Featured case studies
Businesses across Birmingham and Richmond — where they started, what changed, and the role we played. Open any story for the full picture.
Retail bakery — hand pies
A 13-year, fiercely independent pie shop with a loyal following, retooling production and opening paths to distribution.
15%
Revenue growth, year over year
Hospitality & artisan bakery
An accomplished Birmingham restaurateur scaling her pâtisserie and café — and pursuing a downtown boutique-hotel concept.
~3x
Sales revenue growth
Waste management, infrastructure, demolition & fiber
A fast-growing waste and infrastructure firm secured $1.2M in capital and scaled to multi-state operations.
$1.2M
Growth capital secured
Utility services — power & fiber infrastructure
A newly acquired utility services company tripled revenue to $10M and grew from 10 to 30 full-time employees.
3.3x
Revenue growth ($3M → $10M)
Civil & transportation engineering
A civil engineering firm went from the brink of shutting down to $2.3M in new contracts and licensure in six states.
$500K
Growth capital secured
Richmond · Beyond the Million℠
Our first Greater Richmond cohort runs deep — more of the businesses moving Beyond the Million℠, from capital secured to new revenue lines and new hires.
Custom manufacturing — CNC
Rebuilt its production workflow with hands-on manufacturing experts to prepare for growth capital.
Capital-ready production workflow
The Capital Collective’s role
We brought CNC manufacturing experts on-site for two days to rebuild their work-in-process flow, positioning the shop to take on growth capital.
A custom CNC manufacturer
Veteran services & housing
A veteran-owned provider of holistic care and sustainable housing for veterans.
Leads a City-sponsored business-credit cohort
The Capital Collective’s role
Shaping her growth plan together, we saw capital wasn't the right next step yet — so we strengthened her operations, bookkeeping, and network instead.
A veteran-services & housing provider
Construction services
Contractors serving houses of worship, opening a recurring-revenue maintenance and certification line.
Launching a recurring-revenue service line
The Capital Collective’s role
Building their growth plan with our advisors surfaced the recurring-revenue idea behind a new maintenance-and-certification line — and we connected them with a consultant to message it.
A construction-services contractor
Commercial tire & roadside service
The CEO gained a national industry leader as a hands-on growth mentor.
Inc. 5000 award-winning company
The Capital Collective’s role
We connected the CEO with the founder of one of the largest companies in his industry for hands-on mentorship as he built out his growth strategy.
A commercial-tire & roadside service
Commercial & residential moving
After 36 years, modernized operations with an AI tool that replaced three systems.
Founder named a 2026 Virginia Black Business Leader
The Capital Collective’s role
Their growth plan freed up budget for new software — including an AI tool that replaced three separate systems with one.
A commercial moving company
Language translation
Secured $75K in growth capital; the founder went full-time and built a new sales-led team.
17
New hires
The Capital Collective’s role
The growth plan from our intensive became her “playbook” — guiding new hires, new technology, and even new work alongside a fellow cohort member.
A language-translation company
Event rentals
Investing in major new equipment and a long-term rental division as it scales toward $5M.
100%+
Three-year growth
The Capital Collective’s role
The intensive pushed them to rethink growth in brand-new ways, and connected them with advisors who now run their bookkeeping and accounting.
An event-rental company
Bridal boutique
Crossed $1M in revenue for the first time and is expanding into formalwear.
$1.4M
2025 revenue
The Capital Collective’s role
Our advisor's growth-plan moves — opening on Mondays and hiring a store manager — were, in the founder's words, “life changers” with a domino effect.
A bridal boutique
Mental & behavioral health
Hired 12 as it scaled, including a newly introduced fractional CFO.
$1.8M
2025 revenue, nearly doubled
The Capital Collective’s role
We introduced an advisor who now handles her bookkeeping, financial reporting, and capital calls — plus a fractional CFO — as the team grew by 12.
A behavioral health provider
Construction
On the strength of their growth plan, the bank tripled their line of credit to $750K.
+31%
Revenue growth
The Capital Collective’s role
The 2026 projections and financial modeling we built during the intensive gave their bank the confidence to triple the line of credit — from $250K to $750K.
A commercial construction firm
Every story here started the same way — twelve weeks of work and the right introductions. The next cohort is forming now.
