Open Prairie Ventures Strategies - Sustainable Food Agriculture Technology Development Financing
Open Prairie Strategies
Greater Midwest Region

The multi-office feet-on-the-street presence in the Greater Midwest provides the firm with far-reaching access in an underserved-venture region with deep entrepreneurial history. We believe in the adage of going where others are not and we seek opportunities that leverage these attributes of the central U.S. region.

Technology Convergence

The firm seeks investments in the convergence of agriculture and life science technologies. This convergence is coupled with experienced entrepreneurs, the strict criteria of Efficient InnovationTM and a focus on growth markets.


Harvesting Efficient InnovationTM

Open Prairie Ventures provides early-stage venture capital to promising growth technology companies disciplined in efficient use of capital and pursuit of disruptive innovations.

Investment Model

Open Prairie leverages the Efficient Innovation model. A combination of Efficient Capital and Disruptive Innovation.

This model emphasizes:
  • Working with leading-edge technology companies
  • Working with experienced management teams
  • Utilizing less than $5 million of capital to generate meaningful revenue
  • Deploying less than $15 million of syndicated capital to develop, commercialize, and exit
Our offices in the Midwest are strategically located to cover twelve major U.S. cities, twenty-four major universities, and dozens of federal and state research laboratories and research facilities.