miami Tech.

https://t.co/5xzsy7mUhn

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

Our latest interview w/ @biancapadilla, CEO & Cofounder of @CarewellFamily is live!

Topics on deck:
· Bianca’s Miami story
· What led her to start Carewell
· The road to raising a $24.7M Series B
· Why Miami is a great place for healthtech companies

🎙️ https://t.co/XxbyZ1GgjA

[The #MiamiTech Pod @MiamiTechPod]

🦩🌴GM!

Episode 88 w/ Jeremy Wood of @openstore is live! 🔥

Topics on Deck:

- Building @openstore w/ @rabois
- Formerly working @Google
- His Favorite Miami Hidden Gems!
- and more!🚀💎

🔊 https://t.co/gGc1DXvQUr
📺 https://t.co/hBpoc7HWob

[Cesar Fernandez @CesarFernand3z]

Me: hey man, want to go for a walk and catch up?

@willweinraub: let’s run and catch up.

🤝🏃🏻