Volume 2
South Florida startups pulled in$3.1 billion across 209 deals in the first half of this year. That’s ahead of the pace oflast year’s record-shatteringnumber of $5.3 billion. The first half of 2022 saw the world entering the crypto winter, but you wouldn’t know it in Miami.The sector of startups focused on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, or NFTs is hot, hot, hot— and that’s just one of the findings int his issue’s report. Facing new economic headwinds,U.S. venture capital activity slowed significantly this year, but not in theMiami-Fort Lauderdale metro area. For the first half of 2022, the metro area made a respectable showing in both VC investments and exit activity, although we will have to wait and see what the impact of the economy and slowing VC activity has on the Greater Miami area in the second half of 2022.
