Bham BizHub Blog

Last Thursday, Viper Imaging announced the official opening of its new 10,000 square foot office and production facility on Valleydale Road. A successful pivot at the onset of the pandemic has grown sales for its thermal imaging systems by over 300 percent and fueled hiring, growing its team to 28 employees, a more than twofold increase since March 2020. Click here to read more.

Economic development leaders Greg Barker and Greg Canfield on October 7 discussed the state’s growth opportunities and trends in the bioscience industry during the 2020 BIO Alabama virtual conference. They discuss how previous bioscience efforts have gotten Alabama to where it is now, and also a vision for the future. Read about it here.

Great news! In the US, new business applications are up by double digits compared to last year. In Alabama, new business starts are ~33% higher in 2020 compared to 2019.

Venture Atlanta, the largest venture investor conference in the Southeast, is happening virtually this week, October 21 - 22. Three-Birmingham-based startups – Immediate, Mixtroz and QuantHub – will be featured at the conference. Additionally, Birmingham-based event networking company Mixtroz will present after winning Launchpad2X’s pitch competition earlier this year. Click here to register and reserve your spot.

Interested in learning more about Birmingham's growing list of accelerators and incubators? Check out this recent guide published by Birmingham Bound.

Birmingham-based QuantHub, a leading data skills development and hiring platform, and InVista, a leading talent assessment and employee well-being insight provider, announced a strategic partnership last Wednesday. Click here to learn more.

Birmingham Black Techies is a supportive community, a place for people to meet other Black techies, get advice, share knowledge and resources, and learn something along the way. This week they launched a new website. Click here to see the new site and learn about their monthly meetings, get tech resources, and more.

From Steel to Startups, Birmingham is a place where founders can succeed.

Few things are as valuable to a college student's professional development than the hands-on experience gained through a summer internship. In an effort to strengthen our community's talent pipeline, OnBoard is looking to connect great companies to great talent from around the region. The information collected will assist in better aligning OnBoard Birmingham programming and initiatives to help meet your organization's talent goals. Help OnBoard help you by filling out the survey here.

Over the next few weeks, Alabama NewsCenter will highlight the inaugural class of 10 startups participating in the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator. First up is Con.doit. Click here to read more.

The Porch Pod, makers of a line of smart delivery safes, announced last week its relocation to Hardware Park. Click here to read more about the relocation and advantages of Hardware Park.

Pack Health is one of 13 health-tech companies from across the nation that will showcase solutions that address some of the major challenges of the current health pandemic today at the GuideWell COVID-19 Health Innovation Collaborative Showcase. Click here to read more.

Shipt CEO Kelly Caruso answered seven questions with the Birmingham Business Alliance as part of the seven questions series. As the CEO of a billion-dollar company, what is her leadership style? Why does she believe in Birmingham? And what is it like being a woman in tech? Click here to watch her interview.