

Fireside Chat with Dillon Abend, Founder & CEO of 3rd-i (Pre-Seed $1M)
Join us for an evening of powerful connections and insights at the Tech & Startup Community Fireside Chat Series.
We’re sitting down with Dillion Adend, Founder and CEO of 3rd-i - a social-safety app that is taking off after closing a $1M pre-seed round.
We'll dive into his entrepreneurial career, what it takes to establish a company in the tech and AI space, and how he raised over $1M in funding, and other key topics.
The fireside chat will be at Miami Dade College's Downtown / Wolfson Campus. After the fireside chat, we will walk over to the CitizenM World Center Hotel for a Rooftop Social.
6pm - 7pm - Fireside Chat @ Idea Center at Miami Dade College
7:15pm - 9pm Rooftop Social at CitizenM Hotel Downtown World Center.
Speaker's Bio:
Dillon Abend is the founder of 3rd-i, a safety technology company making “Safety Made Social” through the 3rd-i app. A graduate of the University of Miami Herbert Business School (Finance), he raised more than $1.4M while in school, winning $125K+ in startup competitions, including a $100K UMiami Investment Award and closed a $1M pre-seed priced round during his senior year.
Dillon’s work centers on modernizing outdated safety infrastructure and delivering safety products students genuinely want to use, informed by his experience raising funds for philanthropy and collaborating with nonprofits.
Expect an audience of Founders, Investors, and Tech Leaders.