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Open Prairie

Founders Jim Schultz

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Total investments 33
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 23
Rounds per year 1.32
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 4
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Agriculture
  • Health Care
  • Farming
  • Sustainability
Summary

Open Prairie appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1999. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Champaign.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Infoblox, NewLeaf Symbiotics, Agrivida. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Energy, CRM.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 4 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016. Comparing to the other companies, this Open Prairie performs on 10 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top activity for fund was in 2019.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Open Prairie, startups are often financed by Pangaea Ventures, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Michigan Accelerator Fund I. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Pangaea Ventures, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, RockPort Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Serra Ventures, Pangaea Ventures, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures.

The current fund was established by Jim Schultz. The overall number of key employees were 4.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HerdDogg

AgTech
Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Internet of Things
Robotics
$3M06 Oct 2023 Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Vytelle

Biotechnology
$20M04 Apr 2023 Oregon, United States

IngredientWerks

15 Feb 2023 Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

LandscapeHub

E-Commerce
Horticulture
Logistics
Marketplace
Online Portals
Wholesale
$9M10 Feb 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Vytelle

Biotechnology
$13M28 Sep 2021 Oregon, United States

Comet Biorefining

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Business Development
Professional Services
$22M13 Jul 2021 London, Ontario, Canada

HerdDogg

AgTech
Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Internet of Things
Robotics
$4M14 Jan 2021 Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Nutriati

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Nutrition
Social Impact
$12M05 Dec 2019 Richmond, Virginia, United States

Vestaron

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Farming
$40M10 Jun 2019 Durham, North Carolina, United States
News
Comet Bio Raises $22M in Series C Funding

– Comet Bio from London, Ontario CA- and Schaumburg, Illinois-based food technology company raised $22M in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Open Prairie with participation from Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), BDC Capital, Sofinnova Partners.
– The new investment will be used to meet the market demand for its ingredients.

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Total investments 33
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 1.32
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.85

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HerdDogg

AgTech
Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Internet of Things
Robotics
$3M06 Oct 2023 Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Vytelle

Biotechnology
$20M04 Apr 2023 Oregon, United States

IngredientWerks

15 Feb 2023 Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

LandscapeHub

E-Commerce
Horticulture
Logistics
Marketplace
Online Portals
Wholesale
$9M10 Feb 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Vytelle

Biotechnology
$13M28 Sep 2021 Oregon, United States

Comet Biorefining

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Business Development
Professional Services
$22M13 Jul 2021 London, Ontario, Canada

HerdDogg

AgTech
Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Internet of Things
Robotics
$4M14 Jan 2021 Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Nutriati

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Nutrition
Social Impact
$12M05 Dec 2019 Richmond, Virginia, United States

Vestaron

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Farming
$40M10 Jun 2019 Durham, North Carolina, United States
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