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Open Prairie Ventures

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Open Prairie Ventures was founded in 1999 as a venture capital firm focused on early-stage Midwest-based technolgy companies. The first investment fund, Open Prairie Ventures I, L.P. (OPV I), was formerly licensed by the Small Business Administration as a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). In 2006, JIm Schultz, Michael Peck, and Dennis Beard recapitalized the SBA’s Limited Partner interest in OPV I through a buyout of the SBA position. OPV I completed fifteen investments with four successful exits, including the 2007 IPO of TomoTherapy (NASDAQ: TOMO) and has four active portfolio investments remaining.

Recent Milestones

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  Open Prairie Ventures invested in NewLeaf Symbiotics. (1/9/13)
  Posted 1/10/13 at 7:49pm via yahoo.com
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  Open Prairie Ventures invested in Vestaron Corporation. (5/8/12)
  Posted 5/8/12 at 8:11pm via dowjones.com
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  Open Prairie Ventures invested in Privia. (11/22/11)
  Posted 11/22/11 at 7:14pm via finsmes.com
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  Open Prairie Ventures invested in Infoblox. (4/25/05)
  Posted 8/3/10 at 11:18pm via infoblox.com

Investments

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1. Open Prairie Reaches $30M For Second Midwest Venture Fund (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
2. NewLeaf Symbiotics Raises $7 Million in Series A Financing from RockPort Capital, Open Prairie Ventures and Pangaea Ventures (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
3. Vestaron Lures New Investors To $10.2M Series B For Spider-Venom Insecticides (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
4. Privia Raises Capital (finsmes.com) [edit]
5. Infoblox Secures $30 Million To Continue Rapid Growth (infoblox.com) [edit]