Legacy
Natural Capital Investments for Generational Wealth
Since 1848
A Big Vision
Food & Water Security
Energy Sustainability
Natural Resources
Meet the Team
Two Family Traditions. One Shared Vision. 13 Generations of Value Creation.
BASED IN
Ohio
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Sponsor | Capital Advisory
Ohio Entrepreneur, 6-Generation Ag Business
Kyle sees "investing as a way of life" and brings a passion for sponsorship in critical industries. The Roth family in Ohio has farmed the land for 6 generations; through the early settlement forestry period of the 19th century and as a leading early adopter of the steam engine plow to create a pre-imminent region of prime farmland. Today they focus on sustainable row-crop models and tech innovation.
Kyle is the Founder of Roth Advisory, a firm which provides capital and support to a growing footprint of global entrepreneurs through leadership and mentoring. His communication passion and courage to lean-into uncertainty, has fostered a portfolio of companies to fund and launch their ventures. He also serves as a board member of Dream Forward, a faith based entrepreneurial network, and speaks regularly to the next generation of leaders as he leads the Consortium's Mentoring Program.
He is an optimist who leans into business model renewal having seen his own family adapt and expand across the generations due to breakthroughs in technology and infrastructure - which ultimately created an improved way of life for their communities. A strong advocate for localized legacy, he continues to co-sponsor projects for critical tangible assets around a dual thesis of Land and Manufacturing. His leadership passion and deep relationship networks feed the creation of noble opportunities for generational legacy;
An alum of Ohio Wesleyan University, Kyle’s classical training is applied mathematics and economic management. He went on to study leadership and public speaking through a seminary institute which fueled his non-profit work in LATAM/Africa missions (orphan care, medical clinics) and church planting. More recently, he studied at the University of Cambridge Judge School of Business in an executive cohort focused on capital vehicles and fundraising within private VC & PE markets.
BASED IN
Arizona
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Sponsor | Asset Management
Arizona Rancher, 7-Generation Landowner
Bill sees sustainable investing as a harmonious blend of profit and purpose oriented initiatives. Profit brings durability and purpose brings significance for the next generation. This pairing has led to his own family’s allocation of resources across projects which foster equity in localized ownership of natural capital ventures with impactful contributions to fostering conservancy ideals. The Reed family has a generational heritage from the 1800s across both Farming and Ranching as well as Power and Energy investment.
Bill is an active entrepreneur/co-investor, and serves as the Founder of Western Farm Management Services. He brings 30+ years experience in providing active and engaged “boots on the ground” management/executive level leadership in the agriculture and natural resource industry. His management philosophy impacts multiple 100s of thousands of acres in troubled business assets (turnarounds, restarts, restricting, and disposals), agriculture and natural resource acquisitions and asset development, and asset portfolio management.
He is a seasoned executive who amplifies his fiduciary as “the promise maker and the promise keeper” in the natural resource arena. His leadership reputation as a problem solver has given him a vast network of peer stakeholders; amongst other board positions, Bill holds a national recognition (as one of only 32 dual-certified AAC/AFM leaders) within the American Society Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA). His passion for impact continues through his family’s vision for the creation of sanctuary rangelands for wild horses alongside equitable family access for esoteric land investing.
An alum of Texas A&M University, Bill’s education is in Agricultural Economics followed by a masters program in Land Economics and Real Estate. Experiencing business finance firsthand through a period of International commodity trading and then returned to production agriculture to re-engage his core family ethos. Today, his perspective informs a new approach for creating aligned equitable access and liquidity for his peers while upholding integrity with capital partners as the Emissary to investments in Natural Capital.
• Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) is a designation awarded by the American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)
• Accredited Agricultural Consultant (AAC) is a designation awarded by the American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)
• Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) is a designation awarded by the National Association of Realtors©
• Certified Crop Advisor-Sustainability Specialist (CCA-SSp) is a designation awarded by the American Society of Agronomy
Our Portfolio
Our Story
Legacy Stewardship
Patient Capital
Enduring Ownership
Roth Capital is a private investment firm dedicated to patient, long-term buy-and-hold strategies focused on the legacy preservation of prime U.S. agricultural land assets and complementary natural capital plays. Our principals draw upon a multi-generational legacy of operational leadership—rooted in 6+ generations family farming and natural resource enterprises—combined with rigorous backgrounds in business, finance, and institutional markets. We are not intermediaries. We are stewards who acquire, enhance, and hold assets for generations, preserving localized ownership participation and the irreplaceable legacy knowledge embedded in these lands.
Guided by integrity and a commitment to profit with purpose, Roth Capital was established to deliver sophisticated, aligned exposure to high-performing natural capital opportunities for high-profile UHNW families, institutional investors, and qualified accredited investors. We are committed to providing equitable access—opening what have historically been ultra-exclusive opportunities beyond traditional gatekeepers to a broader community of sophisticated, like-minded stewards who value long-term impact.
The conventional market has long restricted participation through misaligned fee structures, short-term incentives, and detached management. We provide a superior alternative: a premier, operator-led platform featuring transparent, performance-driven structures engineered for true capital preservation, resilient value creation, food security, renewables integration, and generational resiliency.
Our investments span interconnected themes—prime farmland, ranch and pastureland, timber, minerals, water resources, regenerative agriculture models, and renewable energy infrastructure. Every opportunity undergoes rigorous sourcing and analysis by leading natural resource experts, with active, on-the-ground management by localized operators who maintain meaningful skin in the game. Strategic co-investments and joint ventures further de-risk positions while enhancing alignment and returns. The result is a diversified, institutional-quality portfolio built for patient capital and profitable sustainability.
Our Mission
Promises Kept
Clarity
Simplicity
Generational Performance
Roth Capital exists to preserve and enhance America’s premier private land and natural resources under principled stewardship. Our prime directive safeguards the nation’s agricultural foundation, advances food security, supports renewables, and builds systemic resiliency—all delivered through profitable sustainability strategies.
We lead by creating a streamlined vehicle for ownership that dismantles legacy barriers to institutional-grade natural capital. Our deliberately simple, transparent structures extend equitable access to qualified UHNW families, institutions, and accredited investors while keeping asset-rich landowners in strong cash positions and protecting irreplaceable legacy knowledge. We believe natural capital, when approached with wisdom and patience, outperforms other asset classes on a risk-adjusted basis—generating dependable income, inflation protection, and enduring appreciation.
By partnering with like-minded sophisticated investors, we responsibly pool capital to keep high-value assets under aligned, localized ownership. This model injects prudent liquidity where needed, fosters transparent upside participation, and ensures these foundational legacies remain productive for generations to come.
Join us in investing in America’s vital assets.
Roth Capital — Patient capital. Purposeful returns. Legacy preserved.