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The Studio

A venture studio in Birmingham, Alabama

Start Up Partners (SUP) is a venture studio. Not a fund, not an accelerator, not a consultant with a slide deck. A team of about ten C-suite operators who get into the work with early founders and build the company together, from concept to company.

15

Startups supported

$1.2M+

Raised by our founders

10

C-suite operators

2024

Founded in Birmingham, AL

Meet Terry Chapman

Terry Chapman, founder and CEO of Start Up Partners, a venture studio in Birmingham, Alabama

I am not a fund and I am not a consultant who hands you a slide deck and disappears. Start Up Partners is a venture studio. My team and I take a real operating role in your company and do the work with you.

When a founder comes to me, we figure out what the company actually needs next, then we go do it. Formation and legal. Branding and the website. Fiscal management and compliance. Customer discovery, software, fundraising and go to market. About ten seasoned operators covering every C-suite seat.

I have helped found and scale companies in medical imaging and radiology, data analytics, mobile marketplaces and medical devices. Start Up Partners is a grant recipient of Innovate Alabama. It usually starts with a coffee. We take on the founders we believe we can help, then we stay in the work with them, from concept to company.

Where the work has happened

The studio has supported founders across sectors, always with the same playbook: figure out what the company needs next, then go do it together.

  • Medical imaging & radiology
  • Data analytics
  • Medical devices
  • Mobile marketplaces
  • Professional services
  • Financial & retail

Part of the Alabama startup ecosystem

Selected for the Innovate Alabama Talent Pilot Program. We work alongside Auburn New Venture Accelerator, UA Edge Institute, Kennemer Center, UAH Apex Accelerator, Alabama SBDC, and we keep a running guide to the programs we point founders to on our Alabama startup resources page.

See the work, then let us talk

The how we help page walks through all twenty steps of our Concept to Company framework, and the founder stories page shows what it looks like in practice. Questions first? Start with the FAQ.

Grab a coffee with Terry

Or email terry.chapman@sup.ventures