# Badlands Capital

> Badlands Capital is a VC fund in Sioux Falls backing Software and Information Technology. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sioux Falls, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/badlands-capital/

Badlands Capital is a venture capital firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| Computer | 1 | 20% |
| Robotics | 1 | 20% |
| Property Management | 1 | 20% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FarmQA | FarmQA is a precision agriculture intelligence platform that connects data from the best soil, plant, machine, animal, and processing applications into a single, easy-to-use dashboard. Their solutions help large-scale growers measure, analyze, adjust, and ultimately manage the whole farm with greater predictability and control. | $4M | Seed | May 29, 2025 |  |
| Thread | Thread specializes in enterprise-scale autonomous data collection that delivers precise inspection insights. Its suite of tools empowers users to programmatically capture knowledge into consistent and replicable plans. Any visual inspection activity being performed by a pilot in GPS-accessible locations today can be automated through Airtonomy.These tools can be used to make full end-to-end automated workflows as they have done with its wind product. | $15M | Series A | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| Property Meld | Property Meld is a property management maintenance solution that streamlines and automates the maintenance process.The company's system takes a seemingly difficult task of coordinating multiple parties and unites them under our software. Property Meld has intensely studied the process and come up with a fantastic way that allows for enoughcontrol without drowning the user in complex operations. It was founded in 2014 and based in Rapid City, South Dakota. | $15M | Series B | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| Thread | Thread specializes in enterprise-scale autonomous data collection that delivers precise inspection insights. Its suite of tools empowers users to programmatically capture knowledge into consistent and replicable plans. Any visual inspection activity being performed by a pilot in GPS-accessible locations today can be automated through Airtonomy.These tools can be used to make full end-to-end automated workflows as they have done with its wind product. |  | Series A | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| Property Meld | Property Meld is a property management maintenance solution that streamlines and automates the maintenance process.The company's system takes a seemingly difficult task of coordinating multiple parties and unites them under our software. Property Meld has intensely studied the process and come up with a fantastic way that allows for enoughcontrol without drowning the user in complex operations. It was founded in 2014 and based in Rapid City, South Dakota. | $3.7M | Series A | Jun 01, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- O'Leary Ventures — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Excell Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/excell-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Frontier Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontier-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [gener8tor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gener8tor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Generational Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generational-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Homegrown Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/homegrown-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Badlands Capital invest in?

Badlands Capital invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Computer startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Badlands Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Badlands Capital closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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