When was The ARK Challenge founded?

The ARK Challenge was founded in 2011.

Where is The ARK Challenge's headquarters located?

The ARK Challenge's headquarters is located in Fayetteville (United States).

How many companies has The ARK Challenge invested in?

The ARK Challenge has invested in 19 companies, including Qbox & Info Assembly.

Which companies has The ARK Challenge invested in lately?

Langhar & Skosay are the latest investments by The ARK Challenge.

The ARK Challenge - 2026 Investor Profile & Portfolio

1. Qbox

Provider of a platform offering big data analytical processing tools to developers with hosted solutions, professional support, dedicated instances, and custom deployments. Can choose between any of the 47 data centers for hosting. Eliminates the need for developers to install, maintain, patch, monitor, and scale their search infrastructure.

Key facts about Qbox

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Fayetteville (United States)
Stage: Deadpooled
Total Funding till date: $2.76M
Employee Count: 12 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: VNTRE, Beenext and 10 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 26, 2015, $*****

2. Info Assembly

Info Assembly provides intelligent financial planning and research tools for enterprises that helps them accelerate investment research and empower them with faster reporting and business decision making.

Key facts about Info Assembly

Founded Year: 2013
Location: Delhi (India)
Stage: Deadpooled
Total Funding till date: $320K
Employee Count: 1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: The ARK Challenge
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 19, 2014, $*****

3. MineWhat

MineWhat provides cloud-based retail intelligence platform for e-tailers. Its features include promotion & marketing of products, shopper segmentation, competitive positioning of products, data-driven product strategy and more. It enables online stores to make informed decisions on marketing, merchandising and product strategy to increase customer lifetime value. The company also provides an AI-driven product personalisation tool, Choice.ai which predicts customers buying behaviour in real-time.

Key facts about MineWhat

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Palo Alto (United States)
Annual Revenue: ₹8.45L as on Mar 31, 2019
Stage: Seed
Employee Count: 2 as on Apr 30, 2026
Investors: Global Incubation Services, Tonic and 1 Other
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 08, 2012, $*****

4. Langhar

Langhar offers an online platform and a mobile application which allows people to buy and sell home cooked food online made by housewives/hobbyists. It currently offers its services in Delhi connecting food hobbyists, chefs and housewives to food enthusiasts and food lovers in the city. It raised $20K of seed money from TLabs as part of its third batch in Feb 2013 and $150K from ARK Challenge accelerator programme in Sep, 2013. Shut down operations in Feb 2015.

Key facts about Langhar

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Delhi (India)
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Deadpooled
Total Funding till date: $260K
Employee Count: 3 as on Apr 30, 2026
Investors: TLabs, Amity Business Incubator and 1 Other
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 13, 2015, $*****

5. Skosay

Skosay empowers customers and businesses through it's private 2-way communication and automation platform. It is a mobile and web-based platform that allows customers to identify a business, write a comment and submit feedback anonymously and quickly. Available for both iOS and android devices, It helps in enhancing the customer experience across several different verticals, including retail, healthcare, hospitality, airports and more.

Key facts about Skosay

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Fayetteville (United States)
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $50K
Employee Count: 1 as on Apr 30, 2026
Investors: The ARK Challenge and Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), May 05, 2015, $*****

View the full list of portfolio companies

The ARK Challenge has made 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $82.4K.

View all investments by The ARK Challenge

The ARK Challenge has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Retail, Vertical SaaS and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 16 Tech companies, 9 Consumer (B2C) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).

Here are The ARK Challenge's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Consumer	7
Enterprise Applications	6
Retail	5
Vertical SaaS	4
Media & Entertainment	3
Others	9

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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The ARK Challenge has made most investments in United States (15), followed by India where it has made 2 investments.

Here are The ARK Challenge's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	15
India	2
Uruguay	1
Vietnam	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

View all investments by The ARK Challenge

The ARK Challenge has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by The ARK Challenge:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Oct 13, 2015	Langhar	India	Seed	1064	-
Aug 28, 2014	Skosay	United States	Seed	8693	-
Sep 05, 2013	Info Assembly	India	Seed	6851	-
Sep 03, 2013	VisuaLogistic Technologies	United States	Seed	6447	-
Sep 03, 2013	VidLibs	United States	Seed	9335	-

See more recent investments made by The ARK Challenge

Over the past 14 years, 10 investors have co-invested in The ARK Challenge's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before The ARK Challenge: TLabs has invested before The ARK Challenge.
Invested after The ARK Challenge: A total of 9 investors have invested in The ARK Challenge's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Fund for Arkansas' Future (1 company) and Antecedent Ventures (1 company).