Recent Announcements
1) AcreTrader, the online farmland investing platform, raised $12 million in series A funding.
2) Ox, an order fulfillment startup, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding.
3) LIVSN, an outdoor apparel company, crowdfunded over $500k on Kickstarter
AcreTrader
Fayetteville-based AcreTrader announced it has raised a $12 million Series A funding round bringing the total amount of funds raised by the local startup to $18 million.
Acretrader is providing easy access for individuals and institutions to invest in land and partner with leading farmers, allowing individuals to purchase shares of farmland in a matter of minutes online. AcreTrader enables investors to create passive income streams and assists farmers in accessing and developing farmland across thousands of acres. Through flexible rent options, AcreTrader is able to provide attractive financing models to the agriculture industry and help entrepreneurial farmers grow their operations.
Within the last year, AcreTrader doubled its employee count, closed two rounds of funding (seed and Series A), quadrupled its investor pool, increased the total funds raised on the platform by 12 times, and welcomed investors from 48 states onto its platform.
Ox
Bentonville-based Ox (formerly Oculogx) has raised $3.5 million in seed funding to expand their operations and assist more retailers in supply chain optimization using machine learning.
Through its machine learning software, Ox has created a process for workforce optimization, providing management staff with a way to maximize productivity, automate work assignments, gain visibility over orders and measure employee performance. This novel system, which transforms the omnichannel retail method, has attracted industry leaders to the company, whose clientele includes numerous Fortune 500 companies.
Ox’s state-of-the-art platform integrates with a company’s current order management system and provides tools—unique to each retailer—to transform its brick-and-mortar stores into micro-distribution centers through optimized pick-from-store operations.
After approximately a year on the market, Ox’s platform has proven its success in the industry with a 3600% return on investment.
Ox
Bentonville-based Ox (formerly Oculogx) has raised $3.5 million in seed funding to expand their operations and assist more retailers in supply chain optimization using machine learning.
Through its machine learning software, Ox has created a process for workforce optimization, providing management staff with a way to maximize productivity, automate work assignments, gain visibility over orders and measure employee performance. This novel system, which transforms the omnichannel retail method, has attracted industry leaders to the company, whose clientele includes numerous Fortune 500 companies.
Ox’s state-of-the-art platform integrates with a company’s current order management system and provides tools—unique to each retailer—to transform its brick-and-mortar stores into micro-distribution centers through optimized pick-from-store operations.
After approximately a year on the market, Ox’s platform has proven its success in the industry with a 3600% return on investment.
LIVSN
Fayetteville-based outdoor apparel company LIVSN Designs recently crowdfunded $514,624 for their new adventure pants made from ocean buoys on Kickstarter, exceeding their funding goals by 5000%.
According to GearJunkie, “LIVSN has designed a nearly perfect pair of men’s pants for the outdoors.” GearJunkie editorial director, Sean McCoy, went on to write, “If I had to design a do-all outdoor pant, I’d have a hard time coming up with something better than the LIVSN EcoTrek Trail Pant. And while the brand’s first product knocked it out of the park with a rugged canvas pant that our editors absolutely loved, the new model brings more stretch, lighter weight, and an athletic design.”
The pants are now available for pre-order on Indiegogo.
