Ignite Alabama - Sparking Innovation & Entrepreneurship In Alabama

In this week’s show you’re going to get a taste of some of the innovative ideas in development by a few of Alabama’s brightest startups. The Birmingham Venture Club was kind enough to let me attend the first round of the inaugural Spark Match Pitch competition held May 26, 2016 at the Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham. Eight startups were selected from over 25 applicants to participate in the first round of the Spark Match using a video-based application process. Four of the original eight were selected to advance to the semi-final round set for July 28. Semi-finalists were selected through an audience voting system using the sli.do app. At the Spark Match, the startups were placed in one of two divisions--the Vulcan Division and the Rickwood Division. If you’re familiar with Birmingham, you probably understand the division names. Vulcan, of course, is the original iron man, the cast iron statue that’s the symbol of the Magic City. Rickwood is the legendary baseball field--America’s oldest surviving profe