2019 Annual Awards & Celebration of Entrepreneurship
The Research Park awards recognize distinguished contributions to the Research Park’s mission to create and sustain the ideal environment for innovation and invention, maximizing the academic and entrepreneurial talent and regional resources in South Florida to accelerate economic development and prosperity. This year, we are celebrating and acknowledging the acheivements of outstanding people and organizations that are large contributors to the success of our community.
Distinguished Entrepreneur: Rodrigo Griesi is one of the driving forces behind DECORA, a Brazilian startup that was recently acquired by Creative Drive, a content creation engine. Griesi’s involvement at the Research Park at FAU and his participation in its economic gardening initiatives helped the company get noticed and acquired by Creative Drive in 2018. He has 20 years of experience building and running new businesses in the technology industry. Griesi started at DECORA in its early stages, as an angel investor, then became the country manager, bringing DECORA’s services to market.
Distinguished Researcher: Borko Furht, Ph.D. has several patents pending and interesting corporate interactions that will leverage patents. Fuhrt is a faculty member in FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science and is the site leader for the NSF-funded Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement, which has been joined by several Research Park at FAU companies. His current research is focused on software designed for the next stage of video compression technology.
Distinguished Organization: Junior Achievement of South Florida is training the next generation of business leaders and employees by educating students about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness. Its mission is to inspire and prepare youth to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement delivers more than 20 unique programs to 50,000 students in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Distinguished Leader: Honorable Michael Udine is the District 3 commissioner in Broward County, a position he was elected to in 2016. He advocates for innovation and knowledge-based economic development, supporting regional organizations’ initiatives. When introduced to one of the Research Park at FAU’s entrepreneurs he immediately started business development for him. In addition, Udine is a director at Legacy Bank of Florida, a small community bank assisting small businesses in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Join us in honoring South Florida’s most influential entrepreneurs, researchers, inventors & business leaders as we celebrate the growth and success of our innovative community.
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2019 RESEARCH PARK ANNUAL AWARDS CELEBRATION SPONSORS
Experience technology and creativity in Downtown Orlando when companies, founders, artists, and performers from across the region gather to celebrate innovation in the Orlando region with Synapse Orlando and the Creative City Project’s annual event, Immerse.
Pitch Madness @Synapse Orlando
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About The Event
PRIZES
First Place
- $5,000 investment prize funded by SeedFunderOrlando
- Automatic entry into the main draw of Synapse Summit 2020
- $1,500 Gift Card offered by TriNet
- Office hours and pitch review with the VentureScaleUp technology business network
- Entrance onto PitchLyst platform
*Other Prizes Coming!
Second Place
- Office hours and pitch review with the VentureScaleUp technology business network
*Other Prizes Coming!
Third Place
- Office hours and pitch review with the VentureScaleUp technology business network
*Other Prizes Coming!
Founder Criteria
- We will source founders from three market sectors for debates: HealthTech, Esports/Gaming, and we will have a ‘Wild Card’ sector depending on the types of applicants we receive.
- HQ’d in Orlando area
- Live product launched with ‘some’ users/clients
Format: Our ‘Ross Perot’ format where we will have 3 candidates to debate in the Finals
- One day tournament
- 6 founders will be selected to compete for top prize!
- 3 debates in the First Round
- 1 winner will be selected from each First Round debate and placed into the Finals
- Finals will look like the 1992 US Presidential debate where there were 3 candidates square off instead of your typical Head2Head debate.
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22nd Annual BioFlorida Conference October 20-22, 2019
HOST HOTEL Tampa Marriott Water Street
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The Florida Venture Forum, in partnership with Space Florida invites you to attend the 2nd annual Florida Aerospace Capital Forum onNovember 6, 2019 at the GuideWell Innovation Center at Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida.
The purpose of the event will be to broaden the spectrum of Early Stage Florida-based aerospace companies and entrepreneurs, (as well as non-Florida entities with commitments to relocate), while engaging the industry with the Forum investment community, including,private equity, venture capital and angel investors.
In addition to the opportunity to present before an audience of active equity investors, presenting companies meeting designated criteria will compete for the Accelerating Innovation (AI) Award, offered by Space Florida. The AI Award offers a cash prizes totaling $100,000 ($50,000 to the Grand Prize Winner, $30,000 to 1st Runner-up & $20,000 to 2nd place) to eligible Florida companies or those companies seeking to relocate or establish presence in Florida. Please note the following eligible areas for consideration:
All participating companies must be engaged in market sectors that align with the strategic sectors of SF, set forth in its Vision 2020. These sectors are: information technology, health technology, knowledge based services, space transportation and advanced aerospace platforms, satellite systems and science payloads, ground and operations support systems, agriculture, climate/environmental monitoring, civil protection and emergency management, ISS and human life science (including medical research), communications, cyber security, adventure tourism, clean/alternative energy applications, advanced materials and new products. In addition to, aircraft and spacecraft design, parts and assembly, engineering design and construction, structural materials and electronic assembly, data analytics, medical and surgical innovations, satellite communications, innovations in planetary sustainability towards the development of nutritious food, clean water and energy, payload development, robotics – parts, design and assembly, unmanned aerial vehicles, surveillance, 3D printing and innovation, radiation protection, reconnaissance, & missile development.
The Annual Florida Venture Capital Conference™ is Florida’s most prominent, “Go To”, capital investment-centric event and gathering each year!
The 2020 Florida Venture Capital Conference offers numerous networking opportunities, programming featuring top investors and deal makers active in the state, and showcases Florida’s most innovative and fast growing later stage, private companies before an audience of venture capitalists, investors, and other service providers.
Past Presenters have raised approximately $6 Billion in equity capital. Over 400 people attended the 2019 conference, including 200+ equity investors from across the U.S., Europe and Latin America, representing billions of dollars in deployable capital.
Presenter applications will be reviewed and companies chosen by a selection committee made up of active venture capitalists and investors.
https://flventure.org/2020-florida-venture-capital-conference/
