Events

Join us for Demo Day conclusion of the Built in Miami Startup Program hosted by the 

! Meet 48 Miami pre-seed and seed stage startups and hear 10 live pitches.

These startups are all South Florida-based and have been rigorously vetted and prepared through our 8 week accelerator program focused on traction and investment preparation. They span multiple industries including AI, B2B SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, Consumer, and more. 

This event is for active startup investor, angel investors, and venture capital funds.

6:30 - 7:30pm Networking & Startup Showcases

8:30 - 9:00pm Final Remarks and Open Networking

There are 48 vetted pre-seed and seed stage startups in this 2023 cohort. For the past 6 months, these startup founders have gone through rigorous training and preparation to make it to Demo Day. The top 10 startups in the cohort will take the stage to pitch live. All the startups in the cohort will be showcasing their companies around the Demo Day room, so you will have ample time to meet each one. There will also be a digital pitch book provided with a summary of each startup. Each startup is prepared for fundraising through our due diligence process.

The Built in Miami Startup Program is a structured startup program designed to take local entrepreneurs from idea to funded startup in 8 months. 

This year, we've incubated 135 startups, connected over 100 local developers to these startups, and accelerated 48 startups. Demo Day is the culmination of this great program.

This program is created and sponsored by Venture Miami and hosted by the Shrimp Society and Argent Strategies.

Demo Day - Built in Miami Startup Program

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Join us for this tactical workshop on how to grow your startups social media presence with 

Hector has scaled hundred of social media brands to thousands of followers through his proven framework.  

Supercharge Your Startups Social Media

Lena has helped over 250 startups launch MVPs and get their first customers. In this workshop, we'll be covering effective user feedback and product research calls.

This is an essential part of finding Product Market Fit for early stage startups. 

Leading Effective User Feedback & Product Research Calls

Join Benny Pekala from Cryptan Labs, a crypto-focused venture studio, for group office hours to discuss your web3 product go-to-market and fundraising strategy. 

Web3 Office Hours with Cryptan Labs

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Non-Traditional Roles in Tech Panel

Monday sessions are structured in-person lessons and active workshops. 

Accelerator Monday Sessions (Weekly)

Open to Accepted Accelerator Members ONLY

Wednesday workshop sessions are for group office hours, pitch practice, and guest Q/A. 

This is a recurring event every Wednesday of the program.

Accelerator Wednesday Workshops (Weekly)

This is the Kick Off event for the Miami Accelerator. We will go over the course curriculum, resources, schedule, and expectations. 

We will also dive right in to creating our traction and due diligence scorecards so 

Accelerator Kick Off

Join us as we celebrate the Product Hunt launches of the Builders Summer program! 

We will be doing demos, upvoting products, sharing war stories from launch week, and enjoying some champagne as we celebrate the launches. 

Bring your team, co-founders, or other stakeholders to celebrate your startup milestone. 

The event is at Office Logic and drinks & light bites will be served.

Builders Summer: Product Hunt Launch Party

Come check out VentureCafe for a fun night of networking, 3 workshops, and startup showcases. 

Workshop 1: Building Your Personal or Company brand

Workship 3: Managing Your Content Pipeline

Free food & drinks, great vibes, highly recommend.

VentureCafe: 10x Your Content

Join us for a deep dive on the legal consideration around hiring for your startup. We'll cover hiring, IP, firing, and other things you need to know to stay on-track, compliant, and in great legal hygiene. 

We're joined by Jackson Hwu, Partner at Nelson Mullins Law Firm, who will be leading the workshop. 

Builders Summer: Legal Considerations for Hiring with Jackson Hwu, Partner at Nelson Mullins

Tonight we'll be diving into Bubble as a way to turn prototype into MVPs and rapidly launch products that customer can use. This session is led by

In this workshop we'll dive into Bubble, get tactical on how to start building, and showcase some things you can build on Bubble in just a weekend.  

Then we'll sit down for a fireside chat on JP's founder story. 

Builders Summer: Building with Bubble.io + Fireside Chat with Jean-Pierre Vertil

Join us for an in-depth panel with two CTOs and engineering leaders, Bugrahan Akcay and Roly Vicaria.

Also available virtually on the Reef platform starting at 7pm.

Builders Summer: CTO Fireside Chat

Join us for a panel with Derek Barnett, EVP of Innovation Banking at at Cogent Bank, and Ken Hall, Principal at DeepWork Capital on how to create a venture back-able startup. 

Time: Jul 17, 2023 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Builders Summer: Creating a Venture Back-able Company Panel with Derek Barnett & Ken Hall

We will be doing an actionable 30-day content planning workshop where you will slate 30 and start creating 30 days of content.  

BRING YOUR LAPTOP - this is a guided working session.

Builders Summer: 30-Day Content Workshop

Builders Summer: Product Hunt Launch Overview + Fireside chat with James Sullivan, CEO of OneSeven Tech

Join us at the orientation & Prototype Pitch Night for the Builders Summer!

We will cover orientation, speed pitches and then founders will be showcasing their prototypes and companies to the Builders Summer participants.

Builders Summer Orientation & Prototype Pitch Night

Introducing our first ShrimpFIT event with The Chain Miami and Miami Made. Start your day energized with our sunrise yoga class and prepare to wake up your mind & body ☀️ 

All you need is a towel and we'll supply light refreshments. All skill levels are welcome. 

How to get there? Once you get to 3rd St./Ocean Drive walk through the park onto the beach. We'll meet at the lifeguard hut. There is meter parking on Ocean Drive - free in the mornings until 9am!

Donations to yoga instructor are highly encouraged:)

Miami Made is a community of heart centered Founders and Entrepreneurs created to support members and the Miami Startup Ecosystem through deeper connection, aligned collaboration and accelerated growth.  This community strives to make our Miami community a better place to live and work.  Miami Made is also a place where Founders can rejuvenate, recharge and remember the importance of play!

ShrimpFIT Sunrise Yoga with The Chain Miami & Miami Made

The Shrimp Society, Miami NFT Buildathon, and The LAB Miami invite you to the FIRST Shrimp Cocktail ! 

Let's get into the nitty gritty of building.

Hear from founders at multiple stages and get an inside look on how they're building right now.

ℹ️ Seating is limited. Request your invite.

6:30-7:30 | MP23 Mastermind & Dinner (members only)

7:30-8:30 | Panel Speakers (open to everyone)

• Alfonso Gómez-Jordana, Tech & Product co-founder 

Shrimp Cocktail Series | An Atypical Founder's Conversation

We've launched our MP23 and now it's time to party! Join us for a night of Miami 90's nostalgia, food & drinks, and a room full of awesome Shrimp members.

​Add your ETH address that holds your MP23 for open bar and special treats.

Non-MP23 holders receive drink ticket & cash bar. Space is limited, please RVSP.

Shrimp Society 1999 Office Party

Coworking, collaboration, community. Come hammer out that  side project while benefiting from the quick expertise of the peer sitting next to you. Open to all. The only requirement is that you bring something that excites you

, 632 S Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33130. ℹ️ Parking is scarce so we recommend Uber or public transit.

 coffee and food to holders of the Shrimp MP23 NFT, which can be obtained at Hack Night.

 10th floor, 21 SE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33131. ℹ️ There's lots of construction and parking is scarce so we recommend Uber or public transit.

Hack Nights 🧱 Let's build sh*t

inaugural Shrimp Society Accelerator Demo Day

For the past eight weeks, fifteen early stage startups have gone through our Fellowship Accelerator with weekly workshops, office hours, pitch practice, and strategy masterminds to prepare for raising capital from early stage investors.

Five vetted startups pitch live and compete for a $15,000-$25,000 equity investment

. Information on all the startups in the Alpha Cohort will be available to investors through our pitch book as well. 

 is a growth strategy firm that helps plan, launch, & grow your startup, small Business, or web3 project. We're happy to be hosting our demo day in partnership with Argent Strategies as they've been a valuable community supporter and tactical advisor to many local startups.

 in Wynwood, our home base throughout the entire accelerator program.

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Join the startup community for a morning of beach volleyball in our first outing for the Startup Sports League hosted by Shrimp Society, Upstream, Endeavor, Venture Cafe,  and CIC Miami. 

Free beach volleyball at Margaret Pace Park from 10am - 1pm. Come break a sweat and start your weekend on a fun note with other startup, tech, and entrepreneurial people in South Florida. 

Beach Volleyball 🏐 Startup Sports League

 from TrippyDAO for a web3 panel on the future of DAOs and NFTs. 

TrippyDAO holds a collection of the rarest Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs as well as numerous other blue-chip NFTs. 

house for drinks, light bites, and the candid panel. If you're an NFT degen, you won't want to miss this.

TrippyDAO: The Future of DAOs & NFTs 

Welcoming all the women hackers to the Shrimp Hack House for an open-mic brunch to collaborate with other badass women. 

, open-mic, sunshine, music, and a comfortable environment to network & collaborate. 

Hosted by the Unlock Capital and Lady Shrimp, a women-only community within the Shrimp Society full of founders, devs, creators, and community builders. The brunch will feature open-mic, food, drinks, sunshine, music, and a comfortable environment to network & collaborate. 

 is an innovation ecosystem for ambitious builders. We offer a variety of programs for founders, startup operators, devs, and investors to help drive early-stage startups forward.

 is a defi-focused high yield, high liquidity investment fund. Please contact Shweta (

MHW Women's Brunch

Calling all Miami Hack Week participants:

 Join us for free coffee & co-work thanks to our friends at Puroast Coffee in the heart of Brickell. Show your Miami Hack Week bracelet or your Shrimp NFT for a free coffee beverage of your choice. Hang out and co-work at the coffee shop to meet other hackers, founders, and interesting people from across the Miami tech community. 

 is an innovation ecosystem for ambitious builders. We offer a variety of programs for founders, startup operators, devs, and investors to help drive early-stage startups forward.  

 is uniquely rich, smooth taste, with much lower acid and an antioxidant boost, roasted with 90% sustainable energy.

We invite you to step into the world where coffee comes from – A special place we call the Puroast Coffeehouse. It’s a tribute to the plantation home of the Coffee Grower, where we learned the magic of his coffee roasting – a craft that produces the wonderful taste and feeling of 

gm free hacker coffee @ Puroast Coffee in Brickell

at the Shrimp hack house for a builder BBQ. Food, drinks, DJ, pool, and good vibes will be served. 

Founders, devs, designers, operators, investors all welcome. 

PLEASE UBER. There is limited street parking in the neighborhood.

 and NFTs. We are a toolkit that aggregates millions of data points into digestible, bite-size indicators that allow you to get a holistic view of the market, all in one place. We bring the pieces of the puzzle together.

Builder BBQ & 3v3 Bball Tourney - Powered by Defy Trends

The Shrimp Society welcomes the Kingpins of the Gutter Cat Gang to Miami for a private ocean-side dinner. 

Please join us for this three-course meal at Light Keepers at the Ritz Carlton on beautiful Key Biscayne with your choice of filet mignon, chicken breast, or seared branzino.

: Light Keepers @ The Ritz Carlton, 455 Grand Bay Drive, Key Biscayne, Florida 33149

Please contact Chris at 815-701-8037 with any questions.

Gutter Cat Gang Kingpin Dinner | ART BASEL MIAMI

Celebrate the launch of the Shrimp Society NFT with NFTY Labs at the Wharf Miami  🎉

 on Saturday, December 4th, for an afternoon Art Basel day party right on the Miami River. This is the 

 for ambitious creators, investors, builders, athletes, and artists. 

NFT Paradise is the perfect way to jump-start your Art Basel Saturday - Miami sunshine, ocean breeze, yachts, games, cold drinks, and hot tracks. Local artists, NFT giveaways, elite networking, and more will be going on all afternoon.

Tickets are limited. Secure your spot today.

Jumbo Shrimp (10+ Shrimp NFT holders) will receive:

Built on the back of an already thriving community of innovators, 

collection offers 6,305 generative avatar Shrimp NFTs that live on the Solana blockchain.

Your ownership of a Shrimp Society NFT grants you

access to a community of ambitious entrepreneurs, builders, creators, investors, & innovators

featuring exclusive membership benefits, both IRL and virtually.

is a blockchain studio and incubator for the next generation of NFT technology.

NFTY Labs was formed with the goal of creating community-based solutions to assist the NFT ecosystem's newly discovered growth. The community and creators are always at the forefront of our minds.

Learn more about NFTY Labs NFT authentication technology 

NFT PARADISE - Shrimp Society NFT x NFTY Labs

Join the Shrimp Society NFT as we celebrate our epic Wynwood mural created by the legend Alex Duncan, better known as DUNC.

This event is private for Shrimp Society NFT holders and invited guests. We’re featuring artist showcases, live DJ, and of course a diverse group of creators, builders, innovators, and hustlers. 

Complimentary champagne and light bites will be served.

Shrimp Society NFT holders and guests welcome.

Mural Reveal Party - Shrimp Society NFT

Calendar hold for the Shrimp Society NFT presale.

PRESALE - Shrimp Society NFT

In this webinar, we’ll be walking through each component of the 

project. Listeners can understand the vision, strategy, roadmap, and all other details of the project. 

(This will also be recorded and published on YouTube.)

Shrimp Society NFT - Overview

In celebration of FIU’s Student Innovation Week by StartUP FIU, The Shrimp Society is welcoming FIU students, alumni, and faculty to 

The Shrimp Society is a collective of South Florida’s early-career entrepreneurs, innovators, creators, and tech talent. 

With this event, we are hoping to help bridge the gap between the FIU students and the Miami tech ecosystem. 

Cerveceria La Tropical is open to all ages.

Shrimp Society x StartUP FIU Happy Hour @ Cervecería La Tropical

, for casual co-working hours with the member community. They’ve reserved the big table in the front for us.

We’ll be there at 9am every Wednesday. Come bounce ideas off eachother, get feedback, ask for intros, and just hangout.

Chris Daniels

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