Open Opportunity Fund

Open Opportunity Fund is a venture capital firm established in 2020, focused on supporting Black, Latinx, and Native American founders. Operated by SoftBank Group Corporation, the firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida, with an additional presence in Atlanta, Georgia. The fund aims to invest in technology-based companies, providing financial backing and resources to promote diversity and inclusion within the entrepreneurial landscape. With a commitment of $100 million, Open Opportunity Fund seeks to empower underrepresented entrepreneurs and foster innovation in the technology sector.

Chad Harris

Partner

Gosia Karas

Investment Director and Head of Growth Stage Investments

Past deals in Florida

Lumu

Venture Round in 2022
Lumu is a cybersecurity company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Doral, Florida. The company specializes in real-time identification and isolation of cyber compromises, providing enterprises with the ability to detect threats and attacks swiftly. Lumu enhances existing security measures through actionable intelligence, employing principles of Continuous Compromise Assessment. Its software offers features such as customizable activity clustering, a compromise radar, and integrated threat intelligence, enabling clients to analyze network metadata effectively. By normalizing and collecting data from various sources, such as net flows and access logs, Lumu empowers security teams to achieve real-time visibility across their infrastructures and significantly reduce the time needed for breach detection from months to minutes.

QuickNode

Seed Round in 2021
QuickNode is a blockchain development platform founded in Miami in 2017, aimed at facilitating the growth of blockchain ecosystems. It offers robust application programming interface products that enable developers and businesses to create, test, and scale decentralized applications efficiently. By providing accessible core infrastructure and reliable support, QuickNode helps users execute their Web3 initiatives and streamline their development processes. The platform's tools and resources are designed to simplify the complexities associated with building on blockchain technology, making it easier for developers to realize their innovative ideas.

Heru

Series A in 2021
Heru, Inc. is a Miami-based company that develops advanced artificial intelligence-powered software for vision diagnostics and augmentation. Founded in 2018 as a spinout from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Heru focuses on creating solutions that can autonomously diagnose vision defects and provide tailored vision augmentation using commercially available augmented reality and virtual reality devices. The company's patented technology surpasses traditional standards in clinical effectiveness, usability, and portability, allowing clinicians to conduct vision tests and obtain real-time results. Additionally, Heru's software platform facilitates visual field testing through the use of wearable devices, making it a unique cross-platform solution in the field of vision care. In December 2020, Heru achieved FDA registration, further solidifying its commitment to advancing medical technology in the vision sector.

Lumu

Series A in 2021
Lumu is a cybersecurity company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Doral, Florida. The company specializes in real-time identification and isolation of cyber compromises, providing enterprises with the ability to detect threats and attacks swiftly. Lumu enhances existing security measures through actionable intelligence, employing principles of Continuous Compromise Assessment. Its software offers features such as customizable activity clustering, a compromise radar, and integrated threat intelligence, enabling clients to analyze network metadata effectively. By normalizing and collecting data from various sources, such as net flows and access logs, Lumu empowers security teams to achieve real-time visibility across their infrastructures and significantly reduce the time needed for breach detection from months to minutes.

QuickNode

Seed Round in 2021
QuickNode is a blockchain development platform founded in Miami in 2017, aimed at facilitating the growth of blockchain ecosystems. It offers robust application programming interface products that enable developers and businesses to create, test, and scale decentralized applications efficiently. By providing accessible core infrastructure and reliable support, QuickNode helps users execute their Web3 initiatives and streamline their development processes. The platform's tools and resources are designed to simplify the complexities associated with building on blockchain technology, making it easier for developers to realize their innovative ideas.
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