Startup AR

FORGE Community Loan Fund and Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation have announced a joint partnership with Kiva US to establish Kiva Little Rock, an entrepreneurial startup hub that aims to help underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners in Central Arkansas gain access…

Northwest Arkansas nonprofit Startup Junkie Foundation is partnering with community volunteers and donors to launch a re-sell store to provide financial support to local small business owners. The store, dubbed UpStart Thrift, will be in a community southwest of Fayetteville,…

LIVSN Designs, Arkansas-based maker of sustainable outdoor apparel, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign in partnership with Wefunder. Through crowdfunding platform Wefunder, both accredited and non-accredited investors can invest in LIVSN Designs. Since 2018, LIVSN’s focus on developing durable and…

The 2022 ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator Demo Day on April 20 in Little Rock showcased some of the country’s top fintech startups. Hosted by the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) and The Venture Center, in partnership with the state of…

Twelve graduate startup teams from across North America competed in the third annual Heartland Challenge, a competition designed to simulate the process of raising venture capital for a high-growth enterprise, over the past weekend. The Challenge was hosted by the…

The pandemic changed many things about existing work environments, for both employers and employees. With greater opportunities and varying expectations, going to work now looks different, from person to person and company to company. Although co-working spaces are not a…

Student teams from the University of Arkansas and John Brown University dominated the 2022 Arkansas Governor’s Cup business-plan competition on Thursday. Winners were the Ascend team from John Brown University in the small business division, GammaVet from the University of…

Twelve graduate startup teams from across North America will soon compete in the third annual Heartland Challenge, a competition designed to simulate the process of raising venture capital for a high-growth enterprise. The Challenge will be hosted by the University…

A University of Arkansas student recently won first place and $10,000 in an international student startup competition hosted by the University of Manitoba. Locally-sourced ice cream company Simple + Sweet Creamery won top prize in the Undergraduate Business Plan Competition of the…

AcreTrader, the online farmland investment company based in Arkansas, has expanded its $40 million Series B funding to over $60 million following an investment from Ohio-based venture capital firm Drive Capital. The funding round follows AcreTrader’s oversubscribed Series B round…