Refresh Miami

South Florida is showing up in a big way at this week’s Florida Venture Forum Early Stage Venture Conference, eight local startups made the presenting roster.

With 26 companies selected overall, this is a strong snapshot of what founders across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach are building right now.

Drop a name we should be following as they pitch in Orlando.

https://refreshmiami.com/news/8-south-florida-startups-will-present-at-this-weeks-fvf-early-stage-venture-conference/

Biscayne Bay is not just the view, it is a core piece of Miami’s economy, from real estate to tourism to coastal resilience.

At the 2026 Biscayne Bay Marine Health Summit, scientists, policymakers, developers, and technologists mapped what it will take to restore the bay, and the big takeaway was clear: the plan exists, now the tech needs to scale.

Floating wetlands, living seawalls, stormwater, seagrass, and Everglades restoration were all on the table, and the opportunity for South Florida builders is real.

https://refreshmiami.com/news/biscayne-bay-has-a-restoration-plan-now-it-needs-the-tech-to-match/

Miami tech stayed busy this week, starting with Blulabs raising $7M to keep building its global supply chain platform.

From Betr and OpenEvidence to INmune Bio, Endeavor Miami, Spearmint Energy, and Titan America’s innovation hub, the signals span consumer, health, climate, and industrial tech.

South Florida builders, this is your quick scan of what is compounding across the ecosystem.

https://refreshmiami.com/news/10-things-to-know-in-miamitech-a-fresh-funding-plus-news-from-betr-inmune-bio-i-squared-capital-openevidence-simpro-group-endeavor-miami-spearmint-energy-titan-americas-innovation/