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Iron Prairie Ventures
Venture capital · Leawood, KS, United States · North America
Iron Prairie Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that invests in industrial technology companies. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas, and draws on connections to resources and people in America's Heartland.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsindustrial techmanufacturingconstructionsupply chainlogisticsinfrastructure
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Or find every investor that fitsIron Prairie Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), Industrial & Manufacturing (19%) and Real Estate & Construction (13%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Arch Grants, Cortado Ventures and KCRise Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Iron Prairie Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Iron Prairie Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 20. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 77th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 12th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 19% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 13% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 6% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 5% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Arch Grants | 2 |
| Cortado Ventures | 2 |
| KCRise Fund | 2 |
| Seraphim Space | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| The Council | 2 |
| proChain Ventures | 2 |
| Aera VC | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Iron Prairie Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Iron Prairie Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Iron Prairie Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Iron Prairie Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma provides an AI platform for real estate developers to search and analyze development sites | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arvist automates warehouse quality control and compliance using vision AI | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Bastazo helps critical infrastructure teams secure their Operational Technology environments with AI-driven prioritization and automated remediation playbooks. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Celerity Enterprises automates the Special Pricing Agreements reconciliation process for electrical distribution companies | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Ox transforms static layouts into 3D data-rich digital twins to visualize warehouse management. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| PLOT provides construction logistics management software for general contractors | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Renterra provides equipment rental management software | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Autolane connects autonomous vehicles with stores and customers for delivery purposes | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Intramotev develops and retrofits autonomous freight railcars with its TugVolt technology | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Jooni builds and provides wireless hardware and edge-to-cloud software for connecting devices and infrastructure | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Odin Space provides real-time debris detection and insurance solutions for space threats | Space & DefenseFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Rectangle connects systems, data, and partners to automate logistics operations and launch new services | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Rhea Space Activity develops astrophysics technology to support national security objectives | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| SysGit provides a platform for automating systems engineering and managing complex hardware development using Git-based tools and practices. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI-powered platform for furniture projects with 3D visualizations and real-time estimates. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Whistle Rewards provides a rewards and recognition platform for the construction industry to improve safety compliance, tech adoption, and performance on job sites. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Wilya provides a workforce platform for manufacturing teams to manage skills intelligence and flexibility | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Zenbul takes responsibility for reducing property-line noise from datacenter projects, using its proprietary low-frequency silencer technology. | Real Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
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About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ironprairie.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 20
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