We’re all feeling the impact of COVID-19. A few Alabama companies—and winners of Alabama Launchpad, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama‘s (EDPA) early-stage seed fund program—are stepping up to help. Here’s how!
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Founders often pitch, wait, and hear nothing useful. In this conversation, AJ Singhal founder and CEO of Com Therapeutics describes how Launchpad’s direct, honest feedback helped him move faster at a critical moment: preparing an FDA application for first-in-human clinical trials while raising capital and engaging potential pharma partners. Coaching focused on clear messaging, pitch…
Life sciences founders operate in a world where general startup playbooks fall short. As Launchpad advisor Sakshram Narang explains, biotech companies must navigate scientific validation, regulatory pathways, and capital-intensive milestones that differ across diagnostics, therapeutics, medical devices, and biomanufacturing. That’s why pairing founders with domain-specific advisors matters: each vertical has its own evaluative criteria and…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Dec. 9, 2022) – Two startup companies competed among eight other finalist companies to earn a combined $75,000 in non-dilutive funding in the Alabama Launchpad: Social Impact Finale, presented by the Alabama Power Foundation. Alabama Launchpad, a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA), partnered with the Alabama Power Foundation to…
Nitrogen drives yield, costs real money, and is notoriously elusive once in the environment. It moves with water running off, leaching, or volatilizing so fixed, pre-season plans often misfire when weather and soils don’t cooperate. SentinelAg helps farmers and advisors make better in-season decisions by pairing satellite imagery with crop/soil nitrogen modeling to track status…
Early product companies don’t stall for lack of vision they stall for lack of cash to do the next essential step. In his conversation with Alabama Launchpad, advisor Matt Fitzgerald explains that physical-product teams routinely need “just one part machined,” a prototype fabricated, or a quick outsourced test and can’t afford it yet. Launchpad’s new…
Most people who want to start a business think the hardest part is the idea. John Joseph disagrees. “How few people think of themselves as entrepreneurs,” he says. “And I fundamentally believe that every person can be an entrepreneur.” John is the executive director of the E-Center, a business incubator in Morgan County that has…
