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Birmingham Bound Announces New President
(Birmingham, AL) – (DECEMBER 13, 2022) –– Local entrepreneur and fundraising executive Maria Underwood has been named the new President of Birmingham Bound, the non-profit organization dedicated to growing the local tech ecosystem in Birmingham, AL. Throughout her career, Underwood has served as an executive for both local and international nonprofit organizations, including Vital Voices…
Birmingham Bound Welcomes Fetch Rewards to the Magic City
Birmingham Bound, founded to make Birmingham the place to grow and scale a tech company, today welcomed Fetch Rewards, America’s No. 1 rewards app, to the Birmingham tech community. The move by Fetch will bring approximately 200 jobs and more than $1 million in investment to create its new office and customer-support hub. A unicorn…
Birmingham Bound to Scale Up Birmingham’s Tech Industry
Birmingham Bound, founded to make Birmingham the place to grow and scale a tech company, today announced it plans to transition to a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status. It will operate independently from Shipt, where it launched in 2018. Birmingham Bound established a board of directors that includes members of Birmingham’s tech, business, and civic community….
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Phoenix based software company, Integrate, comes to Birmingham
Integrate’s Chief Technology Officer, was impressed by our city’s power to help companies grow, commenting that “Birmingham has a very educated workforce that’s smart and has grit.”
THTW- Ep. 5: Britney Summerville and Birmingham Bound
In just over a year, Birmingham Bound has played a direct role in recruiting more than a dozen tech operations to Birmingham. Hear about their unprecedented success and how Britney and the Bham Bound team is leveraging the energetic startup community and corporate partners to attract high growth startups.
Birmingham Bound: How an Atlanta Company Landed in the Magic City
Atlanta firm LeaseQuery is one of the latest to join the Magic City.
Shipt’s new CEO on company’s plan for recruiting and Birmingham’s future
Shipt CEO Kelly Caruso sheds light on her first six months on the job, her vision for Birmingham and more.
Tech company to relocate from California to Birmingham – CEO is “blown away” by the city
Birmingham has become a bustling hub for tech companies and startups alike in recent years. This past April, the city was named as one of America’s new tech hot spots. In addition, Birmingham programs and funds like Innovation Depot’s Velocity Accelerator Program and the Alabama Futures Fund (AFF) are investing in startups left and right.
Birmingham Bound initiative hopes to bring more business to Alabama
A new initiative called Birmingham Bound is set to revamp and recruit companies of high-growth to produce a satellite office or second headquarters in the Magic City.
