Hello and welcome to Farmers Capital Conversations. Our podcast aims to expand your social, intellectual, and economic capital. Investing on and off the farm is hard enough. Here, we will provide insightful stories and resources to help out. 

Jim Schultz is the driving force behind Open Prairie. He is a fifth-generation Illinoisan with deep roots in agriculture. Over the past 24 years, Jim's leadership has led to the creation of over 4,000 jobs across industries in the United States, from Ag tech to medical devices.

2:00 What is Open Prairie?

4:30 What criteria do they use to select Ag tech companies for investment?

8:15 How many applications do they get in a year?

9:10 Process of building a relationship once they invested

12:20 The ownership they have with their investment

15:10 Where are they getting the capital from?

16:40 Family Offices

17:40 What are they expected to get on the five-year exit?

23:20 Sample of his Success story

28:05 Ag Tech - Historical and future perspective

Connect with Jim: 

Email - [email protected]

Website - www.openprairie.com

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