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After A $1.25B Exit, Birmingham, AL, Founder Shegun Otulana Is Turning Industry Problems Into Portfolio Companies At Harmony Venture Labs
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After A $1.25B Exit, Birmingham, AL, Founder Shegun Otulana Is Turning Industry Problems Into Portfolio Companies At Harmony Venture Labs

Following his $1.25 billion exit from Therapy Brands in 2021, Shegun Otulana built Harmony Venture Labs into an AI-focused venture studio in Birmingham that identifies high-potential opportunities and co-builds B2B software companies to help them scale.

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Birmingham’s Sloss Tech Shows The Magic City’s Startup Ecosystem Is Ready To Scale
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Birmingham’s Sloss Tech Shows The Magic City’s Startup Ecosystem Is Ready To Scale

Sloss Tech drew over 1,000 founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders to the Lyric Theatre, spotlighting the accelerators, capital, and cowo…

Birmingham looks to write new chapter as a tech hub
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Birmingham looks to write new chapter as a tech hub

With a growing network of startup incubators, world-class research at UAB, and a new wave of local founders, the city is quietly building a…

Bootstrapped in Birmingham: Shegun Otulana on Building Boldly From the Outside In
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Bootstrapped in Birmingham: Shegun Otulana on Building Boldly From the Outside In

In this episode of Outsider Inc., host Ian Hathaway speaks with Shegun Otulana, co-founder and CEO of TheraNest and Harmony Venture Labs. Th…

Miles College Launches Innovation Center to Strengthen HBCU Ecosystem
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Miles College Launches Innovation Center to Strengthen HBCU Ecosystem

The 2150 Center is partnering with Birmingham-based Harmony Venture Labs to offer entrepreneurs an enriched learning experience.

‘Wonderful things anywhere’: Entrepreneurs share keys to ‘Main Street’ success
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‘Wonderful things anywhere’: Entrepreneurs share keys to ‘Main Street’ success

“At the end of the day, it’s about relationships, about doing it for the right reasons, and finding your community,” said Shegun Otulana, a…

From $250k Raised to a $1.25B Exit with Shegun Otulana
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From $250k Raised to a $1.25B Exit with Shegun Otulana

Within 5 years, after only having raised $250,000 from local angel investors and with no experience in the industry, a side project had beco…

Innovate Alabama + Harmony Venture Labs launch state’s first venture studio
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Innovate Alabama + Harmony Venture Labs launch state’s first venture studio

The goal of Innovate Alabama Venture Studio and Fund is to launch scalable startups that solve real-world problems in Alabama’s industries,…

One or two connections away from someone who could change your life
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One or two connections away from someone who could change your life

“We need to get innovation in the water in Birmingham and change the ways we think about ideas: how to develop them, what to do with them, a…

Blazer App Accelerator Partners With AppThink Startup Program
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Blazer App Accelerator Partners With AppThink Startup Program

Blazer App Accelerator participants completed the first part of HVL’s AppThink program.