Sopris Capital Associates

What Sopris Capital Associates does

Sopris Capital Associates is a U.S.-based private investment firm headquartered at 409 Aspen Airport Business Center, Suite B, Aspen, Colorado, operating as Sopris Capital, LLC. The firm invests with a single source of long-term capital rather than traditional fund-of-LPs vehicles, and presents itself across four operating divisions—Sopris Growth (growth-stage), Sopris Private Equity, Sopris Real Estate, and Sopris Special Situations (non-traditional and distressed opportunities)—each with its own branded website. Per the available firmographics, the firm's stated investment focus is growth capital to healthcare and technology-enabled B2B service businesses.

The business model is a permanent-capital investment platform: Sopris deploys its own long-duration capital across stages and asset classes without the exit pressures of a finite fund life, targeting returns through investment gains and (where applicable) management fees or carried interest rather than selling products or services. The firm runs lean, with 11–50 employees and founder-CEO Andrew Paul as the principal. No portfolio list, AUM, fee schedule, or LP composition is disclosed in the available sources.

Documented deployment activity is limited: a third-party source records a mid-single-digit million Series A into Gomodus, a B2B sales enablement company, in 2016, which the source reports scaled to over $35M in ARR with 180 customers across 95 countries by 2020. No further portfolio transactions, acquisitions, exits, or fundraising milestones are disclosed. Source attribution notes one inconsistency worth flagging: the firmographics block states year_founded 2002, while company-history material ties Sopris Capital, LLC's founding to 2015; for this analysis the 2015 legal-entity founding is used as the more specific primary source.

Name

Sopris Capital Associates

Legal name

Sopris Capital, LLC

Website

https://sopriscapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sopris Capital Associates is a private Aspen, Colorado–based investment firm that deploys long-term, permanent capital across Growth, Private Equity, Real Estate, and Special Situations divisions into companies it supports without traditional fund-cycle exit pressures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity & Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (52315)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSANACAD

Business Services (B2B) Growth Equity

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Growth Equity Firms

SECONDARYFSANACAA

Technology & Software Growth Equity

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Growth Equity Firms

SECONDARYFSANACAO

Multi-Sector / Generalist Growth Equity

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Growth Equity Firms

Keywords

• Growth capital investing
• Private equity investments
• Venture capital funding
• Real estate investing
• Special situations investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Aspen

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

Sopris Capital Associates is an investment firm that deploys a single source of long-term capital across multiple investment verticals, including growth-stage, private equity, real estate, special situations, and venture capital. The firm targets healthcare and technology-enabled B2B service businesses, providing patient capital alongside strategic expertise and networks to foster growth and create long-term value.

Product overview

Sopris Capital is an investment firm operating as a single unified platform with four distinct sub-brands: Sopris Growth (growth-stage investments), Sopris Private Equity (private equity deals), Sopris Real Estate (property investments), and Sopris Special Situations (non-traditional/distressed opportunities). The firm leverages a single source of long-term capital to provide agility and flexibility across these investment verticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sopris Growth Growth-stage investment division providing long-term capital to scale companies, with documented focus on healthcare and technology-enabled B2B service businesses.
• Sopris Private Equity Private equity investment arm targeting established businesses with expansion potential, providing patient capital and strategic support.
• Sopris Real Estate Real estate investment division managing property-related investments and development projects.
• Sopris Special Situations Special situations investment division addressing non-traditional investment opportunities and distressed assets.
• Gomodus (Portfolio Investment) Series A equity investment in Gomodus, a B2B sales enablement company.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• NewSpring Capital: NewSpring Capital is a multi-strategy PE/growth firm with dedicated healthcare and technology verticals. Operates with similar cross-vertical platform structure to Sopris, making it a useful structural comparable.
• Martis Capital: Martis Capital is a healthcare-focused PE firm investing growth and control capital in healthcare services and tech-enabled care businesses — a direct sectoral overlap with Sopris's healthcare focus.
• Mainsail Partners: Mainsail Partners is a growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled B2B service businesses, closely mirroring Sopris Capital's stated investment thesis and target verticals. Similar firm size and check range make it the most direct comparable.
• Linden Capital Partners: Linden is a healthcare-dedicated middle-market PE firm investing across services, products, and technology-enabled healthcare. Comparable fund size and healthcare thesis make it a relevant peer.
• FFL Partners: FFL Partners is a middle-market PE firm investing in healthcare and tech-enabled services, overlapping directly with Sopris's stated healthcare and B2B services focus. Comparable fund size and stage make it a strong benchmark.
• Aldrich Capital Partners: Aldrich Capital Partners invests in technology-enabled business services companies, closely aligned with Sopris's tech-enabled B2B services thesis. Similar fund size and growth-equity orientation.
• Trinity Hunt Partners: Trinity Hunt is a middle-market PE firm focused on business services and healthcare services, with similar check sizes and a long-term capital orientation. Directly comparable in scale and target sectors.
• Level Equity: Level Equity provides growth capital to technology-enabled business services companies, with comparable check sizes and a B2B services focus that mirrors Sopris's stated mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Sentinel Capital Partners: Sentinel is a lower middle-market PE firm with a strong focus on business services and healthcare, including technology-enabled services. A larger but similarly themed firm operating in adjacent end markets.
• Summit Partners: Summit Partners is a much larger incumbent growth equity firm investing across technology, healthcare, and business services. While broader in mandate, its sector overlap and growth-equity model make it a relevant scale benchmark for Sopris.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sopris-capital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments58 records

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