# Maggie Kenefake

> Maggie Kenefake is a seed investor at Iron Prairie Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Iron Prairie Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iron-prairie-ventures)
- Location: Kansas City, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-kenefake-7077745/
- Website: https://x.com/mckenefake

Maggie Kenefake is a seed investor at Iron Prairie Ventures in Kansas City focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. Maggie directs Portfolia’s operations, overseeing both the investor experience and managing interactions with prospective investments and Portfolia invested companies. She brings years of experience in operations, strategic partnerships, and program and product management. Maggie was at the Kauffman Foundation for a decade and early in her careerworked with Trish in building the Kauffman Fellows Program and Initiatives for Women Entrepreneurs. She was also a program officer in granting-making for collegiate entrepreneurship and women’s entrepreneurship. She most recently worked in the health-care field, including venture-backed RelayHealth.Maggie’s goal is to make the investing experience enriching and rewarding for Portfolia Funds member-investors and the companies we back. She is also focused on activating the networks and knowledge Portfolia members bring to our companies, enabling them to more effectively capture their markets and grow successfully.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 33% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 33% |
| Logistics | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rhea Space | Rhea Space Activity (RSA) is an astrophysics start-up company in the science and technology industry. Specifically, RSA ideates and creates high-risk/high-reward R&D concepts to support U.S. national security objectives. RSA has developed various technologies in the fields of infrared satellites, directed energy, artificial intelligence,LIDAR, astroparticle physics, small satellites, cislunar operations, intelligence collection, autonomous underwater vehicles, and the F35 Lightning II. | $6M | Series A | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Arvist | Manufacturing industry transformed rapidly over past decades with automation and digitalization leading this transformation, while safety process around manufacturing is still manual and outdated. One consequence of this is that over 85% of near-misses and incidents are not even captured. These near-misses and incidents are in-fact the pre-cursorsto safety incidents, unsafe behavior, and fatal accidents.The financial impact of not working safely can be calculated by tracking both the direct and indirect costs associated with not only injuries (including first aid cases and near misses, which is close to 200 Billion USD annually), but also the ancillary costs within the infrastructure that is required to react to the problems that so often accompany an unsafe workplace. True costs of poor workplace safety go far beyond simple direct costs such as OSHA fines, medical treatments, workers’ compensation, legal or insurance fees, etc. but include also many hidden indirect costs such as public relations costs, loss of reputation, loss of efficiency and productivity, workers’ morale, or their mental health, just to name a few.This is the challenge Be Global Safety addresses. Be Global Safety (BGS) captures and reports these near-misses and incidents in real-time, using Artificial Intelligence. Using existing infrastructure like cameras and sensors, the BGS AI systems assists in immediate and real-time identification of unsafe acts. Date reporting and dashboard integrates seamlessly with other incident management systems or allows the users to use the in-build one. And finally, the data analytics platform also allows the users to take pro-active safety measures to prevent future accidents and incidents. Our mission is to create an intelligent safety solution which can be implemented anywhere human interaction is involved and make the world a safer place. | $4M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Arvist | Manufacturing industry transformed rapidly over past decades with automation and digitalization leading this transformation, while safety process around manufacturing is still manual and outdated. One consequence of this is that over 85% of near-misses and incidents are not even captured. These near-misses and incidents are in-fact the pre-cursorsto safety incidents, unsafe behavior, and fatal accidents.The financial impact of not working safely can be calculated by tracking both the direct and indirect costs associated with not only injuries (including first aid cases and near misses, which is close to 200 Billion USD annually), but also the ancillary costs within the infrastructure that is required to react to the problems that so often accompany an unsafe workplace. True costs of poor workplace safety go far beyond simple direct costs such as OSHA fines, medical treatments, workers’ compensation, legal or insurance fees, etc. but include also many hidden indirect costs such as public relations costs, loss of reputation, loss of efficiency and productivity, workers’ morale, or their mental health, just to name a few.This is the challenge Be Global Safety addresses. Be Global Safety (BGS) captures and reports these near-misses and incidents in real-time, using Artificial Intelligence. Using existing infrastructure like cameras and sensors, the BGS AI systems assists in immediate and real-time identification of unsafe acts. Date reporting and dashboard integrates seamlessly with other incident management systems or allows the users to use the in-build one. And finally, the data analytics platform also allows the users to take pro-active safety measures to prevent future accidents and incidents. Our mission is to create an intelligent safety solution which can be implemented anywhere human interaction is involved and make the world a safer place. |  | Seed | Oct 03, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackbird Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boston Global Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-global-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foster Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foster-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Geek Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geek-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KOMPAS VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kompas-fe2f) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Iron Prairie Ventures

VC Fund · Leawood, United States

Iron Prairie Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.

1 contacts available at Iron Prairie Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maggie Kenefake | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maggie-kenefake |

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## FAQ

### What does Maggie Kenefake invest in?

Maggie Kenefake invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 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 Maggie Kenefake last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Maggie Kenefake closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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