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...
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...
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,...
Small businesses in Alabama affected by the COVID-19 outbreak will be supported by a new initiative announced on April 7. A partnership of Bronze Valley and business accelerator program gener8tor, the Alabama Emergency Response Program will provide small businesses,...
“If you’re an entrepreneur,” Emeka Oguh declares, “you want to find a way to solve your own problems.” Oguh, 36, is the founder and CEO of PeopleJoy, the latest addition to the Bronze Valley investment portfolio. A Philadelphia-based...
America’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) currently serve well over 300,000 students. Alabama is home to 14 HBCUs with combined enrollment of more than 37,000, or about 12 percent of the national total; no state has more HBCUs and only North...