Recently Funded Startups in Arkansas
Updated Oct 2026
There are 74 funded startups in Arkansas in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Arkansas, along with the 74 most recently funded startups there.
Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Little Rock and Fayetteville hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Arkansas. Startups in Arkansas closed 21 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 9 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.7B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $7.6M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.1M and $50M.
Early stage activity dominates the region. Health Care and Artificial Intelligence lead the way, with a concentration of startups in Little Rock and Fayetteville. Heavy Seed and Series A presence means a focus on product validation rather than scale. Sourcing here involves identifying founders before they reach later rounds.
Arkansas funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026.
74 most recently funded startups in Arkansas
74 shownOrdered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
Arkansas startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Arkansas closed 21 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 9 of them in the last 12, adding up to $1.7B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $7.6M, with the middle half running from $1.1M to $50M. 19 of 21 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Health Care at 11. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Arkansas
Sector counts across all 74 tracked companies in Arkansas. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Arkansas?
Where funded startups in Arkansas are based, by the city on the company record.
Funding stages in Arkansas
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Arkansas break down by stage.
A further 15 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Arkansas startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 74 funded startups in Arkansas currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2 of 21 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Arkansas is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 74 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Arkansas?
FundedIQ tracks 74 funded startups in Arkansas. This page lists the 74 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Arkansas raised?
Startups in Arkansas tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.7B in disclosed capital across 21 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 9 rounds in the last 12 months. 19 of those 21 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Arkansas?
Health Care has the most, with 11 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (6), Commerce and Shopping (6) and Financial Services (6). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Arkansas?
Little Rock leads with 16 companies, then Fayetteville (14), Bentonville (13) and Egypt (5).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Arkansas?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $7.6M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.1M and $50M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Arkansas?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 3 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (1) and Series B (1). A further 15 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Arkansas startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Arkansas is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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