Prairie Ventures

Prairie Ventures is a private investment fund and a cooperative of entrepreneurs and investors. We provide industry experience and leadership with a mission of finding, growing and producing untapped business technology resources and concepts. Established in July of 2000, we currently operate a dynamic portfolio of individual companies and investment positions. Our 80+ years of aggregate investment, technology and healthcare experience, as well as our successes in the industry, position us to help you have outstanding outcomes.

Kathy Morrow

Director of Finance & Controller

Craig J. Tuttle

President

6 past transactions

Paradigm Diagnostics

Series B in 2019
Paradigm Diagnostics specializes in advanced cancer diagnostics and biomarker-driven clinical trials, aiming to enhance treatment options for cancer patients. Utilizing next-generation sequencing and comprehensive biomarker analysis, Paradigm assesses the genomic and proteomic characteristics of individual tumors. This information allows for a detailed understanding of the specific cancer pathways involved and the potential therapies tailored to each patient's unique tumor profile. By focusing on personalized medicine, Paradigm empowers healthcare providers to offer targeted treatment strategies, ultimately improving patient outcomes in cancer care.

Bioz

Seed Round in 2015
Bioz Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-based platform utilizing natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) to aid scientific researchers in the life sciences. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, Bioz offers a search engine that allows life scientists in academia and biopharma to efficiently find, compare, and select the appropriate reagents, instruments, and consumables for their experiments. The platform includes features such as full-text analysis, relevancy ranking, and a product rating system, all designed to enhance the research process. By analyzing data from the materials and methods sections of peer-reviewed articles, Bioz helps researchers identify key insights and correlations, ultimately accelerating scientific discovery and increasing the likelihood of successful outcomes in drug development and disease treatment.

Mikroscan

Venture Round in 2015
Mikroscan is committed to partnering with the pathology community by providing technology-enabled products and services that increase a pathologist’s reach, remove barriers to workload efficiency, and enable new discoveries. Their solutions are utilized in hospitals, clinics, universities, and research institutions all over the world. From mobile MOHS labs to medical schools, their technology serves a variety of applications in anatomic pathology, veterinary pathology, teaching, and research settings. Deployed on a tablet, laptop, and desktop systems, Mikroscan’s local and cloud-based solutions address some of the most challenging issues associated with pathology today. Mikroscan was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

PerceptiMed

Venture Round in 2015
PerceptiMed’s groundbreaking VeriFill™ technology reduces the margin of human error in prescription pill dispensing within retail pharmacies, long-term care facilities and hospitals. Its IdentRx™suite of medication verification and dispensing products are fast, accurate and cost-effective -- providing 100% verification of drug, dosage and manufacturer for every pill, every time.

Bioz

Seed Round in 2014
Bioz Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-based platform utilizing natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) to aid scientific researchers in the life sciences. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, Bioz offers a search engine that allows life scientists in academia and biopharma to efficiently find, compare, and select the appropriate reagents, instruments, and consumables for their experiments. The platform includes features such as full-text analysis, relevancy ranking, and a product rating system, all designed to enhance the research process. By analyzing data from the materials and methods sections of peer-reviewed articles, Bioz helps researchers identify key insights and correlations, ultimately accelerating scientific discovery and increasing the likelihood of successful outcomes in drug development and disease treatment.

Terra grain fuels

Debt Financing in 2006
Producer of ethanol and dried distiller's grains. The company contracts with wheat growers, then sells its finished products to manufacturers, including ethanol blenders in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba.
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