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5 days ago | refreshmiami.com | Anayansy Hernandez

What began as a floating social club off the coast of Miami has now evolved into a full-fledged tech hospitality ecosystem with global ambitions. Last Friday, ARKHAUS announced its official transition into The Ark Companies, an umbrella of three symbiotic startups: ARKHAUS, E-LIXR, and Arkup, working together to propel maritime innovation into a zero-emission future. The transition came following its acquisition of Arkup, a designer and manufacturer of solar-electric, livable yachts.

1 week ago | refreshmiami.com | Riley Kaminer

Before he built a company solving digital crimes, Wanderson Castilho was the one breaking into systems. It started in the late ‘90s, while he was working on his master’s in physics in Brazil. Access to academic journals was clunky, and email wasn’t reliable. So Castilho took matters into his own hands. “I used to hack my professors’ accounts just to get the articles I needed,” he told Refresh Miami. “Later I’d tell them what I did and give them their password back.”He got curious.

1 week ago | refreshmiami.com | Riley Kaminer

It starts with a single late part. One delay, one glitch, one email that didn’t arrive on time, and suddenly, a billion-dollar production line grinds to a halt. That’s the problem Pelico set out to fix. And with a fresh $40 million in funding, the supply chain software company is betting it can become a key player in the AI-powered manufacturing world, with Miami as its launchpad.

1 week ago | refreshmiami.com | Riley Kaminer

Clockout has raised $2 million to accelerate its mission of bringing earned wage access to the heart of community banking. The round was led by Cofounders Capital, which contributed $1 million and will take a board seat. Other investors include Porch Ventures, One Six One Ventures, Market Square Ventures, and Launch Tennessee. “This fundraise gives us over two years of runway,” CEO and co-founder Juan Jurado-Blanco told Refresh Miami.

1 week ago | refreshmiami.com | Riley Kaminer

Back in 2020, Joseph Elias Phillips and William Corbera saw the writing on the wall. Software companies were becoming financial platforms. But most of them lacked the payments infrastructure to pull it off. So, they built Payabli. Five years later, that bet is paying off in a big way. This week, the Miami-based startup announced a $28 million Series B round led by Fika Ventures and QED Investors, with support from previous backers TTV Capital and Bling Capital.