Dennis Beard works as a Partner and CFO at Open Prairie Ventures. The firm's known portfolio counts 7 companies.
Is Dennis Beard a fit for your startup?
Paste your website. AI checks the fit and scores every other investor too.
Investment focus
- Focus
- Ag MarketplaceAgriTechCPGE-CommerceEnterprise SaaSFoodTechIoTSustainabilityVertical SaaS
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Partner and CFO at Open Prairie Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 7 companies
- HerdDogg
- LandscapeHub
- Vytelle
- FreshFry
- Comet Biorefining
- Market Wagon
- IngredientWerks
Investor Profile
Dennis Beard is listed against sectors Climate, Food, Hardware and SaaS, and focus areas Ag Marketplace, AgriTech, CPG and E-Commerce in the database.
Open Prairie Ventures appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Dennis Beard matches their raise.
Colleagues at Open Prairie Ventures
Patrick Morand
Partner
Loveland, United States
J.M. Jim Schultz
Chairman/Founder of Open Prairie
Effingham, United States
Jason Wrone
VP of Investments
Effingham, United States
Leland Strom
Partner
Chicago, United States
Jim Schultz
President
Effingham, United States
David Bird
Venture Partner
Chicago, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Dennis Beard?
Dennis Beard is a venture capital investor based in Champaign, Illinois, United States, listed as Partner and CFO at Open Prairie Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 7 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Dennis Beard personally.
What does Dennis Beard invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, Food, Hardware and SaaS; listed focus areas include Ag Marketplace, AgriTech, CPG and E-Commerce. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Dennis Beard invest at?
Open Prairie Ventures appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Dennis Beard is listed there as Partner and CFO. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Dennis Beard listed at?
Dennis Beard is listed as Partner and CFO at Open Prairie Ventures. 6 other people in the database share a firm with Dennis Beard.
How do I contact Dennis Beard?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Dennis Beard. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
Skip the browsing. Let AI find your ideal investors in one minute.
Paste your startup website and AI picks your best-fit investors out of 135,000+ profiles.
Data: RaiseHunt investor dataset · Snapshot 5 September 2026 · How this data is built · Report a correction or request removal