Top Miami Startups to Watch (and Work for) in 2023

• 69% of Papa members reduce reduced loneliness, 45% better health, and >90% credit Papa as a reason for staying with their current health plan.

• Papa serves members in all 50+ states.

• Papa is available to over 65 health plans, including Medicare Advantage and Medicaid.

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• As of June 2023, OpenStore reported 1.7 million consumers buying from their stores, 40+ Shopify stores in their portfolio, and 100,000+ products across multiple categories.

• In September 2022, OpenStore reported its acquisition sweet spot as US DTC brands doing between $1 million to $10 million in gross merchandise volume.

• More than 5,000 companies in 25+ countries use Jeeves, including Rappi, Bitso, KAVAK, Belvo, Blueground, and Justo.

• 30% of Jeeves’ customers use multiple features on their products.

• In March 2023, Jeeves launched Jeeves Pay, the world’s first credit-backed business payments solution.

• Nowports has 4,000+ customers, including Pandora Jewelry, Recsol, Baby Mommas Store, Importadora Travesia del Pacifico Ltda, and Calefactores Pabst Limitada.

• In Q1 2022, Nowports saw its revenue climb more than 12x YoY. In addition, the company achieved 10x YoY growth in containers shipped, and customers served.

• As of June 2023, Giraffe360 has 1,000+ customers, including CBRE, Keller Williams, eXp Realty, Strike, and RE/MAX.

• As of May 2023, Faraway Games has launched Mini Royale games: Nations and Faraway Land.

• As of May 2023, the Faraway Games Discord channel has 54,892 members.

• As of March 2023, Mini Royale: Nations has ~400,000 monthly active users.

• As of November 2021, Mini Royale: Nations has ~300,000 monthly active users and ~25,000 daily active users. 

• As of June 2023, 1,932 homeowners use Belong.

• As of June 2023, Belong is operational in California, Florida, and Washington.

• As of May 2022, Belong has 7,000 renters on its platform.

• As of July 2022, Traba had 12,000 workers on the platform and reached 1 million in annualized revenue in 8 months of operation.

• In October 2022, Sealance emerged from stealth to announce its Seed round.

• As of June 2023, Vetcove has 19,000+ veterinary hospital customers and is live in 50 states.

• As of June 2023, QuickNode handles 200 billion+ API requests monthly and claims a 2.5x faster API response time than competitors.

• QuickNode customers include Chainlink, Twitter, Adobe, Chainalysis, Phantom, TokenTax, 0x, Dune Analytics, and Bonfida.

• As of January 2023, QuickNode reported 50,000+ developers on the platform.

• In Q3 and Q4 of 2022, QuickNode reported 300% revenue growth.

• In 2022, Ontop reported 100x revenue growth.

• As of October 2021, Ontop reported 40% MoM customer and revenue growth.

• As of October 2021, Ontop reported millions of dollars in monthly transactions and is used in 67 countries.

• Ontop customers include AB InBev, Teladoc Health, Uala, Rappi, PwC, BrightChamps, Zero-Code, Deca4, and Fanatiz.

• As of March 2022, Moonshot Brands operates nine brands and was on pace to grow to over $100 million in trailing 12 months of growth by the end of 2022.

• As of June 2021, Moonshot Brands was on a $30 million annual revenue run rate.

• Eight Sleep customers include Elon Musk (CEO of SpaceX), Kevin Hart (comedian), George Russel (F1 driver), Ryan Murphy (Olympic swimmer), Caleb Martin (NBA basketball player), Patrick Peterson (NFL player), Sidney Crosby (NHL player), and Andrew Huberman (American neuroscientist). 

• As of August 2021, Eight Sleep reported they were on pace to 3x revenue in 2021 over 2020.

• Eight Sleep claims users fall asleep 40% faster, get 20% more deep sleep, experience 30% fewer midnight wakeups, and experience 30% fewer tosses and turns.

• Pipe customers include Pave, Love Circular, Visible, Verma Farms & Penguin, Bungalow, Brooks Pest Control, and MUD/WTR.

• As of May 2021, Pipe has helped 4,000+ companies with $1 billion+ in tradable annual recurring revenue.

• As of May 2021, Pipe’s customer base comprised 75% SaaS and 25% non-SaaS companies.

• As of June 2023, MoonPay has 15 million users, up from 7 million in November 2021.

• As of November 2021, MoonPay reported $2 billion+ in transactions processed, 250+ crypto partners, and active in 160 countries.

• Between November 2019 and November 2021, MoonPay reported 35x transaction growth.

• As of June 2023, REEF has a proximity network of 18,000 employees and 8,000 locations, up from 4,800 locations in November 2020 across 50+ cities in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

• REEF’s network includes Quiznos, TGI Fridays, 800 Degrees Pizza, Another Wing, and Waw Bao.

• As of July 2023, Betr is live in Ohio and Massachusetts.

• Betr reported 1.3 billion impressions on social media in the first ten months.

• As of July 2023, Betr has 173K Instagram followers, 536.4K TikTok followers, 34.9K Youtube subscribers, and 90.8K Twitter followers.

• As of July 2023, AEXLAB’s game VAIL VR, a virtual reality multiplayer shooter, has rated 7/10 stars from 685 reviews on Steam.

• As of June 2023, Taxfyle has 4,000+ licensed accounts on the platform, up from 3,700+ in February 2022.

• As of June 2023, Taxfyle has 100,000+ users and is trusted by 200+ CPA firms.

• As of June 2023, Taxfyle claims 71% of jobs started in under 2 minutes, a 48-hour average time for completion, and 40% less than retail tax.

• As of February 2022, Taxfyle reported 200%+ YoY growth since its launch in 2015.

• As of April 2022, NovoPayment has ~50 customers, including Billet, Banco de Bogotá, Lulo Bank, Yuju Pay, kubo.financiero, Zinli, and Banco Codesarrollo.

• As of July 2023, Unitea has rated 3.5/5 stars from 105 reviews on the Apple App Store and 1.6/5 stars from 35 reviews on the Google Play Store.

• As of May 2023, Unitea has accomplished 2,000+ reward activations.

• Osigu business partners include Docplanner Group, MeetingDoctors, Tonic, Humano Seguros, Alerta Medica, FastFarma, Reliv, and Vitau.