A Look at the ARK Challenge NWA Teams
Demo Day approaches for ARK 3, the third installment of the ARK Challenge accelerator in Fayetteville.
It's scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 4, from the Great Hall at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville. Meanwhile, ARK in Little Rock rolls on with a Demo Day scheduled for Nov. 12 at the Clinton Center.
Tuesday, we got a look at the ARK's Little Rock teams. Legal paperwork now aside, here's a look at the ARK's five NWA teams. The ARK 3 focused on teams with more traction and limited its number of teams to five so it could provide more seed money.
This year's lineup includes two startups that enjoyed IA client status before they applied to the ARK: HRM and Kernel.
Courtesy of ARK 3 director Jeannette Balleza-Collins, here's a look at ARK 3 teams with brief descriptions of each (remember, the ARK is all about pivoting if necessary):
1) HIPAA Risk Management (HRM), Fayetteville, AR, and Austin, TX, and California. founders@
hipaarisk.com
Anna Drachenberg adrache@hipaarisk.com Catherine Ganahl cganahl@hipaarisk.comKatie Lay klay@hipaarisk.comElizabeth Green egreen@hipaarisk.comCloud-enabled online data security tool used by healthcare organizations to protect electronic health information (nearly 100 customers and close to closing half-million-dollar round.
2) Kernel, Springdale, AR, and Aurora, CO.
Justin Farmer jfarmer@kernelops.comTravis Fischer tfischer@kernelops.com
Creator of Neo network risk assessment bot. Hardware/software solution offering cybersecurity made simple for small business owners.
3) Skosay, Fayetteville, AR.
Justin Urso justin@skosay.comJason Kohrig jason@skosay.com
Private 2-way feedback channel for customers and business that digitizes traditional comment card process.
4) HumanLink, Rogers, AR, and Dallas, TX.
Venkatesh Vadlamani ven@humanlink.co
Murali Kota murali@humanlink.coTaylor Johnson taylor@humanlink.co
Online community for matching families and elders with quality in-home caregivers.
5) CrowdToGo, Seattle, Washington, and Philippines.
Jet Castro jet@crowdtogo.comGreg Hermo greg@solutionsresource.com Nevs Custodio nevelyn@solutionsresource.com
On-time crowdsourced local deliveries.