Funded Startups in Bentonville
Bentonville’s most recent disclosed rounds are concentrated around a single large print: Sober Sidekick’s $8M (Series Unknown) on 2025-12-03 is the largest…
Bentonville’s most recent disclosed rounds are concentrated around a single large print: Sober Sidekick’s $8M (Series Unknown) on 2025-12-03 is the largest disclosed amount in these 14 rows, and it sits well above the next-highest disclosed figures ($19M for Insite AI on 2022-10-11 and $17M for Ask Sage on 2024-12-09 are actually higher, meaning the “largest disclosed” outlier is Insite AI’s $19M on 2022-10-11, which dwarfs most other disclosed rounds). The list also clusters temporally: 6 of the 14 entries have round dates in 2023 (Black Paper Party 2023-12-08; Glucose Health 2023-12-07; Nuqleous 2023-07-25; Downtown Bentonville 2023-06-20; Wishfluence 2023-04-26; plus the 2023-04/06/07/12 spread), while the earliest dated entry is Stonehenge Tech Labs on 2021-05-06. Sector-wise, Artificial Intelligence (AI) appears in 4 of 14 entries (Ox, Ask Sage, FR8relay, Insite AI), and “Series Unknown” or “undisclosed” amounts appear repeatedly (5 entries marked undisclosed amounts; 3 entries labeled Series Unknown). Geographic naming is mostly Bentonville, Arkansas; one AI entry is instead in Bentonville, Virginia (Ask Sage on 2024-12-09).
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Frequently asked
Which disclosed round is the clear outlier in this Bentonville set, and how do the rest compare?
Insite AI’s $19M on 2022-10-11 is the largest disclosed amount among the rows with amounts disclosed. The next-largest disclosed figures—Ask Sage’s $17M (2024-12-09) and Sober Sidekick’s $8M (2025-12-03)—still trail that top print, while most other disclosed rounds are much closer to the sub-$10M range (e.g., Crystal Bridges Museum’s $10M on 2022-05-26; FR8relay’s $1M on 2024-08-08).
Do the round dates cluster into a specific window?
Yes. 2023 accounts for 6 of the 14 entries, spanning from Wishfluence’s $100K on 2023-04-26 through Downtown Bentonville’s undisclosed round on 2023-06-20 and up to Black Paper Party’s $250K on 2023-12-08 (with Glucose Health’s $280K on 2023-12-07 and Nuqleous’s $26M on 2023-07-25). The earliest dated row is Stonehenge Tech Labs on 2021-05-06, and the most recent is Sober Sidekick on 2025-12-03.
Are any sectors over-represented relative to others in these 14 rows?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most concentrated sector, appearing in 4 of 14 entries: Ox (undisclosed, 2025-07-15), Ask Sage ($17M, 2024-12-09), FR8relay ($1M, 2024-08-08), and Insite AI ($19M, 2022-10-11). Other sectors appear once to twice in the visible set (e.g., Commerce and Shopping includes Glucose Health, Nuqleous, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Rejoicy).
What does the stage mix look like, and is “Series Unknown” common?
Series A appears 4 times (Ask Sage 2024-12-09 $17M; Nuqleous 2023-07-25 $26M; Insite AI 2022-10-11 $19M; Ox is labeled Series A but the amount is undisclosed). “Series Unknown” labels show up 3 times (Sober Sidekick 2025-12-03 $8M; FR8relay 2024-08-08 $1M; Downtown Bentonville 2023-06-20 undisclosed), and 5 entries show undisclosed amounts (Ox, Downtown Bentonville, Heartland Forward, Rejoicy, and Ox’s amount is also undisclosed).
Which entries were funded very recently in this table (latest ~90 days from the most recent date shown)?
Taking the most recent date shown as 2025-12-03, only Sober Sidekick (2025-12-03, $8M) falls within the immediate late-2025 window. The next most recent disclosed amount is Ox on 2025-07-15, but its amount is listed as undisclosed.
Is there a geographic naming outlier within “Bentonville” in this list?
Most entries are Bentonville, Arkansas, but Ask Sage is listed as Bentonville, Virginia (Series A, 2024-12-09, $17M). That makes the only clear geographic disambiguation within the “Bentonville” name a Virginia-based AI company alongside several Arkansas-based rounds (e.g., Insite AI in Bentonville, Arkansas on 2022-10-11).
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