Growth Fund Portfolio of Companies
The following categories describe the business and investment activities in which the SUIT Growth Fund is involved currently. The main categories include energy, private equity, building materials and real estate. Each business and investment must perform as if it were a stand-alone venture.
Energy
Red Willow Production Company - an oil and natural gas production company operating predominately in the western United States, offshore Gulf of Mexico and Western Canada. Red Willow is regarded as one of the world's leading experts in the extraction of methane gas from coal-bed deposits, although the company is also actively engaged in conventional oil and gas exploration and production.
Red Cedar Gas Gathering - a natural gas processor and transporter for product moving through Southern Ute Tribal lands. This operation is a joint venture with Kinder Morgan and is the largest gas gatherer and processor in the State of Colorado.
AKA Energy Group, LLC - a processor and transporter of natural gas and natural gas liquids in the Rocky Mountain states and the Mid-Continent region of the country. Aka identifies, acquires and operates midstream assets that are under-utilized and/or under-performing, but which possess growth potential.
Private Equity
GF Private Equity Group, LLC - functions as the Growth Fund's merchant banking arm and invests capital directly in early-stage venture capital opportunities as well as established corporations engaged in a variety of businesses such as consumer and building products, communications and information technology and biotechnology. The company also invests in numerous US-based and international private equity funds.
Building Materials
Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC is a supplier and processor of construction aggregate and concrete materials. Sky Ute's current mission is to be the primary concrete and aggregate material suppliers for western Colorado and the Four Corners Region, with plans for aggressive expansion beyond the Four Corners region into other Southwestern markets.
Real Estate
GF Properties Group, LLC comprises the real estate operations of the Growth Fund. GF Properties has two divisions: the Investment Division and the Development Division. It is part of the Real Estate Group which, taken together, represent capabilities in real estate investment, real estate development, homebuilding and construction. GF Properties' Investment Division portfolio of income-producing real estate exceeds $100 million and continues to grow through an aggressive acquisition program aimed at the Western and Southwestern United States. The Development Division focuses on master-planned community development such as its Three Springs project, a 682 acre mixed-use, master-planned project with potential for further expansion. The Development Division is planning additional development projects in the Southwestern United States.
Tierra Group, LLC is the construction and home building arm of the Real Estate Group. The company, which builds custom and semi-custom homes as well as commercial office buildings, is planning aggressive expansion in the southwestern United States.
