# Bronze Valley

> Bronze Valley is a VC fund in Birmingham backing Software and E-Commerce. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bronze-valley
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BronzeValley_
- Website: https://bronzevalley.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BronzeValley/

Bronze Valley is a conference, online resource, venture capital fund, and entrepreneurship and innovation coaching program.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Bronze Valley. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Bronze Valley. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bronze-valley?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 17% |
| Education | 3 | 13% |
| Health Care | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 10 | 42% |
| Seed | 5 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 67% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Crutchfield | Strategic Advisor and Operating Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-crutchfield |
| Neill S. Wright | CEO, Co-Founder & President | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neill-s-wright |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ORO Impact | ORO IMPACT operates in financial services and focuses on impact-oriented finance and strategy. Publicly available materials indicate services that center on advisory for funding models, program design, and impact measurement tied to social or environmental outcomes. The company engages with mission-driven organizations, investors, and corporateteams to align capital with defined impact goals and reporting needs. Typical deliverables include frameworks for outcomes tracking, stakeholder communications, and partnership development to support initiatives from concept through execution. Research briefs and educational content also feature as tools that help clients make data-informed decisions. Because detailed service catalogs vary by engagement, prospective clients should confirm scope, sector focus, and example case work directly. | $3M | Seed | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| Radius, formerly Pay4Me App | Radius enables same-day cross-border tuition and fee payments for international students, with credit-building capabilities through multi-currency accounts and everyday spend. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2024 |  |
| Adravision | Adra is a software that helps dental clinics find cavities and other problems in x-rays faster and more accurately so they can book more procedures and increase their revenue. | $100K | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| LoanMYSole | Lona my sole is a web rental society for sneakerheads that bridges the gap between physical & digital assets. | $100K | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| Generation Conscious | Generation Conscious is a platform for Gen Z to consume the most affordable, convenient and sustainable climate friendly hygiene | $100K | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| Kai XR | Kai XR develops inclusive mixed reality spaces allowing children to explore, dream, and create. Its educational resources provide educators, parents, and life-long learners a path to become early adopters of mixed reality.Kai XR's videos send children on a field trip to a museum without the price of admission and never having to leave theclassroom. The company will launch it’s new kid-friendly virtual reality platform to the public in Spring 2020. | $100K | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| Botco.ai | Botco.ai is a fully-automated, AI-powered marketing chat solution that can be implemented at scale to improve engagement rates. Today, the company offers industry-leading authoring, webchat, and AI machine-learning capabilities to quickly and effectively convert more customers. Botco.ai’s Integrated Analytics Dashboard provides a comprehensive viewof chat campaigns across multiple channels such as web and Facebook Messenger. The API-based interface can be used to transfer leads, transcripts, and data into enterprise sales and marketing automation products like Salesforce, Hubspot, Adobe Marketing Cloud, and Zoho. | $100K | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| Welcomed Co | Welcomed Co is a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform. It is striving to humanize and beautify the assistive equipment market. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 23, 2023 |  |
| 8 Myles | Myles Comfort Foods is a clean, premium comfort food brand elevating the landscape of frozen foods through the marriage of quality and clean convenience that the modern day consumer is seeking in grocery. | $1.1M | Seed | Apr 08, 2023 |  |
| Stimulus | Stimulus is a relationship intelligence platform that uses data and analytics to help companies make better purchasing decisions. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [gbeta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gbeta) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [gener8tor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gener8tor) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Morgan Stanley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-stanley) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northwestern-mutual-black-founder-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Overline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/overline-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1863 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1863-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bronze Valley invest in?

Bronze Valley invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Education startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Seed stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bronze Valley?

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### Who are the partners at Bronze Valley?

The team at Bronze Valley includes Bob Crutchfield (Strategic Advisor and Operating Partner) and Neill S. Wright (CEO, Co-Founder & President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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