Ocean Azul Partners Closes Second Fund, at Over $40M
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Ocean Azul Partners Closes Fund II at Over $40 Million
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Bandwango raises $3.1M to power tourism- and experience-focused deals
You might think that a startup whose primary customers are tourism bureaus would have had a pretty rough 2020, but CEO Monir Parikh said Bandwango‘s customer base more than doubled in the past year, growing from 75 to 200.
In Parikh’s words, the Murray, Utah-based startup has built a platform called the Destination Experience Engine which is designed for “connecting businesses with communities.” That means bringing together offers from local restaurants, retailers, wineries, breweries, state parks and more into package deals such as the Newport Beach Dine Pass and the Travel Iowa State Passport which are then sold by tourism bureaus.
Miami won’t be the next Silicon Valley because we don’t need another one TechCrunch 2/3/2021 Laura González-Estéfani
The rush of founders and investors from the West Coast to states like Texas and Florida are the precursor for something bigger, a movement decades in the making.
The future of startups is a decentralized, global ecosystem. Where wealth and knowledge isn’t concentrated, but shared and open. Where there aren’t capitals, but networks.
Miami has had a head start.
Let’s set the scene. Miami already ranks among the world’s most prominent (nontraditional) startup hubs, and 2020 saw more big names in tech migrate to Florida. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has been spurring on the influx with an extremely popular Twitter campaign.