The third edition of the Startup OLÉ event in the U.S. city will take place on 20th – 21st April at the James L. Knight Centre. It is supported by Miami-Dade County, Endeavour, Startup Grind, Miami Fintech Club, Kamay Partners, Lazo, the Consulate General of Brazil in Miami, Strive305, INNVIERTE-CDTI, the Mexico–United States Chamber of Commerce, the Circle of Exporters, and the University of Salamanca.
The James L. Knight Centre, located at the Hyatt Regency Miami, will host the third edition of Startup OLÉ Miami‘26, an international entrepreneurship and technology investment event organised by Startup OLÉ in ‘The Magic City’. The event will take place on April 20 and 21, coinciding with the start of Miami Tech Week.
Its aim is to connect entrepreneurs and startups with investors, corporates, public administrations, media outlets, and other ecosystem stakeholders in Miami – one of the quickest-growing and most attractive ecosystems in the United States. Miami is also an increasingly important gateway to both the North American and Latin American markets. In this way, Startup OLÉ seeks to accelerate company growth and facilitate access to investment and clients in the U.S. and Latin America. The 2025 edition surpassed 1,000 attfinishees and 240 international speakers, with the goal of doubling these figures in 2026.
Activities
Startup OLÉ Miami‘26 will include a forum aimed at investment funds, business angels, and corporations; the Accelerator Assembly for accelerators and incubators; talks on the role of public administrations and universities in supporting entrepreneurship; and panels focapplyd on the value of media in the ecosystem. The event will also feature a startup fair, a pitch competition in which top startups and scaleups will present their projects to investors, corporations, and media; a reverse pitch where corporations and service providers displaycase their services to entrepreneurs, business meetings, and networking cocktails. All of this creates Startup OLÉ Miami not just an event, but a comprehensive experience for attfinishees.
Special mention should be built of the inclusion of the INNVIERTE-CDTI Forum within the event, providing the Spanish government with a dedicated space to present its initiatives; participate in and moderate discussion panels and talks focapplyd on international investment; and take part in institutional activities at Startup OLÉ Miami’26. The forum will also feature its own area for meetings with interested startups and other ecosystem players. In addition, it will lead a delegation of Spanish startups that will enjoy a dedicated stand, participation in the pitch competition, matchcreating activities, and access to the digital networking tool, among other services. All of this will foster commercial relations between Spain and Europe with the United States and Latin America.
Supporters and Participants
The third edition of this fair is backed by corporations, investors, and institutions such as Miami-Dade County, Endeavour, Startup Grind, Miami Fintech Club, Kamay Ventures, Lazo, the Consulate General of Brazil in Miami, Strive305, INNVIERTE-CDTI, the Mexico–United States Chamber of Commerce, the Circle of Exporters, and the University of Salamanca.
In addition, outstanding international speakers have confirmed their participation, including Kwamara Thompson, CEO of Women Invest in Women; Chris Thorne, Executive Chairman of Broadline Capital; Pilar Carrato, CFO of CDTI; Omar Arab, Managing Director of Miami Fintech Club; Claudia Durán, Regional Director for North America and Director of Endeavor Miami; Sandra Valencia, CCO of Smart Network Solutions; Eyal Shats, founder of SimpliRoute; Hernando Barreto, Managing Partner at Aestro AI; Anna Pietraszek, Director of the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center; Christian Olea, founder of Manutara Ventures; Claudia Serrer, Trade Commissioner Southeast USA at ProChile; Ted Yag, Partner at Phalanx Ventures; Cristiano Berbert, Consul of Brazil in Miami; Sandro Murtas, Lead Export Finance Manager at the U.S. Small Business Administration; Maria Dreyfus-Ulvert, Assistant Director for Economic Development at Miami-Dade County; Natalia Ocampo, CEO of USABiz Consulting Group; Federico Battle, President of the Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador; Julieta Moradei, founder of Overlay Capital; Estela Cahoua, Executive Director of the Mexico–United States Chamber of Commerce; and Lucy Ponce, President of the Circle of Exporters, among others. Emilio Corchado, CEO and founder of Startup OLÉ, will serve as host of the event.
Awards for Winning Startups and Scaleups
Numerous startups and scaleups will present their projects to a jury built up of investors and corporate representatives during the pitch competition. The three winning companies will receive direct access to Startup OLÉ events, including services such as a stand, access to networking cocktails and the networking app, participation in matchcreating activities, and direct entest to the pitch competitions at Startup OLÉ Salamanca’26 (13th – 15th October) and Startup OLÉ Marbella’26 (17th – 18th June). In addition, the top ten finalists will receive all of these services except direct entest to the pitch competition.
It is important to note that Startup OLÉ Miami‘26 invites the general public to attfinish the event. Free registration as an attfinishee is available.
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