Bronze Valley celebrates Black female founders during the 25th ESSENCE Festival
The 25th ESSENCE Festival was held over the July 4th weekend in New Orleans. The four-day festival included events ranging from political discussions to health and beauty pop ups to entrepreneurship-focused Q & A sessions. Bronze Valley...
For Babypalooza’s Pearson, Birmingham is part of the formula for success
Cecilia Pearson, founder of multi-channel platform for new moms, reflects on Bronze Valley investment, startup climate in Birmingham.
Bronze Valley wins federal grant to support entrepreneurial development
Bronze Valley has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), a bureau of the United States Department of Commerce. Announcement of the $284,500 grant, which will support Bronze Valley’s strategy for making startup funding more...
Bronze Valley portfolio company Employee Cycle uses data to make HR “smarter”
Throughout the world, the power of data analysis is transforming the ways that people and companies do business. Quick, reliable access to the most important metrics affecting competitiveness and performance contributes to deeper insights, sounder decisions, more...
Bronze Valley announces investments in four startups
Bronze Valley announced investments in four startup companies founded by people of color, including two companies founded by African-American women, during the 25th annual Essence Festival in New Orleans. The announcement came on July 6 at “She. Is. Ready.”, an...
HERSCHELL HAMILTON SAYS BRONZE VALLEY CAN CHANGE COMPLEXION OF STARTUP COMMUNITY
Talking about Bronze Valley and its potential impact on the future of Birmingham and Alabama, Herschell Hamilton speaks from experience gleaned during a distinguished professional career. He also draws on strong familial connections to Birmingham's history as a place...
Civic innovation panel considers Birmingham’s future
“It’s about building an ecosystem that enables people to thrive,” declared Anthony Hood. “It takes partnerships between universities, the corporate community, nonprofits and elected officials. That means cooperation and, in Birmingham, we’ve never seen the level of...
Deontee Gordon of TechBirmingham sees Birmingham leading in inclusive innovation
As president of TechBirmingham, Deontee Gordon has a front-row seat to the growing innovation economy in the Magic City. He likes the view. “It’s exciting to see us going from a city and a region that did a lot of studies to a city and a region that is acting on them...
Bronze Valley sees opportunity in supporting Blacktech Week
As its first major initiative of 2019, Bronze Valley signed on as a sponsor of the annual Blacktech Week conference in Miami, scheduled for February 5-9. Bronze Valley will be represented at the event by Zarinah Shahid, who also will moderate a panel discussion...
10 Tech Conferences to Consider in 2019
More than 170 technology conferences are scheduled to take place in locations throughout the United States during 2019, with more expected to be announced. While some events are restricted by membership, area of concentration or industry type, many are designed to...
Bronze Valley celebrates black women in tech at Essence Fest
She. Is. Ready. That was the theme of a July 7 celebration of black women succeeding in technology fields. The event was in New Orleans, during the 24th annual Essence Festival, a music, entertainment and cultural event that celebrates black women. Approximately 150...
Growing startup mixtroz finds new home in Birmingham
It was pure coincidence that the Rise of the Rest bus tour came the week of Mother’s Day. Even so, declares Kerry Schrader, winning a $100,000 investment for Mixtroz — the tech startup she co-founded with her daughter, Ashlee Ammons — in the pitch competition that...
Rise of the Rest Tour highlights Birmingham’s “New Momentum”
The May 9 stop of the Rise of the Rest bus tour in Birmingham wrapped up with a $100,000 pitch competition for local technology startups, held at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. Earlier in the day, the tour visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute,...
‘Breaking Bias’ improves organizational performance, says featured speaker at Birmingham event
Even in the best organizations, bias is an unavoidable fact of life. What sets the best organizations apart, says one leading national expert, is their commitment to mitigating bias. It’s an approach that helps maximize organizational performance and sets the stage...
Rise of the Rest competition to bring spotlight to Birmingham; March 20 is deadline to apply
Steve Case started his “Rise of the Rest” bus tours four years ago, with the aim of showcasing startup companies in emerging innovation ecosystems across the United States. On May 9, the America Online co-founder will bring the tour to Birmingham for an...
