Two companies with University of Alabama affiliations are among seven startups selected to advance to the next phase of the latest round of the Alabama Launchpad Start-Up Competition. The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation announced Friday Bidsters LLC and Child Safety Pass, both Tuscaloosa based, were among the companies selected to compete to proceed to the finale of the competition, which is designed to help startups advance their ideas from concepts to reality, on March 21 in Birmingham. The two were among 12 companies competing in a proof of commercial relevance stage in Birmingham Friday. The companies are competing for a share of as much as $100,000 in award money. The other startups to advance include Complexity Engine of Madison, Healthfundit of Birmingham, Paperless PCS LLC of Vestavia Hills, Suture Health Inc. of Birmingham, and Thermoelectric Generation for Aviation Applications of Birmingham.