Chris Adamo

Chris Adamo is director at Arkive and @Art. He is a founding partner of Flamingo Capital, a venture capital syndicate in Miami, bridging the funding and investing community to the region. Recently he helped relaunch the Arkive Art Fund and @Art the popular Art handle on Instagram (1.8m followers). He’s also the head of relationships at the Wolfson Family office. Chris is also a Co-founder at media-tech startup WhereBy.Us and Letterhead as well as an active investor and advisor for startups. He is also a Social Impact focused philanthropic community leader and network builder. Before joining the team at WhereBy.Us, he spent 8 years at 1800 Flowers.com, expanding their corporate partnerships and digital gifting business, across several roles in the organization going from $500 million to $1 Billion over those years. Chris also co-founded The #MiamiTech Happy Hour and as per the New York Times, is the Pied Piper for the Miami Tech community. He lends his time as a mentor and advisor at the Watson Institute,Wolfsonian-FIU Musuem, Binghamton University, Miami Dade College, Upstream, Emerge America, Miami Herald Sliver Knights,and multiple local + national startups. He’s an active investor in Epic Games, WhereBy.Us, Acorns, Byju’s, Zed Run, Caribu, Craftsman +, Firefly, Binske, Cryptoys, The Sandbox, Quick Node, Reddit, Duck Duck Go, Athletic Greens, Coda Payments,Lightning Labs, Dapper Labs, + 50 others and is always looking to kickstart great ideas. Chris has an MBA and BS from Binghamton University and resides in Miami with his wife, Randi Wolfson and sons, Rhyder and Booker along with his vibrant collection of Hawaiian shirts (which he hasn’t missed a day of wearing one since December 1, 2016).