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...
Dec 15, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Financing, Founders, Investing, Seed Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups
How two Birmingham women are redirecting Alabama tax dollars to fund under-resourced businesses (by Stephanie Rebman for the Birmingham Business Journal) Malone Unlimited was founded in 2024 by Claire Cole and Avanti Paul with the mission of helping under-resourced...
Nov 14, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Financing, Founders, Investing, Seed Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups, Technology
Ashlee Ammons The Birmingham Business Journal presents an interview with Ashlee Ammons of Mixtroz as part of their “Top 40 Under 40 of the Decade for the 2010s” series. Bill Smith The Birmingham Business Journal presents an interview with Bill Smith of Shipt as part...
Oct 14, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Financing, Founders, Investing, Seed Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups, Technology
Alabama startup lands partnership with Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (Harper Harwell for the Birmingham Business Journal) MomentMD, a Huntsville-based medtech startup offering a digital health platform to train future health care professionals to deliver digital...
Sep 15, 2025 | 2025, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Financing, Founders, Investing, Seed Investing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups, Technology
2025 Inno Fire: Luau (Birmingham Business Journal) The Birmingham Business Journal interviews Joshua Gilmer, CEO + founder of Luau, a party-planning app headquartered in Birmingham with a mission to tackle the loneliness epidemic and “connect people meaningfully.”...
