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Sopris Private Equity
Practice

Collaborative capital
for the substrate of the economy.

The alternative to traditional private equity. A family office with the speed and capabilities of an institutional firm. We invest in the Critical Systems economy — Water, Energy, and Industry — alongside operating partners who run the businesses.

Elev. / 12,966 FT · MOUNT SOPRISCoord. / 39.3925° N · 107.0828° WPractice / Private Equity
The Private Equity manifesto
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Invest.

$3M cash-flow minimum, $10–20M optimal. Durable market position. First-institutional-investor moments.

02 of 03
Partner.

Operating partners run the companies. Sopris brings balance sheet, governance, and the long view.

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Maintain.

Critical Systems do not get disrupted; they get maintained, distributed, and stabilized. So do our positions.

Sector Focus

The Critical Systems economy — water, energy, industry.

01 / Critical System
Water.
  • 01Municipal
  • 02Industrial
  • 03Pipeline
  • 04Agricultural

The economy that manages, distributes, and safeguards water resources across municipal, industrial, commercial, and agricultural end markets.

02 / Critical System
Energy.
  • 01Grid services
  • 02Distributed gen
  • 03Substation
  • 04Storage

Service providers enabling reliable, distributed, and abundant electricity generation and delivery — particularly grid stabilization and distributed assets.

03 / Critical System
Industry.
  • 01Precision
  • 02Logistics
  • 03Chemicals
  • 04Industrial svc

Companies enabling strategic US manufacturing and supply chains — precision machining, logistics, chemicals, metal fabrication, industrial services.