Wifredo "Wifi" Fernandez

Were Miami’s original co-working community & event venue in the heart of Wynwood. We believe progress occurs when motivated & inspired individuals collide & create new ideas. We believe entrepreneurs, startups, and corporations alike need an open & inspiring place to gather, experiment & foster connections. At The LAB we offer creative workspace solutions including co-working, virtual offices, dedicated desks, and private offices. We’re also an event venue for offsite meetings, conferences, workshops, and receptions as well as host our own curated events targeted towards entrepreneurs. We invite you to Learn, Act & Build with our innovative community, at the LAB Miami.

Lightspeed is a global, multi-stage, venture capital firm managing over $40B in assets. Since its founding in 2000, Lightspeed has been the first investor and an early backer of some of the most innovative companies in the world including Abridge, Anthropic, Castelion, Glean, Mistral, Navan, Netskope, Rubrik, Snap, Wiz, and more. Learn more at lsvp.com. The content herein does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or investment advisory services. Certain information contained herein is based on information from various sources prepared by third parties. While such sources are believed by Lightspeed to be reliable, neither Lightspeed nor its affiliates assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information, and such information has not been independently verified by Lightspeed. Unless otherwise indicated, the inclusion of any third-party firm and/or company names, brands and/or logos are for representational purposes and does not imply any affiliation with these firms or companies and also does not imply their endorsement to the views expressed by the authors. For additional disclosures, please see https://lsvp.com/legal/

The Launch Pad at The University of Miami offers career guidance, resources, and advice to entrepreneurs, innovators, and inventors at the University of Miami. Our mission at The Launch Pad is to show University of Miami students and alumni that starting a new venture and being an entrepreneur is a legitimate career path. We encourage every UM student who wants to start a new venture - either for-profit or not for profit - to do so in South Florida and thereby contribute to the economic and social growth of our region. The Launch Pad at UM - we help the folks who get stuff done.

FIU is Miamis public research university. Offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees, both on campus and fully online. Designated a Preeminent State Research University, FIU emphasizes research as a major component in the universitys mission. The Robert Stempel School of Public Health and Social Work and the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences Discovery Lab, are just two of many colleges, schools and setting new standards through research initiatives. For more than 50 years, FIU has positioned itself as one of South Floridas anchor institutions by solving some of the greatest challenges of our time. We are dedicated to enriching the lives of the local and global community. With a student body of more than 56,000, we are among the largest universities in the nation and have collectively graduated more than 300,000 alumni, 165,000 of whom live and work in South Florida.

Were Miami’s original co-working community & event venue in the heart of Wynwood. We believe progress occurs when motivated & inspired individuals collide & create new ideas. We believe entrepreneurs, startups, and corporations alike need an open & inspiring place to gather, experiment & foster connections. At The LAB we offer creative workspace solutions including co-working, virtual offices, dedicated desks, and private offices. We’re also an event venue for offsite meetings, conferences, workshops, and receptions as well as host our own curated events targeted towards entrepreneurs. We invite you to Learn, Act & Build with our innovative community, at the LAB Miami.

The Department of Commerce’s mission is to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity for all communities. Through its 13 bureaus, the Department works to drive U.S. economic competitiveness, strengthen domestic industry, and spur the growth of quality jobs in all communities across the country. The Department serves as the voice of business in the Federal Government, and at the same time, the Department touches and serves every American every day. "Innovation, equity, and resilience. These three concepts drive our work at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and they’re crucial to our overarching goal of improving America’s competitiveness in the global economy." Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce