About Ingrid

What I believe

“We’re in an era of unparalleled economic opportunity driven by technology. Anyone, anywhere, can use the Internet, creativity, and time to create something transformative. For the Caribbean and the Diaspora, this is a unique chance to innovate, disrupt industries, influence culture, and build lasting wealth.”

Ingrid is a Caribbean Tech Ecosystem Pioneer, Expert Event Producer, Community Builder, Entrepreneur, Advisor and Investor.  

I drive Innovation, Investments, and Business across the Caribbean, NYC, Miami, and London by connecting entrepreneurs, C-suite executives, investors, nonprofits, and governments through Tech Events and Communities.

I’ve produced over 300 tech events across 12 cities that have connected over 100,000 pretty extraordinary people that’s creating impactful knowledge exchange, connections, communities, and powerful stories.

We have curated tech community meetups, startup pitch competitions, 350-person conferences, multi-country hackathons, Startup Weekends, virtual multi-country summits, intimate supper clubs, investor dinners, happy hours, bootcamps, and workshops.

Because of the impact of my work over the last 15 years, I’ve been fortunate to be called Queen of Caribbean Tech in 2012 by Caribbean media and Caribbean Future Proofer in 2019 by Pitch Magazine, UK.

“The intention is always to connect Caribbean people to this Digital Age’s opportunities and help them take advantage of it. To help reposition the Caribbean as a place where entrepreneurship, innovation, and excellence live, Beyond the Beach.”

My work has won several Awards including the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica  Game Changer Award ( 2012) and the Techlinks Caribbean Innovators Game Changer Award ( 2013). Our events and community members have been featured in Caribbean and International magazines, News Blogs, Newspapers, and Podcasts.

I am the founder of SiliconCaribe and been called Queen of Caribbean Tech in 2012 by Caribbean media and Caribbean Future Proofer in 2019 by Pitch Magazine, UK.

SiliconCaribe Events

Kingston BETA – the Caribbean’s first and longest-running tech event series and community. Caribbean BETA. Startup Weekend Jamaica.  AgriHack. Fintech FWD. Fin4Ag. Digital Jam 2.0. Black Tech Week. SXSW Accelerator. Caribbean Bloggers Week. Caribbean Women in Tech. Future of Caribbean Money. Beyond the Beach. TeenTech Ja. Badasseree. Invest:Tech. Plus Investor Dinners. Entrepreneur SupperClubs. Impact Tours. Tech HappyHours. Workshops. Bootcamps.

We’ve helped hundreds of founders hire talent, meet cofounders, upskill, get into accelerators, and raise money.

Writing

SiliconCaribe.com – is a DowJones syndicated tech news blog where I write about Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora Techandntrepreneur and Investor Communities and Caribbean Digital Economy news. 

Investing
– I’ve advised and connected dozens of pre-seed and seed companies.
– My work has led to Caribbean Startups getting over US$ 2 million in investor dollars.
– Pitching? Founders can submit their decks by emailing me at ingrid@siliconcaribe.com – Investors can receive my deal-flow by emailing me at ingrid@siliconcaribe.com

Fun Things
I love trendspotting, tweeting, going to the beach midweek, traveling to walkable cities, producing and going to house music parties.

Connect with me
Book a consulting session with me: Email: ingrid@siliconcaribe.com 
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