Short answer (as of July 2026): In our startup directory, the clearest Miami / Florida footprints are Jeeves (corporate cards and expense stack for international startups; HQ commonly cited as Miami, Florida) and Meta4 Capital (Miami-based crypto investment manager — fund-like, not a classic operating startup). Datanomik (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Vaas (Colombia) sit on this page as LatAm gateway coverage, not Florida HQs. Coverage is intentionally thin — see gaps below.

Investor map: Miami VC firms — LatAm gateway 2026. Market context: Venture Week Miami 2026. Browse funds: /directory.

Scope

Primary job: Help founders and investors see which VCT companies map to Miami / Florida versus the broader LatAm corridor that South Florida markets itself on.

Includes: Directory startups with a Miami HQ claim, Miami-based fund entity, or explicit LatAm product thesis tied to a16z (and other) coverage we already publish.

Excludes: Invented Florida HQs; SoftBank-only portfolio names without a /startup/ page; pretending Meta4 is a SaaS startup.

Companies we cover (Florida footprint vs LatAm gateway)

Florida footprint: what we can say with confidence

Jeeves is the best “Miami operating company” example in this set. Product: corporate cards, expense management, and cross-border payments for startups operating internationally, with strong LatAm adoption. Why it matters: it bundles multi-country spend controls and FX into one stack instead of forcing finance teams to stitch local banks. Public funding highlights on the profile include a16z-led Series A (2021), CRV-led Series B ($57M at a reported $500M valuation, Sep 2021), and CRV-led Series C ($180M, Mar 2022) with GIC and Tencent named in press (not in our fund directory). Remains private as of July 2026.

Meta4 Capital is the clearest Miami-native entity — and the easiest to mis-label. It is a cryptocurrency investment manager that launched Meta4 NFT Fund I (Oct 2021) with a16z crypto as lead anchor, targeting rare digital collectibles and metaverse assets (fund targeting up to ~$100M in contemporaneous coverage). Use this page to understand Miami’s web3 capital layer; do not put Meta4 in a “startups to watch” SaaS shortlist.

LatAm gateway (not Florida HQ)

Miami’s pitch to founders — reinforced in Venture Week Miami 2026 — is the U.S.–LatAm bridge. These two directory companies illustrate that thesis without pretending they sit in Brickell:

Datanomik — Uruguay-based open-banking API standardizing multi-bank data for CFO tooling. Why interesting: founded by ex-dLocal / AstroPay operators; a16z’s first Uruguay bet and one of its larger LatAm seeds at the time ($6M, Mar 2022; Canary, Nazca, Latitud in press). Coverage remains thin on product milestones after seed.

Vaas — Digitizes credit agreements and collateral monitoring for private credit in Latin America. Why interesting: a16z-led $5M seed (Feb 2023) with Nazca, Maya Capital, and Latitud named on the company blog. Directory industries tag is still generalist; treat product detail as expanding.

Related mention (not a Florida claim)

Cryptoys (OnChain Studios) appears in our a16z portfolio coverage; a seed highlight cites Refresh Miami reporting. That is a press-source tag, not proof of a Miami HQ. Keep it out of the Florida footprint table until we have a verified location field.

Other LatAm names in the directory (Rappi, Addi, Tapi, Loft, etc.) matter for the corridor thesis but are not Florida companies — use industry and fund pages rather than stuffing them into a Miami HQ list.

Coverage gaps (honest)

We are not claiming a complete Florida startup map. Material gaps for a Miami hub:

If a company only appears as a one-line press mention, it stays a gap — not a fake profile.

How to use this hub

1. Founders raising in Miami: Use Jeeves as a comps / customer-finance reference; use Datanomik and Vaas only if your GTM is truly LatAm infrastructure.
2. Investors mapping the corridor: Pair this table with Miami VC firms — LatAm gateway. a16z is the densest overlapping LP/GP signal in our dataset; local seed leads are still underrepresented.
3. Researchers: Separate fact (round sizes on profiles) from editorial (gateway thesis). Meta4 is labeled fund-like on purpose.
4. Next click: Venture Week Miami 2026 for the $2.02B / 161-deal frame, then /directory for funds.

Related reading

• Miami VC firms — LatAm gateway 2026
• Venture Week Miami 2026
• East Coast venture capital firms 2026
• Directory

Sources

1. Startup profiles: /startup/jeeves, /startup/meta4-capital, /startup/datanomik, /startup/vaas
2. TechCrunch — Datanomik $6M seed (a16z): https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/31/founded-by-ex-dlocal-and-astropay-execs-datanomik-is-bringing-open-banking-to-latam/
3. PR Newswire — Meta4 NFT Fund I / a16z anchor (Miami): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meta4-capital-launches-private-investment-fund-focused-on-non-fungible-tokens-meta4-nft-fund-i-lp-301405572.html
4. LatamList — Vaas $5M seed: https://latamlist.com/vaas-raises-5m-to-automate-management-of-structured-debt/
5. Jeeves HQ commonly cited Miami (company / directory listings): https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryjeeves
6. Forbes / Venture Week Miami 2026: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ilonalimonta-volkova/2026/03/15/venture-week-miami-is-quietly-rewriting-the-citys-startup-story/