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Press & Media
Media kit & resources.
Everything you need to tell the 2150 story accurately. For interviews and additional assets, reach our team directly.
As featured in
- AL.com
- Forbes
- TechCrunch
- Birmingham Business Journal
- Bloomberg
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
Recent coverage
2150 CICG launches a national HBCU innovation ecosystem from Birmingham
Anchored at Miles College, the new center aims to turn overlooked campus talent into venture-ready companies through fellowships, labs, and capital pathways.
How 2150 is building venture pipelines where investors rarely look
A cohort model pairing founders with mentorship, institutional partners, and funders is producing profitable startups out of the American South.
February 19, 2026
Inside the Advanced Cohort producing profitable AI startups
From an inclusive language model to an athlete-valuation platform, 2150 founders are shipping real revenue and landing partnerships with major institutions.
February 2, 2026
Miles College and 2150 anchor a regional innovation hub
The partnership positions Birmingham as a rising center of gravity for founders, corporate partners, and university research.
January 22, 2026
Why HBCUs are becoming innovation powerhouses
Historically Black colleges have long produced outsized talent. New infrastructure is finally connecting that talent to commercialization and capital.
January 8, 2026
Transatlantic ambitions: 2150 expands its network to London
The organization is connecting U.S. founders with partners and funders in the United Kingdom, building an international innovation network.
December 11, 2025
Boilerplate
2150 CICG — the Center for Innovation, Commercialization & Growth — is a national innovation ecosystem connecting founders, builders, and funders. Anchored in Birmingham, Alabama and partnered with HBCUs and institutions nationwide, 2150 creates pathways that turn talent into opportunity through entrepreneurship, commercialization, education, and ecosystem building.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2150 CICG
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Founding partner
- Miles College
- Focus
- Innovation, commercialization & growth
- Programs
- 6 spanning idea to global scale
- Network
- Universities, corporate & innovation partners
The future will be built by founders bold enough to create, builders committed enough to collaborate, and funders visionary enough to invest. 2150 exists to bring them together.
Erskine “Chuck” Faush, Founder in Residence & CEO
From the desk
All essays
The case for building where others won't
Innovation does not respect zip codes. The next generation of transformative companies is forming on campuses and in communities the market has overlooked for generations.
March 6, 2026
Talent is everywhere. Capital must follow.
We have proof that structured support turns overlooked founders into profitable companies. The work now is moving capital to where the talent already is.
February 14, 2026
What Birmingham taught me about the future of innovation
The energy, urgency, and local pride I feel here is the blueprint. Durable ecosystems are built in partnership — anchored in place, connected to the world.
January 27, 2026