Riley Kaminer | Refresh Miami

When Trey Ferro compared pet-insurance adoption in 2019, the gap jolted him: nearly 40% of UK pet owners were covered, yet only about 2% of Americans were. That insight pushed the Chicago-born economist to launch Sport Pet Insurance in Miami at the start of 2020.

UM grad Sonlin is the founder and CEO of Global Settlement Network, a blockchain company headquartered in Miami. Recently the company made headlines for facilitating what it says is the world’s first fully tokenized capital stack for an operating energy asset: a $75 million acquisition of a Latin American oil and gas facility by Feniix Energy.

Fiorella Occhionero’s concerns about screen time and childhood development led to the creation of Focus Safe, a startup based in Boca Raton that offers software to help schools manage student-owned devices during class time.