Mike Jerstad

PrairieGold Venture Partners (PrairieGold Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Grand Prairie Foods, Inc. provides ready to heat and eat food products. It offers fully cooked scrambled eggs frozen, pre-cooked scrambled refrigerated eggs, fully cooked scrambled eggs frozen with ham and cheese, ham and cheese stir-in kit, grilled steak and cheese kit, yukon gold potato blend, redskin potato blend, french toast with cinnamon glaze, pancakes, english muffin with turkey sausage and cheddar cheese, bagel whole wheat with sausage, ciabatta bun with egg, biscuit with sausage and chicken patty, cheese, peppers and egg bowl, and frittata western style and omelet. The company was founded by Kurt Loudenback and Valerie Loudenback in 2003 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Orasi Medical, Inc. is a privately held, early stage medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of technology to diagnose and monitor neurological diseases. They have developed a painless, non-invasive test that takes less than ten (10) minutes to administer and, based on the results of its current research, is more accurate than current clinical practice. Initially, its aim is to develop the first FDA cleared test for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. In addition, they are developing products for pharmaceutical companies to measure treatment effect and reduce the cost of clinical drug trials for neurological diseases. Ultimately, its long-term goal is to set the standard of care for diagnosis and monitoring of major neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, autism, depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Piper Sandler & Co. operates as an investment company, which engages in the provision of securities brokerage and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Briggs & Morgan PA provides business law and litigation services. It provides services to organizations, institutions and individuals. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Chronix Biomedical, Inc. manufactures diagnostic substances chemicals. It develops DNA-based blood tests primarily for monitoring minimal residual disease in cancer patients. The firm also develops a technology that measures personalized biomarkers in cancers of the colorectum, prostate, lung, ovarian, pancreas, blood and central nervous system. The company was founded by Wiiliam A. Boeger and Howard B. Urnovitz in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

PetMedicus Laboratories, Inc. develops small molecule and biologic drugs. It engages in the formulation, clinical testing, manufacturing, and sale of drug products for the companion animal market. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Virtual Incision Corp. engages in the development of miniaturized surgical robots. It offers MIRA (miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant) surgical robotic platform. The company was founded by Shane M. Farritor and Dmitry Oleynikov in 2006 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.