The next iconic company won’t just be built in San Francisco.
It’ll be built in Birmingham.
Or Bentonville.
Or maybe even where you sit right now.
At Harmony Venture
Labs (HVL),
we’re on a mission to grow valuable companies that create a positive economic impact in the lives of our teams, partners,
and communities.
We partner with forward-looking corporations, innovative institutions, and community change-makers in untapped markets to build high-growth startups from the ground up.
Startups rooted in your problems, your markets, and your strategic advantage.
Untapped Opportunity Hidden in Plain Sight
Corporate leaders across the country are sitting on a goldmine of real-world problems—each one a potential startup waiting to be built.
They have budget.
They have urgency.
But they lack one thing: a venture engine to turn ideas into companies.
And while venture capital crowds into saturated coastal markets, investors and acquirers are actively searching for something different:
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Companies solving deep industry pain, not chasing trends.
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Teams with traction, not just credentials.
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Startups with real customers, not vanity metrics.
The Next Era of Builders
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The corporate team with budget, but no bandwidth
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The VP who sees a bottleneck no vendor has solved
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The founder-in-waiting with domain expertise and no launch path
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The investor looking for signal, not noise
What Makes HVL Different
We Partner, Not Just Pitch
We don’t sell you a dream and disappear. We become your innovation arm—and your startup journey partner.
We Stack Advantages
Our companies are AI-native, capital-efficient, and tailored to thrive in your market.
We Move Fast, With Focus
From Innovation Workshop to MVP, our compressed cycle moves faster than traditional R&D, internal innovation teams, or consultancies.
From Zero to Exit— Now Applied at Scale
Our founder, Shegun Otulana, built and exited one of the Southeast’s largest software companies—without a roadmap, deep pockets or a tech hub as a backdrop.
His experience shaped our venture creation playbook.
We don’t theorize. We test, build, and launch.
And we’re applying that same rigor to help you create the next high-growth venture—right where you are.
Build With Us
In cities like Birmingham, innovation is often stifled—not by lack of ideas, but by lack of venture frameworks to expose and harness big opportunities hidden in plain sight.
HVL is helping to change that.
We’re coming alongside innovative-minded companies, institutions and community change-makers to build companies the world can’t ignore. And in doing so, we’re proving that greatness can come from anywhere—with the right infrastructure, team, and belief behind it.
How We Build
We leverage deep research, shifts in the market and novel thinking principles to identify tangible opportunities for your organization.
Expertise Meets Custom Insights
Our team maximizes our proven innovation framework with your organization’s depth of domain knowledge to uncover untapped possibilities.
Focused and Fast-Paced
Together, we rapidly identify critical blind spots and pivotal opportunities for your organization without the need for a lengthy and disruptive offsite meeting.
Proven Results
We know what it takes to uncover interesting and valuable problems to solve in the world. Our experience validating, building and launching new ventures allows us and our partners to confidently explore what is possible.
HVL Innovation Workshop
Data-driven Learnings that Lead to Outsized Impact
Our full-day session provides partners with a clear understanding of how to capitalize on industry and market trends.
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Analysis of technological, societal and market shifts
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Prioritized opportunities aligned with your strategic objectives
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A comprehensive post-workshop strategic report
A TAILORED APPROACH
Insights to Scalable Ventures
Our modular framework offers the flexibility to engage with our Innovation Workshop as a standalone intensive session or to proceed through our full Validation-to-Venture Cycle to explore the full potential of your strategic growth opportunities.
