Success story · Birmingham cohort

Cahaba Energy Solutions

Utility services — power & fiber infrastructure

A newly acquired utility services company tripled revenue to $10M and grew from 10 to 30 full-time employees.

Brandi Vines · CEO

Brandi Vines at the Cahaba Energy Solutions booth, between banners describing the company's power-line and fiber services.

Where they started

A newly acquired company, customer concentration risk, and no financial infrastructure for forecasting — at a crossroads on sustainable scaling.

What changed

The outcomes after twelve weeks.

3.3x

Revenue growth ($3M → $10M)

$500K

Line of credit secured

10 → 30

Full-time employees

GC licenses acquired (AL & MS)

The story.

Brandi Vines, a former Alabama Power engineer, acquired the woman-owned utility services provider a year before joining the program. Cahaba now supports power and fiber infrastructure across the Southeast with 30 full-time employees and 12 fiber construction subcontractors.

Notable wins include fiber construction for Georgia Power and major storm restoration for ACE Fiber in Mississippi.

In terms of numbers, Cahaba Energy Solutions' revenue is 3X where we were before the Capital Collective Program. The opportunities, the coaching, the education — all led to making strategic decisions that led to Cahaba's growth.

Brandi Vines | CEO, Cahaba Energy Solutions