Partnering for Mutual Prosperity

Kava Equity Partners is the direct private equity investment group of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund. Based in Colorado, we invest long-term, patient capital in visionary management teams of lower middle market businesses seeking to build enduring value. Our ideal partners see strategic and business value in partnering with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and are aligned with the Southern Ute values of economic empowerment, environmental stewardship, and community development.

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Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund

Established in the late 1990s and headquartered within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Southwestern Colorado, the Southern Ute Growth Fund manages the business investments of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. The Growth Fund holds the Tribe’s diverse array of operating businesses and investment entities engaged in on- and off-reservation oil and gas exploration, production and gathering, carbon-neutral energy infrastructure and innovation, commercial and multifamily real estate acquisition and development, private equity fund of funds, and direct private equity investments.

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Kava Equity Partners

About Kava Equity Partners
  • Kava Equity Partners was launched in 2023 to provide a complement to the Southern Ute Growth Fund’s existing portfolio of energy businesses, commercial and multifamily real estate, and private equity fund investments.
  • We invest in profitable operating businesses with strong track records, particularly those that recognize the unique benefits of partnering with a sovereign tribal nation.
  • We are fortunate to be backed by an organization with a long history of successful operations as well as a forward-looking and generational perspective.
    • Kava Investment Criteria
  • $5-30M EBITDA
  • Industry agnostic
  • Majority or minority equity, dependent on structure
  • Meaningful participation in governance
  • Alignment with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s values of economic empowerment, environmental stewardship, and community development
    • Kava Equity Partners Leadership Team
    James Dudley

    Managing Director
    Kava Equity Partners
    970-903-4205
    jdudley@kavaequity.com

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    Peter Shepard

    Assistant Operating Director
    Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund
    pshepard@sugf.com

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    Kava Equity Locations

    Kava Equity Partners
    44 Cook Street
    Suite 500
    Denver, CO 80206