Prevail invests $2M in video game publisher Midwest Games

Prevail makes an investment in a Wisconsin video game publisher.

Adam Vogler I KCBJ

By Ellen Cagle – Associate Editor, Kansas City Business Journal

Oct 7, 2025

A Kansas City venture capital company invested $2 million in Midwest Games, a company that provides publishing support for video games across the world.

This is Prevail’s first investment in video games, according to the release. The venture capital company admired that Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Midwest Games gives creators and producers “flexibility, scalability and collaboration,” according to the release. The investment adds to Prevail’s presence in national defense, fintech, consumer products and health care.

Founded in 2023, Midwest Games is known for supporting underrepresented regions and developers. With the investment, it plans to hire more people and broaden its reach.

“Midwest Games is exactly the type of values-driven innovator we want to back,” Prevail CEO Kerry Lawing said in a release. “The gaming industry evolves at breakneck speed, and Midwest Games’ model is built to adapt and thrive. We’re proud to support their vision.”

Prevail Innovative Wealth Strategies launched its venture capital arm in April, hoping it would become a $100 million fund. The fund’s objective is to return initial capital to investors within 36 to 42 months and generate multiples of four to five times the invested capital.

The fund’s first two investments were in Azle, Texas-based MDU Homes LLC and Cleveland-based Coologics Inc. Prevail did not disclose the amounts, though it says investments could range from $250,000 to $5 million.

Lawing founded Prevail in 2017 after owning and operating Lawing Financial for more than 30 years.