Dennis E. Beard

Open Prairie Ventures Inc (Open Prairie) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by James M. Schultz. The firm headquartered in Effingham, Illinois.

Serra Ventures LLC (Serra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Tim Hoerr. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Clearstream.TV, Inc. provides platform for evaluation, auditing and developing for online video advertising. It products include comprehensive video safety reporting that allows users to improve the performance of their current campaigns. The company was founded by Brian S. Mandelbaum and David Sinow in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Innara Health, Inc. provides understanding and improvement of neonatal, pediatric, and adult feeding. It offers the FDA-cleared NTrainer System, the first neonatal technology that assesses and develops non-nutritive suck for newborns and infants born prematurely. The company was founded by David Stalling and D. Michael Litscher in 2006 and is headquartered in Olathe, KS.

ConsortiEX, Inc. provides healthcare technology services. It provides Information technology systems and services to manage the ordering, distribution and tracking of sterile injectable compounds for hospitals and affiliated networks. The company was founded by Neal Long in 2013 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Agrible, Inc. provides predictive analytics tools for farmers and growers. Its software provides field-level forecasts and data on yield predictions, nutrient availability, fieldwork timing, spraying conditions, hail events, potential pest problems, and weather. The company was founded by Bill Northcott, Christopher M. Harbourt, Eric Snodgrass, and Paul S. Miller in 2007 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund LP invests in companies located in the US, with a special focus on rural America with an investment size of $2 - $10 million. The fund target companies operating in the fields of agricultural, life science, food, processing, information technology & logistics sectors. It provides debt and equity financing for growth transactions.

Inprentus, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and selling of x-ray diffraction gratings for synchrotron radiation facilities. Its products include synchrotron gratings and fel gratings. The company was founded by Peter Abbamonte in June 2012 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Medical Engineering Innovations, Inc. manufactures and distributes electro-mechanical medical devices. Its products include MEI SwiftBlade System, SwiftBlade-R Resection, and SwiftBlade-A Ablation. The company was founded by David M. Mahvi, John G. Webster, Dieter Haemmerich, James Will, Ann O. Rourke and David Schutt in October 2005 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.