Birmingham Funded Start-up List
Birmingham Funded Start-up List
In order to be included on the Funded Birmingham Start-ups List, a start-up must*:
- Have raised over $100,000 over the past three years from an outside source or sources
- Be part of a growth industry, defined here as:
- A business that involves a degree of innovation and/or a novel approach to a market challenge and
- demonstrates the potential to grow beyond a real estate based company.
2021 Birmingham Funded Start-Up List
1. Acclinate Genetics
Principals: Delmonize Smith and Tiffany Jordan
2. Aerbetic
Principal: Arnar Thors
3. AI Metrics
Principal: Andrew Smith
4. APEX Pro, LLC
Principals: Austin Gurley and Ross Wesson
5. Apptoo Inc.
Principal: Matthew York
6. Ashipa Electric
Principal: Olu Ajala
7. Ayas Renewables
Principal: Joe McGrail
8. Babypalooza
Principal: Cecilia Pearson
9. Blox
Principal: Chris Giattina
10. Boulo Solutions
Principal: Delphine Carter
11. Bridge Therapeutics
Principal: Dr. Greg Sullivan
12. BuildPlane
Principal: Christopher Winslett
13. Case Status
Principals: Lauren Sturdivant and Andy Seavers
14. Chonex
Principal: Michael Lynch
15. Circulogene Theranostics
Principal: Mike Mullen
16. ClearMIND, Inc.
Principal: Liz Read
17. Cloverly
Principal: Dave Folk
18. Clutch!
A subsidiary of Knight Eady
19. CNine Biosolutions
Principal: Theresa Schein
20. Con.doit
Principal: Ian Hoppe
21. Conserv
Principals: Austin Senseman and Nathan McMinn
22. Copysmith
Principal: Anna Wang
23. Datacy
Principal: Kaleb Jordan Wilson and Paroma Indilo
24. Discovery BioMed
Principal: Erik Schwiebert
25. Eagle Solar & Light
Principal: Sam Yates
26. Edify Online
Principal: Anil P. Agarwal
27. Embassy Social
28. Endomimetics
Principal: Joseph Garner
29. Fledging
Principal: Steven Robbins
30. Fleetio
Principal: Tony Summerville
31. FuelFox
Principal: Ben Morris
32. Glow
Principal: Yazmin Cavale
33. Guideway Care
Principal: Craig Parker
34. HealNow, Inc.
Principal: Halston Prox and Joshua Smith
35. Help Lightning (formerly Vapaar)
Principal: Gary York
36. High Five Dental
Principal: Chad Trull
37. Illumicare
Principal: G.T. LaBorde
38. Immediate Solutions
Principal: Matt Pierce
39. Immersive Experience Laboratories
Principal: Corey Shum
40. Immunowake
Principal: Xiaoyun Wu
41. Insured Nomads
Principal: Andrew Jernigan
42. Joonko
Principal: Ilit Raz
43. LawCareer
Principals: Michael Connolly
44. Linq
Principals: Jared Mattsson and Elliott Poter
45. Magic Medical Solutions
Principal: Paul Cox
46. Mixtroz
Principals: Ashlee Ammons and Kerry Schrader
47. MomentMD
Principal: Abanob Farag
48. MoovMo
Principal: Daryl Harris
49. NRTC Automation
Principal: Greg Owens
50. NXTsoft/Threat Advice
Principal: David Brasfield
51. OGRE Logistics
Principal: Wes Queen
52. Pack Health
Principal: Mazi Rasulnia
53. Planet Fundraiser
Principal: Kasey Birdsong
54. The Porch Pod/End Point Logistics
Principal: Patrick Campbell
55. Prepaid Technologies
Principal: Stephen Faust
56. Prepaid2Cash
Principal: Peter Vogt
57. Preventric AI
Principal: Philip White
58. ProU Sports
Principal: Thomas Coiner
59. Quantalytix
Principal: Will Bryant
60. QuantHUB
Principal: Joshua Jones
61. Rampart IC
Principal: Tom Livingston
62. REPOWR
Principals: Patrick Visintainer and Spencer Ware
63. ResBiotic
Principal: Vivek Lal
64. Shipshape
Principals: Ryan Dalton and Alexander Linn
65. SlateXP (LearnSafe)
Principals: Lee Ross and Kevin Hendrix
66. Smart Solutions
Principal: Kevin Braswell
67. SmartAlto
Principal: Hassan Riggs
68. Streetmetrics
Principal: Drew Jackson
69. SynsorMed
Principal: Theodore Harvey and Amin Holmes
70. TIXiMED, Inc.
Principal: Anath Shalev and Mike Goodrich
71. TriAltus Bioscience
Principal: Bob Shufflebarger
72. True Load Time
Principal: Kevin Nadeau
73. TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation
Principals: Robert Agnew and Anthony Brayer
74. Tuesday Advisors (Formerly LeadHR)
Principal: Ross Blankenship and Howard Glenn
75. University Fancards
Principal: Lynn Boggs
76. Urgent Care for Children
Principal: Dr. Allury Arora
77. Vendrix
Principal: David Stewart and Joe Turner
78. Vulcan Biosciences
Principal: Michael Heaven
79. WineView
Principal: Gary Campbell and Angela Grace
80. Wyndy
Principal: Tommy Mayfield
81. XpertDox
Principal: Sameer Ather
82. YUDU Outdoors
Principal: Brian Senn
EXITS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS
1. Atlas RFID
Year of Exit: 2021
2. Baremetrics
Year of Exit: 2020
3. BioDtech
Year of Exit: 2018
4. Diamond Fortress
Year of Exit: 2021
5. Fetch Talent
Year of Exit: 2020
6. HospiceLink
Year of Exit: 2018
7. Hospice Partners
Year of Exit: 2019
8. Incysus Therapeutics
Year of Exit: 2020
9. Influence Health
Year of Exit: 2019
10. INFLCR
Year of Exit: 2019
11. MainStreet Family Care
Year of Exit: 2020
12. ProctorU
Year of Exit: 2020
13. Select Providers Network (SPNet)
Year of Exit: 2020
14. StrategyWise
Year of Exit: 2020
15. Therapy Brands/Theranest
Year of Exit: 2018
16. Vincari/ComplyMD
Year of Exit: 2019
*A Note on the Funded Start-Up List: No representation is made as to the accuracy and completeness of the information provided. We make every effort to be accurate, but this information is notoriously difficult to find and verify. If you find any errors, please let us know.
2020 Birmingham Funded Start-Up List
1. Acclinate Genetics
Principals: Delmonize Smith and Tiffany Jordan
2. Advanced Tear Diagnostics
Principal: Marcus W. Smith
3. Aerbetic
Principal: Arnar Thors
4. AI Metrics
Principal: Andrew Smith
5. APEX Pro, LLC
Principals: Austin Gurley and Ross Wesson
6. Apptoo Inc.
Principal: Matthew York
7. Ashipa Electric
Principal: Olu Ajala
8. Babypalooza
Principal: Cecilia Pearson
9. Baremetrics
Principal: Josh Pigford
10. Blondin Bioscience
11. Blox
Principal: Chris Giattina
12. BuildPlane
Principal: Christopher Winslett
13. Bridge Therapeutics
Principal: Dr. Greg Sullivan
14. Case Status
Principals: Lauren Sturdivant and Andy Seavers
15. CerFlux
Principal: Karim I. Budwani
16.Chonex
Principal: Michael Lynch
17. Circulogene Theranostics
Principal: Mike Mullen
18. Clutch!
A subsidiary of Knight Eady
19. CNine Biosolutions
Principal: Theresa Schein
20. Con.doit
Principal: Ian Hoppe
21. Conserv
Principals: Austin Senseman and Nathan McMinn
22. Diamond Fortress
Principal: Chace Hatcher
23. Discovery BioMed
Principal: Erik Schwiebert
24. Eagle Solar & Light
Principal: Sam Yates
25. Edify Online
Principal: Anil P. Agarwal
26. Endomimetics
Principal: Joseph Garner
27. Field Culture Compost
Principals: Matthew Nesbitt and Alexander Thompson
28. Fledging
Principal: Steven Robbins
29. Fleetio
Principal: Tony Summerville
30. Free Textbooks
Principal: Jonathan Robinson
31. FuelFox
Principal: Ben Morris
32. Glow
Principal: Yazmin Cavale
33. Guideway Care
Principal: Craig Parker
34. HealNow, Inc.
Principal: Halston Prox and Joshua Smith
35. Help Lightning (formerly Vapaar)
Principal: Gary York
36. High Five Dental
Principal: Chad Trull
37. Illumicare
Principal: G.T. LaBorde
38. Immediate Solutions
Principal: Matt Pierce
39. Immersive Experience Laboratories
Principal: Corey Shum
40. Incysus Therapeutics (now In8bio)
Principal: William Ho
41. Joonko
Principal: Ilit Raz
42. Leadhr
Principals: Ross Blankenship and Howard Glenn
43. Linq
Principals: Jared Mattsson and Elliott Poter
44. Magic Medical Solutions
Principal: Paul Cox
45. Mixtroz
Principals: Ashlee Ammons and Kerry Schrader
46. MoovMo
Principal: Daryl Harris
47. Movi Medical
Principal: Gillian Ryan
48. Moxie IoT
Principal: Austin Gurley
49. NRTC Automation
Principal: Greg Owens
50. NXTsoft
Principal: David Brasfield
51. OGRE Logistics
Principal: Wes Queen
52. Pack Health
Principal: Mazi Rasulnia
53. Planet Fundraiser
Principal: Kasey Birdsong
54. PNP Therapeutics
Principal: Eric Sorscher and William Parker
55. The Porch Pod
Principal: Patrick Campbell
56. Prepaid2Cash
Principal: Peter Vogt
57. Preventric AI
Principal: Philip White
58. ProctorU
Principal: Jarrod Morgan
59. Quantalytix
Principal: Will Bryant
60. QuantHUB
Principal: Joshua Jones
61. Rampart IC
Principal: Tom Livingston
62. Resource Fiber
Principals: David Knight, Ann Knight, and Marsha Folsom
63. Saba Labs
64. SimpleShowing
Principal: Fred McGill
65. Simpeo
Principals: Blake Patterson and Patrick Cooney
66. SlateXP
Principals: Lee Ross and Kevin Hendrix
67. Smart Solutions
Principal: Kevin Braswell
68. SmartAlto
Principal: Hassan Riggs
69. StenCo
Principal: Alexander Gerogiannis
70. Streetmetrics
Principal: Drew Jackson
71. Swell Fundraising
Principal: Brooke Battle
72. SynsorMed
Principal: Theodore Harvey and Amin Holmes
73. TabX
Principal: Jay Taylor and Josh Taylor
74. TeamingPro
Principal: Tim Hagerty
75. Terane (formerly Dirtbook)
Principal: Colt Byrom
76. TriAltus Bioscience
Principal: Bob Shufflebarger
77. True Load Time
Principal: Kevin Nadeau
78. TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation
Principals: Robert Agnew and Anthony Brayer
79. University Fancards
Principal: Lynn Boggs
80. Urgent Care for Children
Principal: Dr. Allury Arora
81. Varsgen, LLC
Principal: Michael Connolly
82. VirtualCare, LLC (Doctor WELLington platform)
Principal: Sam Eskildsen
83. Vituro Health
Principal: Clete Walker
84. Vulcan Analytical
Principal: Michael Heaven
85. Wyndy
Principal: Tommy Mayfield
86. XpertDox
Principal: Sameer Ather
EXITS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS
1. BioDtech
Year of Exit: 2018
2. Fetch Talent
Year of Exit: 2020
3. Gem Pharmaceuticals
Year of Exit: 2017
4. HospiceLink
Year of Exit: 2018
5. Hospice Partners
Year of Exit: 2019
6. Influence Health
Year of Exit: 2019
7. INFLCR
Year of Exit: 2019
8. MainStreet Family Care
Year of Exit: 2020
9. NuTech Medical
Year of Exit: 2017
10. Shipt
Year of Exit: 2017
11. Select Providers Network (SPNet)
Year of Exit: 2020
12. StrategyWise
Year of Exit: 2020
13. Therapy Brands/Theranest
Year of Exit: 2018
14. TicketBiscuit
Year of Exit: 2017
15. Vincari/ComplyMD
Year of Exit: 2019
16. Wound Care Technologies (DermaClose)
Year of Exit: 2017
A Note on the Funded Start-Up List: No representation is made as to the accuracy and completeness of the information provided. We make every effort to be accurate, but this information is notoriously difficult to find and verify. If you find any errors, please let us know.
2019 Birmingham Funded Start-Up List
- Advanced Tear Diagnostics
Principal: Marcus W. Smith
- Aerbetic
Principal: Arnar Thors
- Apptoo Inc.
Principal: Matthew York
- Atlas RFID
Principal: Robert Fuqua
- Babypalooza
Principal: Cecilia Pearson
- Baremetrics
Principal: Josh Pigford
- Blondin Bioscience
- Blox
Principal: Chris Giattina
- Bridge Therapeutics
Principal: Dr. Greg Sullivan
- Case Status
Principals: Lauren Sturdivant and Andy Seavers
- Chonex
Principal: Michael Lynch
- Circulogene Theranostics
Principal: Mike Mullen
- Clutch!
A subsidiary of Knight Eady
- Conserv
Principals: Austin Senseman and Nathan McMinn
- Diamond Fortress
Principal: Chace Hatcher
- Discovery BioMed
Principal: Erik Schwiebert
- Edify Online
Principal: Anil P. Agarwal
- Endomimetics
Principal: Joseph Garner
- Fledging
Principal: Steven Robbins
- Fleetio
Principal: Tony Summerville
- Free Textbooks
Principal: Jonathan Robinson
- FuelFox
Principal: Ben Morris
- Glow
Principal: Yazmin Cavale
- Help Lightning (formerly Vapaar)
Principal: Gary York
- High Five Dental
Principal: Chad Trull
- Illumicare
Principal: G.T. LaBorde
- Immediate Solutions
Principal: Matt Pierce
- Incysus Therapeutics
Principal: William Ho
- INFLCR
Principal: Jim Cavale
- Joonko
Principal: Ilit Raz
- Mixtroz
Principal: Ashlee Ammons
- MoovMo
Principal: Daryl Harris
- Movi Medical
Principal: Gillian Ryan
- NXTsoft
Principal: David Brasfield
- OGRE Logistics
Principal: Wes Queen
- Planet Fundraiser
Principal: Kasey Birdsong
- Prepaid2Cash
Principal: Peter Vogt
- ProctorU
Principal: Jarrod Morgan
- Quantalytix
Principal: Will Bryant
- QuantHUB
Principal: Joshua Jones
- SimpleShowing
Principal: Fred McGill
- Simpeo
Principal: Blake Patterson and Patrick Cooney
- SlateXP
Principal: Lee Ross and Kevin Hendrix
- SmartAlto
Principal: Hassan Riggs
45. Strategywise
Principal: Joshua Jones
46. Streetmetrics
Principal: Drew Jackson
- Swell Fundraising
Principal: Brooke Battle
- TeamingPro
Principal: Tim Hagerty
- Terane (formerly Dirtbook)
Principal: Colt Byrom
- TriAltus Bioscience
Principal: Bob Shufflebarger
- University Fancards
Principal: Lynn Boggs
- Urgent Care for Children
Principal: Dr. Allury Arora
- VirtualCare, LLC (Doctor WELLington platform)
Principal: Sam Eskildsen
- Vulcan Analytical
Principal: Michael Heaven
- Wyndy
Principal: Tommy Mayfield
- XpertDox
Principal: Sameer Ather