Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator Invests $500K into Five High Growth Startups
The full Spring 2025 BVIA Cohort gathers with the gener8tor and Bronze Valley teams to kick off 12 weeks of intensive growth, mentorship, and community in Birmingham.
Spring 2025 Cohort Launches in Birmingham with a New Class of Founders
BIRMINGHAM, AL — Five innovative startups have been selected to join the Spring 2025 Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator (BVIA), powered by gener8tor. Each startup will receive a $100,000 investment and participate in a 12-week intensive program designed to accelerate growth, access capital, and connect with Birmingham’s thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.
This year’s Spring cohort includes:
Aleoop – Revenue intelligence platform that converts sales feedback into actionable product insights for B2B tech teams.
BalanceAI – EnergyTech company optimizing energy use in multi-family housing with AI-powered control of building systems.
Feedcoyote – Global freelance collaboration platform with over 100,000 users.
NYAD – AI platform automating manual troubleshooting in industrial wastewater treatment.
Transition – AI agents for trade and career schools that automate student enrollment, support, and job placement.
Each founder has relocated to Birmingham to participate in the program in person.
“From climate tech to AI-driven education, this cohort brings market-ready solutions and impressive early traction,” said Haley Medved Kendrick, Senior Managing Director at gener8tor. “Each founder brings deep domain expertise and a clear path to scale. We’re excited to help them sharpen their strategies, secure major deals, and raise the capital needed to grow.”
The investment accelerator, a component of the Bronze Valley VentureLab, is a partnership between venture capital platforms Bronze Valley and gener8tor that supports high-growth, innovative companies. The program received over 450 applications for the Spring 2025 cohort, highlighting its national reach and appeal.
In addition to capital, founders will receive 1:1 coaching, access to over $1M in perks, and connections to 100+ mentors and investors through the gener8tor network. The program culminates with a Founder Showcase and Investor Swarm in June 2025.
“We’re investing in founders building high-upside, scalable businesses,” said Neill S. Wright, President and CEO of Bronze Valley. “This cohort demonstrates the kind of commercial potential and execution ability that drives real venture returns. Through BVIA, we are unlocking opportunities others have overlooked—and proving that great companies can come from anywhere.”
The accelerator is made possible by partnerships with Innovate Alabama, Alabama Power, Regions, First Horizon, BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama, Spire, Pinnacle Bank and PNC Bank.
Startup founders interested in learning more about gener8tor’s programming or applying to a future gener8tor Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator cohort can visit the Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator website, or reach out to Senior Managing Director Haley Medved Kendrick at haley@gener8tor.com. Those interested in mentoring these companies or getting involved in other ways are also encouraged to connect.
An energizing moment of community as BVIA Spring 2025 founders come together over dinner at Pizza Grace in Birmingham.
Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator Spring 2025 Cohort Overview
Aleoop is unlocking a new category of revenue intelligence by transforming every sales interaction into structured product insights—giving B2B tech companies a powerful new data stream to align roadmap decisions directly to pipeline impact. Designed for fast-moving product teams, Aleoop’s AI-powered platform scrubs tools like Slack and Salesforce to identify and prioritize the top sales blockers in real time—keeping product, sales, and operations aligned on driving growth.
With five venture-backed pilots already on board and projected to reach 1MM in ARR in the next year, Aleoop is quickly becoming mission-critical infrastructure for modern product teams.
CEO & Co-Founder: Meghan Scanlon | meghan@aleoop.io | aleoop.io
BalanceAI
BalanceAI eliminates the thermostat through AI-powered control of home energy devices, starting with ductless heat pumps, reducing energy usage by over 40% while optimizing comfort. Multifamily property owners and individual consumers deploy BalanceAI’s plug-and-play sensors, devices, and app for fully automated climate control. After successful pilots and 40%+ savings in test environments, BalanceAI now has over 140 units lined up for deployment—and growing demand across the U.S. and Caribbean.
CEO & Founder: Amit Sarin | amitsarin@gmail.com
Feedcoyote connects freelancers through a global collaboration platform that lets users team up on projects, manage workflow, and get paid—together. Unlike marketplaces built on competition, Feedcoyote fosters collective earning through seamless peer-to-peer discovery and AI-powered project matching.
The app now supports 100,000+ users across 130 countries, growing 500% YoY with 87%+ monthly active users—proof that freelancers are hungry for this networked model.
CEO & Founder: Dr. Stevens Bonhomme| steveb@feedcoyote.com | feedcoyote.com
Nyad delivers AI-powered automation for biological management and wastewater treatment optimization, slashing treatment costs, improving plant performance, and ensuring compliance for industrial facilities. Oil & gas refineries and chemical manufacturers use Nyad to spot issues early, prevent process upsets and dynamically adjust operations, cutting reliance on manual processes.
With their first pilot underway and a solid pilot pipeline, Nyad stands ready to unlock a $6B market spanning over 100,000 facilities globally.
CEO : Virginia Szepietowski | Virginia@nyad.ai | nyad.ai
Transition equips trade schools and workforce organizations with an AI-powered operating system that automates administrative tasks and student support such as enrollment, financial assistance, and career services—freeing staff to focus on achieving outcomes. Customers use Transition to manage 24/7 student inquiries, simplify reporting, and reduce administrative workloads by up to 60%.
With 40 schools onboarded, 500,000+ student interactions, and $3M in tuition processed, Transition projects $200K ARR this year and eyes 200+ schools in its expansion plan.
CEO & Co-Founder: Kayla Wright-Jackson | kayla@jointransition.com | jointransition.com
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About Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator
Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator invests $100,000 into each of five high-growth startups per cohort across all industries and business models, and focuses on supporting underresourced entrepreneurs. Accepted startups take part in the intensive 12-week, cohort-based accelerator program, which includes 1:1 coaching, mentorship-driven programming, $1M+ in deals and perks, and 100+ connections to the gener8tor network of mentors and investors.
About Bronze Valley
Bronze Valley is a nonprofit, early stage, CDFI venture capital fund that supports high growth, technology and innovation-centric startup companies. The mission of Bronze Valley is to empower under-resourced entrepreneurs by providing holistic venture capital solutions that catalyze innovation and impact.
About gener8tor
gener8tor is a global venture firm and accelerator network that supports startups, workers, employers, artists and musicians across race, place and gender. gener8tor partners with companies, governments, universities and nonprofits to operate accelerator programs and conferences in more than 46 communities across 25 states and 3 countries. Fast Company named gener8tor one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021 and 2022. The International Trade Council recognized gener8tor as the Global Venture Capital Firm of the Year in 2022.
