Mark Kelly, Author at Bronze Valley

Atlanta-based Film Connx is latest Bronze Valley investment

by Mark Kelly | Jul 22, 2020 | Bronze Valley, Business, Featured, Innovation

Bronze Valley is making its first investment in the entrepreneurial hotbed of Atlanta. Film Connx, a job marketplace for the film industry, joins a portfolio of startups that now has grown to nine companies since the nonprofit Bronze Valley was launched late in 2017....

Bronze Valley teams with gener8tor to launch Bronze Valley Accelerator

by Mark Kelly | Jul 7, 2020 | Bronze Valley, Business, Featured, Innovation

A new partnership between Bronze Valley and gener8tor, a nationally-ranked startup accelerator, will fuel the growth of startups emerging from Birmingham and throughout the Southeast. The Bronze Valley Accelerator is a free version of gener8tor’s program, aimed at...

Bronze Valley welcomes new board member Greg Barker

by Mark Kelly | Jun 16, 2020 | Business, Featured

Bronze Valley has added Greg Barker to its board of directors. Barker, recently named president of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA), was elected to the board at its May meeting. “I am genuinely excited to be part of such a dynamic and...

Hassan Riggs and Smart Alto are at home in Birmingham

by Mark Kelly | May 28, 2020 | Business, Featured, Innovation

Achieving the convergence of need and opportunity is the essential idea behind Hassan Riggs’s company, Smart Alto, which is the latest addition to the growing Bronze Valley portfolio. It’s also a big reason he moved his startup from Silicon Valley to Birmingham — and...

TechBirmingham webinars helping businesses navigate COVID-19 challenges

by Mark Kelly | Apr 9, 2020 | Business, Community

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a substantial threat to public health and economic stability in the United States and throughout the world. At the very least, it is temporarily altering the ways people live and do business, with the need for social distancing,...