Alright Miami, we’ve got a winner! Sargassum Eco Lumber just made history at the Adrienne Arsht Center, walking away with the crown as Miami’s first-ever Regional winner at the Startup World Cup. This isn’t just any startup, folks—these guys are turning that annoying seaweed washing up on our beaches into eco-friendly lumber. Yeah, you heard me right, seaweed into lumber.
Raquel de Antonio and her father are the brains behind this genius idea, and now they’re heading to San Francisco to battle it out at the World Cup Finals for a shot at a cool $1 million investment. You think they’re gonna bring home the gold? You bet they will. This could change the game for Miami’s environmental scene.
Want to see how they’re taking Miami’s seaweed crisis and turning it into cash? And trust me, you’ll want to know how they beat out 60 other startups to get here.
READ MORE about how Raquel is about to take over the eco-world.
