Open Prairie Ventures Portfolio

Open Prairie Ventures I & II, LP Portfolio

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Open Prairie Ventures II, LP Portfolio

	Vestaron (formerly known as Venomix) is developing proprietary agriculture insecticide products for the environmentally conscious twenty-first century. The core technology for Vestaron is based on the utilization of polypeptides found in spider venom. Preliminary tests have produced positive results against a variety of insects and pest species including mosquitoes, caterpillars, house flies and cockroaches. Additionally, Vestaron products are designed to be harmless to non-target species, including humans and other mammals. www.vestaron.com
	KcBioMediX is a medical device company established to commercialize technologies developed at the University of Kansas that measure, develop, and monitor the Non-Nutritive Suck (“NNS”). NNS is an essential building block in an infant’s development of the coordinated sucking, breathing and swallowing capability needed in independent oral feeding. The inability to feed independently is the leading cause of failure to discharge from the hospital for premature babies. www.kcbiomedix.com
	Compact Particle Acceleration Corporation is partnering with TomoTherapy Incorporated and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to create the next generation of compact proton therapy for cancer treatment. The key component of the new technology is a dielectric wall accelerator (DWA). The DWA will allow CPAC to produce an intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) machine that can be used in a standard therapy treatment room; allowing CPAC the opportunity to make IMPT available to a broader range of hospitals and cancer centers. In addition to cancer treatment, the technology has the potential to be used in other fields such as defense, security and semiconductors.

Open Prairie Ventures I, LP Portfolio

	Infoblox develops and markets a task-specific server appliance offering a more effective approach to Domain Name Service (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The design and application of DNS/DHCP solutions in the past have been resource intensive and have opened networks to security breaches, outages and downtime. The flagship product is a server appliance provides reliable, secure enterprise-class DNS/DHCP service in a streamlined product. The product is the DNS/DHCP solution of choice for the Networld+Interop's networks, eNet and iLabs, some of the most advanced networks in the world. www.infoblox.com
	EpiWorks develops and manufactures advanced compound wafers for a variety of semiconductor applications such as medical and industrial lasers, wireless and fiber optic communications chips, and optical communication components. The core technology and competency is based on providing advanced Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and Indium Phosphide (InP) compound semiconductor materials with complete semiconductor solutions combining both materials technology and applications expertise to advance the product performance. www.epiworks.com
	Cernium develops proprietary software integrating computer systems for industry-specific electronic security solutions using video technology. The software solutions are used in multiple applications. The core direction is toward the creation of industry-specific products focusing on intelligent image analysis via closed circuit television monitoring systems. Cernium is a pioneer in advanced video analysis for physical security. Our breakthrough solutions identify suspicious or unusual behavior through video analysis, helping achieve clients security and fiscal objectives by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their entire security operation. www.cernium.com
	ISSI, also known as Argus Systems, has software technology converting a Unix-based operating system into a Trusted Operating System (TOS). A TOS is a government-defined system for making an operating system extremely secure. They have products for several high-end operating systems, including IBM's AIX, Sun Microsystems' Solaris, and most commercial versions of Linux. www.argus-systems.com

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