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Office Locations:
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100 River Bluff Drive, Suite 210
Little Rock, AR 72202
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Financial Services
Food & Agriculture
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Westrock Asset Management is and investment vehicle of the Ford family of Arkansas. Joe Ford is co-founder and Chairman of Westrock Group, LLC and its subsidiaries Westrock Asset Management and Westrock Coffee Company. Westrock Asset Management is an alternative asset management firm pursuing a broad range of investment opportunities by emphasizing a systematic approach to risk management and investing. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe and Scott Ford and launched its inaugural fund in 2016. Westrock Coffee is a publicly traded coffee company with a nearly $900M market cap. Joe Ford began his career in telecommunications at Allied Telephone Company becoming Allied's President in 1977 and subsequently the Chairman and CEO of Alltel Corporation (a provider of wireless voice and data communications services). Joe served on the Board of Directors of The Dial Corporation, Duke Energy Company, Eltek, ASA, Beverly Enterprises Company, En Pro Industries, Textron Inc. and the United States Chamber of Commerce. The family also invests through Arcane Capital Partners (see profile).
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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