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Arkansas Institutional Fund Invests $4.5 Million in Petra Capital
The Arkansas Development Finance Authority announced Tuesday that its Arkansas Institutional Fund will invest $4.5 million in Petra Growth Fund II, managed by Petra Capital Partners of Nashville, Tenn. // read more
Fort Smith High School Entrepreneurship Program Awards Scholarships
A high school entrepreneurship program offered through the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Fort Smith awarded $500 scholarships to two teams for their winning business plans. // read more
Panel Discusses Progress Toward Statewide Broadband Access
An advisory group working to improve statewide access to broadband Internet is about to be another step closer to that goal. Includes comments from Sam Walls of Arkansas Capital Corp. // read more
Arkansas Institutional Fund Invests $5M in Noro-Moseley
The Arkansas Development Finance Authority announced Monday that the Arkansas Institutional Fund has committed $5 million to the sixth fund of Atlanta-based venture capital fund manager Noro-Moseley Partners. // read more
Fund for Arkansas' Future Invests in Infusion Group
The Fund for Arkansas' Future, an early stage investment fund based in Little Rock, has invested $400,000 in Infusion Marketing Group LLC, a company formed by two former Acxiom executives. // read more
Fund for Arkansas' Future Invests $300,000 with Balm Innovations
The Fund for Arkansas? Future says it has invested $300,000 with skin cream maker Balm Innovations.<p> // read more
Statewide Private Equity Transactions Slip Slightly
The eight firms on the Business Journal?s annual list of private equity firms closed 37 transactions in 2005, down 7.5 percent from 40 transactions closed in 2004. // read more
Fund for Arkansas' Future Invests in Patriot BioFuels
The Fund for Arkansas? Future has invested $100,000 in the startup Patriot BioFuels Inc. // read more
UAMS Researchers Look to Future
Entrepreneurs seeking to grow companies from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences research got a boost with a roundtable that allowed face to face meetings with venture capitalists. // read more
Fund for Arkansas' Future Makes First Investment
Arkansas angel investors group makes its first investment after raising $6.6 million. // read more
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