Three Bronze Valley companies receive investments from Google Black Founders Fund
Bronze Valley is a nonprofit, early-stage venture investment platform that supports high-growth, innovation, and technology-enabled companies created by diverse, underrepresented, and underestimated founders. Launched late in 2017 with support from Alabama Power, the...
Bronze Valley invests in Chicago-based EdTech startup Upkey
Upkey, a Chicago-based startup that offers students free online career readiness tools, recently announced its closing of $2.6 million in seed funding. The company also announced Purdue University, SNHU and Guardian Life as customers for its platform, which helps...
CDFI designation will accelerate Bronze Valley mission
Bronze Valley was launched almost two years ago, with the mission of creating an education-to-opportunity-to-outcome pipeline for communities historically underrepresented in technology careers and in fields where innovators will create the future. One component of...
$1.1 million capital round sets Bronze Valley portfolio company Fledging on path for continued growth
In May of this year, consumer electronics startup Fledging completed a capital raise that netted $1.1 million from a group of investors in its home city of Birmingham. For the company, which launched officially in January 2018, the fruitful capital round affirmed both...
