Eight South Florida companies will be among the 25 Florida high-growth startups that will be showcased at an exhibition highlighting job creation during the Republican National Convention next week.
According to Susan Amat, executive director of the University of Miami's Launch Pad and chair of Startup Florida, the South Florida companies that will be showcased are:
Bookigee, offering groundbreaking tools and analytics for the publishing ecosystem;
Cloudshopper, its Sales Guardian helps digital retailers increase customer value by offering incentives based on customer behavior and key event interactions;
GradSave, an online college savings registry that helps parents, family and friends save for a child’s college education;
Intellocorp, provides cloud-based fuel optimization and business intelligence solutions for the maritime industry;
Sponsorist, a marketplace where anyone can buy and sell sponsorships online easily;
SyncPad, the ultimate whiteboard for remote and local collaboration;
The Fresh Diet, the only national catering company offering fresh gourmet meals and snacks delivered daily;
Vaultbox.me, a cloud-based inventory system for protecting your home or business assets.
Sponsored the The Huffington Post, Startup America and others, the exhibition will take place at the Cuban Club in Tampa from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29.
In addition, Bookigee’s founder and CEO, Kristen McLean, and The Fresh Diet’s founder and CEO, Zalmi Duchman, Jorge Plasencia, chairman and CEO of Republica and with Neal Asbury, founder and CEO of The Legacy Companies, were scheduled to participate in panel discussions to take place on Monday during the event, but the panel discussions were postponed until Wednesday due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
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