Aug 12, 2026 | 2026, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham Funded Start-Ups List, Economic Development, Entrepreneurial Assessment, Entrepreneurialism, Football, Investing, Mid-Year Assessment, Seed Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Uncategorized
I am not a big soccer fan. I played (poorly) for a couple of years in school, I watched (somewhat) my kids play, and every four years, I watch (in fits and starts) the World Cup. So I have no claim to being an expert. But one thing I have noticed is that you can...
Aug 25, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham Funded Start-Ups List, Economic Development, Entrepreneurial Assessment, Entrepreneurialism, Exits, FAV Funds, Financing, Founders, Investing, Legislation, Mid-Year Assessment, Regional Cooperation, Seed Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Ups, Valuation
“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” ― Carl Gustav Jung As we size up where we are mid-year with the Birmingham and Alabama entrepreneurial ecosystem, the theme that I see is: out of chaos comes order. One of the trends we’ve noticed...
Jun 13, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Founders, Investing, Seed Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups, Technology
Bham accelerator investing $500,000 into cohort startups (Harper Harwell for the Birmingham Business Journal) Birmingham’s Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator recently welcomed five startups from around the country in its new cohort, each of which will receive a...
May 15, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Founders, Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups, Technology
EDPA names first winner of new Alabama Launchpad tech track (Harper Harwell for the Birmingham Business Journal) Birmingham-area software development startup ProxyLink was named the first winner of the new tech-specific track of the Economic Development Partnership of...
Apr 15, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Founders, Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups, Technology
Alabama biotech company raises $2.1M funding round (Harper Harwell for the Birmingham Business Journal) SymbyAI, a Huntsville biotech company offering a software platform to streamline and simplify scientific research, closed a $2.1 million seed funding round led by...
Mar 14, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Founders, Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups, Technology
2025 Startups to Watch: Generational Systems (Birmingham Business Journal) The Birmingham Business Journal presents an interview with Michael Knotts, founder of Generational Systems (Gene-Sys), a 3D metal printing startup based in Mobile. 2025 Startups to Watch: Kalm...
