Prairie Crest Capital

Prairie Crest Capital is a Midwest-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in promising, transformational agriculture and technology innovations. Leveraging their financial and operational experience, the partners identify undiscovered opportunities to provide funding and development assistance to qualifying enterprises poised for accelerated growth. The firm is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, and concentrates its investments in the Midwestern farm belt, capitalizing on world-class research universities, a deep talent pool, and an emerging agricultural technology ecosystem.

The management team, led by Mark White and Barry Adams, possesses a unique blend of investment management, global operational, and entrepreneurial experience. With over sixty years of combined expertise in marketing, operations, and finance, they aim to bridge best practices from traditional money centers with entrepreneurs in underserved markets. Their approach includes providing hands-on support to portfolio companies, assisting in sales, introducing potential strategic partners and acquirers, and actively recruiting new management team members and independent board members as needed.

Prairie Crest Capital's investment strategy focuses on early to mid-stage investments in technology companies located primarily in the Midwest, with a principal focus on the burgeoning AgTech sector. The firm believes that AgTech companies, particularly those in the Midwest, have been largely ignored by institutional investors and venture capital firms. By providing access to investors and entrepreneurs, the firm leverages its global network to assist entrepreneurs in raising growth capital and finding suitable exits, including later-stage investments and potential liquidity event opportunities.