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Feb 7, 2025

19 South Florida Companies Pitching at Florida Venture Forum Capital Conference 2025

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Florida Venture Forum, Florida’s largest statewide support organization for investors and entrepreneurs, announced the companies selected to present at its 2025 Florida Venture Capital Conference, being held March 3 – March 5, 2025, in Miami. Among them are 19 Southeast Florida companies. 

Ben Patz, Managing Partner at DeepWork Capital

Ben Patz, Managing Partner at DeepWork Capital and Florida Venture Forum Selection Chair, said, “To support its expanded programming, the Florida Venture Forum has solicited presenting companies in Growth, Early and Seed stages. We received impressive applicants from around the world, but consistent with prior years, we have focused on leading companies in the southeast US. We are excited to announce the presenting companies selected by FVF investor members.”

Participating Southeast companies are:

Beeyond Media (https://www.beeyondmedia.com/) Miami, the company is a Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) advertising Demand-Side Platform (DSP). It specializes in helping brands run targeted, data-driven advertising campaigns on digital billboards, screens, and other outdoor digital displays. Beeyond offers extensive coverage, with 1.5 Millions devices connected across the U.S. and 25 international markets. This company is presenting during the Growth Stage Track.

BeyondSight (https://www.thebeyondsight.com/) Miami, the company is revolutionizing the world for the 330M blind individuals around the world. Made possible by their patent pending technology and spatial processing algorithms, they are able to take on the broken assistive technology market in a way that has never been done before. Technology in this market has a reputation of being costly prohibitive and requiring year-long wait times for the end user to get their hands on the products they need. This company is presenting during the Seed Stage Track.

Detect Technologies Inc. (“Detect”) ( https://www.detectinspections.com/) Miami, the company is an AI-driven platform revolutionizing energy infrastructure inspections (namely Transmission and Distribution). Leveraging advanced imaging from truck-mounted cameras, iPhones, drones, and alternative data sources like weather patterns, their proprietary software provides utilities with unparalleled insights into asset health. This company is presenting during the Early Stage Track.

DNALabs Corp (https://dnalabs.ca/) Boca Raton, the company’s mission is to revolutionize healthcare through advanced genetic testing solutions. As leaders in the field, they specialize in offering best-in-class pharmacogenomics, nutrigenomics, brain health genetic tests, fertility reports, and more in the pipeline. With a B2B business model, they partner with world class hospitals, healthcare providers, pharmacies, benefit administrators and employers, and research institutions to deliver cutting-edge genetic insights that optimize patient care and treatment outcomes. This company is presenting during the Seed Stage Track.

HelixVM (https://helixvm.com/) Boca Raton, the company has developed a revolutionary, patent-pending, medical platform that leverages AI to deliver fast and seamless virtual health care for patients and providers. HelixVM patients receive same-day treatment without needing a video visit, from their phone, while using insurance. This company is presenting in the Growth Stage Track.

KindDesigns (https://www.kinddesigns.com/) Miami, the company is 3D-Printing Living Seawalls. They’re structurally identical to traditional concrete seawalls, but also function like artificial reefs and mitigate wave impact. There’s no “green premium” – Living Seawalls are cheaper than traditional, toxic seawalls. This company is presenting during the Early Stage Track.

Lamatic (https://lamatic.ai/) Ft. Lauderdale, the company is an end-to-end GenAI tech stack offered as a PaaS subscription to product teams. It features a managed backend that provides drag-and-drop connectivity to data sources, models, tools and frontend applications. It offers a permissions-based UI that streamlines and accelerates the tech / non-tech collaboration required to deploy and manage production-grade GenAI-powered applications. With Lamatic, product teams can build and deploy custom GenAI APIs to the edge in minutes. This company is presenting during the Early Stage Track.

Launchspace Technologies (https://launchspacetechnologies.com/) Boca Raton, the company provides a patented solution to deliver spaceflight safety and protection for global space commerce. This company is presenting during the Early Stage Track.

MAVI.io Inc, (https://www.mavi.io/) Miami, the company’s retail and eCommerce leaders are building the shopping and in-vehicle experiences that consumers love and automakers and retailers need to bring next generation revenue to the greatest shopping cart on wheels! This company is presenting during the Early Stage Track.

Medzown, Inc. (https://www.medzown.com/) Jupiter, the company is a precision-medicine company that enables people with cancer and other rare and complex diseases to get better, faster access to cutting edge treatments while saving, providers, payers, and pharma significant amounts of money. These patients are 6-10% of the population and account for over 30% of healthcare spend. This company is presenting during the Early Stage Track.

Okeanos (http://www.madefromstone.com/) Miami Beach, the company is an advanced materials company formed specifically to immediately reduce plastic and its CO2 impacts. It has developed formulas for compounds (a pelletized combination of polymer and calcium carbonate) branded as Made From Stone (MFS). It is the first technology to measurably reduce the amount of virgin plastic in packaging and everyday items at the source by as much as 67%, while also reducing the subsequent CO2 emissions associated with making these products. This company is presenting during the Growth Stage Track.

Prescient AI (https://prescientai.com/) Miami, the company is a Marketing Optimization Platform powered by an industry-leading Media Mix Model (MMM) to help marketing and finance teams plan and deploy sophisticated advertising budgets with confidence. This company is presenting during the Growth Stage Track.

Rubitection Inc (https://rubitection.com/) Windermere, the company’s driven assessment and care management system supports the detection and management of chronic (e.g diabetic foot ulcers, pressure injuries) and dermatological conditions. Rubitection is solving an $26 billion problem by providing caregivers with a low-cost skin health management tool. Their solution contains a handheld device and AI driven software platform for care management. This company is presenting during the Seed Stage Track.

Sargassum Eco Lumber (http://www.sargassumecolumber.com/) Homestead, the company is a Florida-based sustainable materials company that converts invasive Sargassum seaweed and recycled plastics into high-performance, eco-friendly lumber. Their patent pending process creates a durable, recyclable product that replaces traditional wood and plastic composites. This company is presenting in the Seed Stage Track.

Swiftsync, Inc. (http://www.swiftsync.net/) Aventura, the company is the Developer of Cardiac, temporary dual-chamber pacing catheter. Stainless steel lead wires with 7 touch points for both atrial and ventricular stimulation is unique. Current devices only pace the ventricle and can cause perforations and lack of pacing control. They have one touch point versus 7 for SwiftSync. This company is presenting in the Early Stage Track.

Synergist Technology, LLC (https://synergist.technology/) Boca Raton, the company provides a solution for implementing and managing cybersecurity, governance, and compliance for AI systems. Their mission is to empower private organizations and government agencies to deploy AI systems safely, responsibly, and confidently. They deliver our solution through our proprietary AFFIRM software platform in combination with consulting and professional services. This company is presenting during the Early Stage Track.

Titl (https://titl.co/) Miami, the company utilizes A.I to generate property titles for the U.S. and then stores them onto a blockchain ledger. By doing so, they are able to generate property titles at a fraction of the time and cost that a traditional title company would (Titl takes 2 minutes, competitors take 5-10 days). Once they have provided the title report to the user, they are also able to store them on a ledger, allowing them to monitor the property for liens, fraud, code violations, etc. This company is presenting in the Seed Stage Track.

Tolka AI Therapeutics (https://tolka.ai/) Miami, the company is solving antibiotic resistance with small-batch patient-tailored therapeutics. Antibiotics are one-size-fits-all and bacteria typically develop resistance within two years of their introduction. This company is presenting in the Seed Stage Track.

Vidergy LLC (https://vidergy.com/) Coconut Creek, the company transforms traditional charging stations into revenue-generating assets by embedding cutting edge AdTech, delivering exceptional ROI for venues and unparalleled click-through rates (CTR) for advertisers. This company is presenting during the Seed Stage Track.

 

Kevin Burgoyne, President and CEO of the Florida Venture Forum

Kevin Burgoyne, President and CEO of the Florida Venture Forum, said, “We are extremely excited to offer attendees at this year’s conference a record number of presenting companies that represent the best and brightest venture-ready innovators from Florida, and beyond. On behalf of the Forum, I want to thank our staff and selection committee leaders and members who worked so hard to choose these amazing startups. And, finally, congratulations to the companies, their founders, and their teams.”

For more information and to register visit: https://flventure.org/florida-venture-capital-conference/