ARK Frontier
5 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
ARK is an operations platform for growing businesses and SMEs in Nigeria that handles inventory tracking, procurement, retail operations, expense and liability recording, and financial statement generation. It targets SME owners, warehouse managers, procurement officers, and retail cashiers as an alternative to spreadsheets and complex foreign software.
Also known as ARK · Ark Frontier Limited · storeatark
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Ark Frontier Limited, which operates under the product name ARK, provides a business-to-business software platform for inventory, warehousing, procurement, fulfilment and shipment management, delivered via the web and other interfaces. Customer organisations create accounts on the platform and invite authorised users, who are assigned roles such as Staff, Manager, Warehouse Manager or Admin, with role-based access controls configured by the customer.
The platform's functional modules include Inventory, Purchases, Shipments and Administration. Workflows supported include creating purchase requests, approving purchase orders, scanning codes during intake and dispatch at warehouses or fulfilment centres, recording transfers, and uploading compliance documents such as standard operating procedures, contracts and policies. Customers also maintain records on the system covering internal staff involved in inventory, procurement, warehousing, logistics and finance, supplier and vendor contacts, and shipment and logistics data including sender and recipient details, shipment descriptions, values and references. Access can be provided through username and password or through single sign-on using a customer organisation's identity provider. Subscription and shipment-related payments are processed through integrated third-party payment providers, and the company states it does not store full payment card details.
Business model
ARK is sold as a business-to-business platform under customer accounts to which authorised users are linked. The company references subscription and shipment-related payments handled through integrated payment providers, indicating a subscription-based software model alongside shipment-related charges.
Subscription payments for platform access plus shipment-related payments, collected through integrated payment providers.
Latest developments
The company publishes a privacy policy covering its inventory, warehousing, procurement, fulfilment and shipment management platform, addressing data collected from authorised users, customer-entered operational data, automatic log and analytics collection, and compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023.
▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market, geography
Technology
A cloud-hosted application accessible via web and other interfaces, using role-based access control, username/password and single sign-on authentication, barcode or code scanning tied to warehouse and fulfilment centre locations, document uploads, and server-side logging of authentication events, usage and scan activity. Cookies and similar technologies support sessions, preferences and usage analytics, and third-party payment providers handle card data.
Go-to-market
Organisations that run inventory, procurement, warehousing, fulfilment and shipment operations, with platform users including staff, managers, warehouse managers and administrators. The platform is explicitly business-to-business and not directed at children or users under 18.
Geography
The company is regulated under the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, indicating operations tied to Nigeria.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- ark frontier limited privacy noticestoreatark.com · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does ARK Frontier do?
- Ark Frontier Limited operates ARK, a Nigeria-based B2B platform for inventory, warehousing, procurement, fulfilment and shipment management.
- Who are ARK Frontier's investors?
- ARK Frontier's investors include Microtraction.