Mimi San Pedro, Chief Strategy Officer of The Venture Center, will retire on August 23rd after five and a half years of service with the organization. San Pedro will continue in a senior advisory role through December to ensure a smooth transition. Read More
The Venture Center is thrilled to announce that The Croissanterie, led by VCWoman Achieve alumni Wendy Schay and Jill McDonald, has opened a new location at the Little Rock Tech Park. This expansion marks the second significant growth for The Croissanterie in just three years, having previously expanded from a food truck to their first brick-and-mortar site on Cantrell Road, and now into downtown Little Rock. Read More
The Venture Center and Little Rock Regional Chamber have opened applications for the fall cohort of Spark!, a pre-accelerator program for small businesses in central Arkansas. Read More
The Venture Center, in a new partnership with the Arkansas Bankers Association, today announced the inaugural Arkansas Banking Solutions Accelerator (ABSA). Applications for financial technology companies to be considered for the first cohort are now being accepted. Read More
Twenty-five healthcare and health tech companies from across Arkansas are participating in the inaugural Arkansas Collaborative for Technological and Innovative Venture Equality (ACTIVE) program. This initiative, which is a partnership between BioVentures LLC. and The Venture Center, aims to enhance health outcomes throughout Arkansas. Read More
BENTONVILLE -- Organizations are working to inspire youth entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas. The Venture Center, a Little Rock-based entrepreneurship support organization, partnered with Economics Arkansas and the Young Entrepreneurs Institute to host a youth business pitch competition on Thursday night. Read More
