Iron Prairie Ventures is a Kansas-based venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Maggie Kenefake, investing at the pre-seed and seed stages in industrial-technology startups driving America's reindustrialization. The firm focuses on sectors including manufacturing, physical infrastructure, construction, logistics, and supply chain, and has announced a $15 million debut fund to back 22–25 industrial-tech startups.
They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (80% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $3.2M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
5
Fund Size
$15M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
5 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Odin Space | Unknown | $3M | Dec 2025 |
 Wilya | Seed | $4M | Jun 2024 |
 Gig and Take | Seed | $4M | Jun 2024 |
 Renterra | Seed | $3M | Apr 2024 |
 PLOT | Seed | $2M | Jun 2023 |
Top Co-Investors
25madison2 shared
Schematic Ventures2 shared
Motivate Venture Capital2 shared
Ironspring Ventures2 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center1 shared
Kalaari Capital1 shared
Bienville Capital1 shared
KCRise Fund1 shared
GroundBreak Ventures1 shared
Suffolk Technologies1 shared
Cur8 Capital1 shared
Steel Atlas1 shared
Seraphim Space1 shared
Plug&Play1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026