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Balm Innovations Gets $100,000 Grant to Launch New Product

Balm Innovations of Little Rock, parent company of Omnibalm skin cream products, has received a $100,000 Seed Capital Investment Program grant from the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority to help launch a new product, to be announced, and expand its current distribution into new markets.    // read more

Anderson, Others Named to Arkansas Research Alliance

The Arkansas Research Alliance names the members of its 15-person Board of Trustees.   // read more

Venture Investor Noro-Moseley Expands into Arkansas

After 25 years as a successful venture investor within the Southeastern United States, Noro-Moseley is ready to expand to Arkansas through the Arkansas Institutional Fund.   // read more

Diamond State Ventures Seeds New Fund with $75M in Capital

Diamond State Ventures II will invest between $75 million and $90 million in the next five years.    // read more

SBA Lending Activity Down From Previous Years

Lenders and the U.S. Small Business Administration made 303 unique 7(a) loans in Arkansas during its fiscal 2008, which ended Sept. 30.   // read more

Small Business Center Lands $93,000 SBA Grant to Assist Veterans

The state's congressional delegation announced this week that the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will receive a $93,405 grant through the U.S. Small Business Administration's Veterans Assistance and Services Program.   // read more

BioVentures Startup Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Imaging Materials

One of the early-stage companies in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures center is the recipient of Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the Department of Energy, the center announced recently.   // read more

Time Magazine Editor-at-large to Speak at Venture Forum Conference

A week from today Josh Quittner, editor-at-large for Time Magazine, will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Arkansas Venture Forum Conference, organizers announced recently.   // read more

Center Puts 'Technology' in Small Business Development

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and other higher education institutions in the state recently acknowledged the Arkansas Small Business Development Center's shift toward assisting high-tech and innovative businesses.   // read more

Small Business Makes Adjustments As Credit Markets Apply Squeeze

Small business owners are not feeling the full force of credit crisis.    // read more
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