§ 15-5-1604 - Creation of Arkansas Risk Capital Matching Fund.
15-5-1604. Creation of Arkansas Risk Capital Matching Fund.
(a) There is established the Arkansas Risk Capital Matching Fund, and within that fund the Enterprise Development Account and the Technology Validation Account, which fund and accounts shall be held by and maintained as a separate fund and separate accounts within the Venture Capital Investment Trust.
(b) (1) The Arkansas Risk Capital Matching Fund is created for the purpose of providing financial assistance to technology-based enterprises located in Arkansas, with the expectation of developing jobs paying in excess of county and state average wages, improving the growth, development, and advancement of technology-based enterprises, and converting research and development activities and early stage technology-based enterprises into viable and productive commercial ventures.
(2) The Arkansas Risk Capital Matching Fund shall target the financial assistance toward those technology-based enterprises that are in the early stages of development and that are not yet able to attract adequate private sources of traditional financing or venture or investor-backed capital for their growth and development.