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A large audience gathered at Iron City Birmingham on August 28 to be inspired at imerge2019. Billed with the tagline “Alabama’s Next First” the event kicked off with 2019’s third cycle of Alabama Launchpad. Click here to read the full story: https://bhamnow.com/2019/09/06/alabama-launchpad-cycle-3-imerge2019/

Fifty years ago, Alabama made it possible for mankind to make one of its greatest leaps – landing on the Moon, when innovators in the state built the Saturn V rocket. That historic accomplishment, along with some of the people involved, were celebrated during the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama‘s iMerge 2019 event at Iron…

(Birmingham, Alabama, May 10, 2019) Alabama Launchpad, a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, is proud to announce its Cycle 2 Concept and Early Seed winners from the historic Tuskegee pitch competition event. Earning the $50,000 award for Concept Stage was Scottsboro-based Kenzie’s Creations. McKenzie Wilbanks is a high school senior who started…

The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) held the finale for its Alabama Launchpad Competition before a sold-out audience at Arts Revive Thursday evening. EDPA President Steve Spencer said Selma’s event was the first to sell-out since the competition began. Read the full story: selmatimesjournal.com

In front of a sold-out crowd in Selma on February 28, six Alabama startupsmade their best pitch. And the winner is (drumroll) our health. Check out what $100,000-winner VentorLux and $50,000-winner CerFlux, based in Birmingham, have in store for us. Read the full story: https://bhamnow.com

Innovators from around the state are heading to Selma Thursday, February 28 to find out which Alabama startups will get a piece of the $150,000 pie up for grabs at the next Alabama Launchpad Competition. Find out why the EDPA chose to host the competition in Selma and where it’s headed next. Read the full…

It’s that time again. Check out six Alabama startups, four of them from Birmingham, vying for capital at the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition on February 28 in Selma. Which of these innovative solutions would you vote for? Pssst—Your fledgling business can apply now for the 2019 Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Cycle 2, happening in Tuskegee…

Along with more than 4,500 manufacturers, developers and suppliers, AerBetic Inc. is demonstrating to more than 180,000 attendees its non-invasive, wearable diabetes alert system whose nano-sensors detect gases, given off through breath or skin, that are symptomatic of high or low blood sugar. Read full story at bizjournals.com

Six finalists pitched their businesses to judges at the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Finale in Fort Payne. The results are in, and two Birmingham companies are the big winners. TriAltus Bioscience won $100,000 in seed funding, while AerBetic took home the $50,000 concept prize. Read full story on: https://bhamnow.com

The Auburn Regional Alabama Launchpad Competition is returning to the Auburn area for the second year in a row, giving local entrepreneurs an opportunity to compete for funding and receive valuable mentoring as they develop their business ideas. Read the full story at https://news.auburnalabama.org