innovate arkansas

Clients

Innovate Arkansas is working with these cutting edge technology-based innovators and entrepreneurs to create indigenous industries and businesses that will diversify and grow Arkansas' economy.

Learn how to become an Innovate Arkansas client, and meet our existing clients below.

Station X is an Internet TV network that provides original broadcasting through a string of niche shows. The Station X team consists of highly trained and highly motivated media professionals who believe content is king and the future is the Internet. Their goal is to bring customers creative, informative and original content.

Brant Collins serves as CEO, and Eric Britt is CFO. Collins and Britt see themselves as being at the forefront of what is soon to become a media trend that is already taking hold in areas like Silicon Valley.

AgRobotics is developing the next generation of precision agriculture tools, bridging the gap between traditional farming practices and the latest in digital agriculture technology to create a more sustainable world. AgRobotics calls this shift PrecisionAg 2.0.

AgRobotics is accomplishing its goal by working and partnering with Best in Class companies to deliver our first product to market, The AgRobotics AutoProbe.

AgRobotics began in an actual farming environment. The company was founded by Jim Burton in 2006. Jim is a third generation farmer recognized as a leading agricultural entrepreneur.

Insight Ecosystems provides clients with a business intelligence ecosystem that learns, grows and changes to meet ever-expanding needs. Insight Ecosystems’ services and solutions empower companies to gain tangible insight into their customers, products and financials, turning data into insight and insight into action.

Keith Henkel is the CEO and founder of Insight Ecosystems. He has more than 24 years of experience building and delivering pioneering products for the financial services industry.

Izon, A.M.S. understands the world is becoming more and more technologically advanced, and agriculture is no exception. The owner of a security company saw a need to develop a system that allows farmers to apply such technology to their rapidly-expanding operations.

Through the application of Celemetry Technology, a system was designed that allows farmers to monitor equipment easily and efficiently. Izon uses the technology to remotely transmit a signal notifying farmers of a change in condition of the equipment. Benefits of this technology include peace of mind, increased life expectancy of equipment, decreased equipment down time and increased profits.

Unityware offers a new breed of enterprise integration technologies (patents in process) that solves many of the accepted impediments to improved business agility, customer and partner relations.

Enterprise Data Pump provides a much easier solution to turning all the databases of an operation into a single, virtual database, which has the smarts to translate and carry the information into a uniform view, owner Brian Stack says.

But what sets Unityware's products apart is the speed at which integration can be achieved and the ease of adaption of an SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) IT strategy.

"The current mechanisms out there take an enormous amount of time to train and a lot of work to implement and support. Assuming a company has a strategy for widespread integration, our technical implementation can actually start on day one, and you'll see results the first day," Stack says.

MakeBeliever Productions, a multimedia online advertising solution provider, is changing the paradigm for corporate marketers in their efforts to more effectively and efficiently reach their online consumers through the introduction of its Customer Driven Viral Marketing (CDVM) solution. CDVM harnesses the power of personalization, video and customer distribution to deliver a highly effective and cost efficient means for online marketers to reach and engage consumers with a memorable experience.  
 
MakeBeliever's proprietary voice-to-animation video compositing engine enables the creation of truly personalized online messaging (essentially, individually tailored online commercials) to increase the awareness and impact of your brand.  Our products provide solutions to the challenges facing today's online marketers including low (and diminishing) click through and engagement rates, consumer fatigue, the lack of differentiated and engaging creative vehicles and increasingly sensitive SPAM filters and browsers.

SUMOTEXT, Inc. is a short code application provider that enables any business to instantly launch product offers, promotions and time-sensitive alerts into the mobile channel – a channel previously only accessible by the largest brands and media companies. By reserving and promoting identifiable keywords on one of our mobile short codes, our clients leverage our platform, carrier relationships and campaign management tools to begin engaging their most valued customers on their mobile device.

Until now, e-mail and direct mail were the only channels capable of targeted marketing and communications. With e-mail read rates for marketers down to 5 percent, and the high-costs, long lead times and only slightly better read rates associated with direct mail, marketers need a new, efficient and effective channel to attract and reward their most valued customers.

Balm Innovations, LLC is a provider of innovative, effective natural personal care products. The company’s initial offering, Omnibalm, is a highly effective, versatile topical cream based on a proprietary formulation developed by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences pharmaceutical researcher. 

Omnibalm products are unique and superior to other skin care products due to their high concentration of the highest quality tea tree oil combined with effective moisturizers in a non-greasy cream that soothes skin on contact. Users of Omnibalm report that Omnibalm works on a wide variety of skin ailments when other products, whether over-the-counter or prescription, have failed.

Lydia Carson is the company's president and CEO. Dr. Bill Gurley, developer of Omnibalm, serves as chief science officer.

InvoTek, Inc. specializes in technology-based solutions that meet the needs of people with disabilities. We are particularly interested in working with people who have substantial physical limitations and are unable to speak.

For several years after startup in 1988, InvoTek developed and marketed accessible toys, augmentative communication devices and a voice-dialing telephone. Since 1995, we have concentrated on the research and development of new ways for people with disabilities to access environmental controls, augmentative communication devices and computers. We successfully sought funding through the Small Business Innovation Research program, and have received recognition for our accomplishments. InvoTek continues its emphasis on applied R&D to refine its innovations for commercial availability.

Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. is a small business dedicated to developing and marketing the state-of-the-art technology in power electronics systems, electronic motor drives and power electronics packaging. APEI is advancing silicon carbide (SiC) technology to allow devices to withstand extreme temperatures, from -270 degrees Celsius to more than 500 degrees Celsius. 

APEI works with several government agencies and industry partners such as NASA, United States Air Force and several others on projects that require state-of-the-art SiC devices. SiC devices can improve a variety of systems, including aircraft, spacecraft, electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, high efficiency converters for renewable energy, high voltage power distribution and down-hole drilling and exploration electronics.

Alexander Lostetter, president and CEO, has worked diligently to bring the company to where it is now with 19 employees, who are experts in all facets of power electronics engineering.

RMI Group and its companies, Interactive Digital Systems and AD-Mar, analyze a client's needs - placing them on the cutting edge of computerized digital marketing and Smart Card technology. RMI develops and delivers ground-breaking business marketing, security solutions and “state of the art” database collection by using multimedia technology to give clients the upper hand in e-commerce, Smart Card security applications, Internet and “Point of Sale” marketing. Targeted clients include hospitals, retail stores, hotels, resorts, grocery stores and auto dealerships.

Interactive Digital Systems manufactures digital displays and kiosks for multimedia marketing software applications. AD-MAR complements IDS by developing software applications for kiosk clients. AD-Mar developed EFAS (Emergency Family Alert System), a child and family alert system for theme parks and zoos (patent pending). Its technology—with the ability to create strategic, interactive multimedia plans and Smart Card solutions—is consistent with the client’s vision and needs. More importantly, RMI Group executes applications superbly and distinguishes itself apart from its competitors by offering both manufacturing and software applications under one roof.

GeoTrac, Inc. is a leading event-driven, mobile software platform and solution provider focusing on management of mobile assets in transportation, logistics and supply chain. The company's markets include mid-size to large companies in those segments through channel partners and direct sales.  

GeoTrac is an Arkansas corporation formed in 2008. Its products include Fleet Location Vehicle Management Suite, GeoTrac Mobility Platform and Planned Mobile Applications. The company's mission is to continuously satisfy motor freight and supply chain partners and customers by developing and delivering the best mobile technology solutions with a team second to none.

Bentonville International Group is an asset visibility solution provider that specializes in asset tracking, near real-time product visibility, supply chain management and “lean” process engineering through the integration of RFID, GPS, GPRS, mesh networking, video surveillance, supporting network infrastructures and other visibility technologies to increase our customers’ efficiency, productivity, security and profit margins.

In addition to asset visibility solutions, BIG offers a complete suite of supporting network architecture including structured cabling, fiber optics and supporting network hardware such as routers and switches. BIG is able to provide these solutions in a timely fashion, with products and scalability maintained through our existing partner network.

InterveXion Therapeutics, based in Little Rock since 2004, is a drug discovery and development company focused on antibody-based therapies for treating human disease. We are developing monoclonal antibodies to treat substance abuse from PCP and methamphetamine. Abuse of these stimulants is increasing and no specific therapies are currently available for treatment.

InterveXion is developing PCP-mAb for the treatment of PCP abuse and METH-mAb for the treatment of methamphetamine abuse. These therapies are monoclonal antibodies that can "absorb" these toxins in the bloodstream to reduce the acute effects of overdose and can also be used in the chronic setting to help abusers overcome their dependency.

Lynguent, Inc., a privately-held company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Portland, Ore., supplies integrated analog and mixed-signal (AMS) design development products to the global semiconductor and electronics industries. Customers use Lynguent’s productivity tools and services to create, maintain, reuse, debug and validate AMS models and related technology to accelerate time-to-market for a wide range of state-of-the-art integrated circuits and electronic systems.

Lynguent has research and development centers in Fayetteville, Ark., and Prague, Czech Republic, which are staffed by electronics industry veterans. Its founders are Dr. Martin Vlach, Lynguent CEO and a founder of industry pioneer Analogy, Inc., and Dr. Alan Mantooth, chief scientist, who is also the University of Arkansas 21st Century Chair in Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design and Computer-Aided Design.

GuardIN Fresh is an innovative new company located in the Northwest Arkansas "Green Valley." With our freshExtend solutions, GuardIN Fresh provides complete supply chain packaging solutions that extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables from farm to fork.

With offices in Fayetteville, GuardIN Fresh was formed by working in conjunction with the Sam M. Walton College of Business and technology partners in the Arkansas Research and Technology Park. GuardIN Fresh is producing products based on patent pending technologies for advanced materials that have the ability to improve our everyday life and make our society more sustainable.

MSTP, LLC, founded in 2006, is a dental technology company that incorporates the best existing technologies into simple, effective, economical and disposable innovations.

Currently a privately held company with four equity partners, the business objective of MSTP is to nurture the market to build a presence for Accupal, a clinically-proven device that conditions intra-oral tissues to receive needle penetration with a level of comfort that is universally preferred by patients when compared to traditional methods.

EquityNet provides innovative software tools and services to the private-equity investment marketplace, including specialized Web-based applications that allow investors and entrepreneurs to dramatically improve the efficiency and value of the investment process.

EquityNet’s proprietary application, Enterprise Analyzer, is a statistical analytic system that automates the screening-level analysis of private enterprises and offers investors the ability to analyze enterprises in a fraction of the time and cost previously required. Entrepreneurs also use Enterprise Analyzer to prepare for the investment process, to learn the investment attractiveness of their business and to benchmark it against other competing deals.

EquityNet offers a range of services for investors and entrepreneurs that encompass various aspects of business due diligence and three levels of business valuation. It also offers entrepreneur assistance and three levels of technology assessment services.