{"id":71285,"date":"2019-09-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-emerge-americas-insights-reports-record-year-for-investment-and-venture-activity-in-south-florida\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T06:03:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T10:03:46","slug":"nuevo-informe-de-emerge-americas-reporta-en-ano-record-en-inversiones-y-actividad-empresarial-en-el-sur-de-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/nuevo-informe-de-emerge-americas-reporta-en-ano-record-en-inversiones-y-actividad-empresarial-en-el-sur-de-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"eMerge Americas Insights Reports Record Year For Investment And Venture Activity In South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 5, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0eMerge Americas, a platform which fosters innovation and serves as a catalyst for transforming <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> into the tech hub of the Americas, published its biannual <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2570281-1&amp;h=2526956343&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.emergeamericas.org%2Fhubfs%2FeMerge%2520Americas%2520Insight%2520Reports%2520-1H19.pdf&amp;a=%22eMerge+Insights%22\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;eMerge Insights&#8221;<\/a><\/u> report on <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> venture activity and investment trends in partnership with <span class=\"xn-org\">Florida International University<\/span>, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and former Miami Herald business writer <span class=\"xn-person\">Nancy Dahlberg<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf593left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgf593left\" title=\"Inspiration, Innovation, and a Nod to the Future Take Center Stage at eMERGE Americas 2016 \" border=\"0\" alt=\"Inspiration, Innovation, and a Nod to the Future Take Center Stage at eMERGE Americas 2016 \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/357556\/eMERGE_2016_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This year is shaping up to be another record year for investment and venture activity in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span>, and we are just getting started,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Felice Gorordo<\/span>, CEO of eMerge Americas. &#8220;Startups across <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> attracted <span class=\"xn-money\">$1.54 Billion<\/span> in VC funding in the first half of 2019, surpassing all of 2018 combined, and ranking us seventh in the U.S. &#8211; outpacing <span class=\"xn-location\">Austin<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, D.C.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Amongst other noteworthy highlights in the published report: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Startups based in the greater <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Ft. Lauderdale<\/span> metro area snagged three quarters of the state of <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida&#8217;s<\/span> venture capital in dollar value of deals, and more than half of the number of deals. <\/li>\n<li>Health tech, medical device and life science startups encompassed one-third of the deals in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> &#8211; up from 23 percent in 2018, showing a significant spike for the industry and helping establish <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> as an emerging healthcare innovation hub. <\/li>\n<li>63 percent of the 2019 deals in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> thus far are angel or seed stage deals, about the same pace as last year, but 28% greater than nationally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We always envisioned <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> would be a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity, and we now have the comparative data to trace how much this ecosystem has evolved and the transformational impact we are making as a community,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Melissa Medina<\/span>, President of eMerge Americas.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>In <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 2019<\/span>, eMerge Americas published its first installment of investment insights with an overview and analysis of <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> venture activity of 2018. To download the eMerge Insights 2019 Mid-Year Report, click <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2570281-1&amp;h=2414369456&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.emergeamericas.org%2Fhubfs%2FeMerge%2520Americas%2520Insight%2520Reports%2520-1H19.pdf&amp;a=here\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About eMerge Americas<\/b><\/p>\n<p>eMerge Americas is the premier technology event connecting the Americas held annually at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami Beach<\/span> Convention Center. By connecting global industry leaders and investors with corporate business executives, government leaders, and entrepreneurs, eMerge Americas is transforming <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> into the tech hub of the Americas. In 2019, eMerge Americas attracted over 16,000 attendees and more than 400 participating companies from over 40 countries. eMerge Americas serves as a catalyst in order to foster innovation and investment in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>. The eMerge Americas founding partners include: Medina Capital, A Rod Corporation, Greenberg Traurig, Knight Foundation, <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade County<\/span>, and the Miami Herald. The upcoming eMerge Americas conference is scheduled for <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 30-31, 2020<\/span>. For more information about eMerge Americas, please visit: <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2570281-1&amp;h=298659353&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergeamericas.com%2F&amp;a=www.emergeamericas.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.emergeamericas.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2570281-1&amp;h=88137520&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F357556%2FeMERGE_2016_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F357556%2FeMERGE_2016_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/357556\/eMERGE_2016_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p>SOURCE  eMerge Americas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 5, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0eMerge Americas, a platform which fosters innovation and serves as a catalyst for transforming <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> into the tech hub of the Americas, published its biannual <u>&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2570281-1&amp;h=2526956343&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.emergeamericas.org%2Fhubfs%2FeMerge%2520Americas%2520Insight%2520Reports%2520-1H19.pdf&amp;a=%22eMerge+Insights%22&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet-y-tecnologia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}