Bio-logical Capital

What Bio-logical Capital does

Bio-Logical Capital is a Denver-based private land investment, development, revitalization, and conservation firm operating under an "enrich, hold, and share" philosophy. Founded in 2008 and structured as an LLC, the company works directly with high-net-worth investors and landowners to design, build, conserve, and manage diverse land-based projects in both urban and rural environments.

The company's core offering is its proprietary Stewardship Development methodology, which produces mixed-use plans on large landscapes that integrate renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, water stewardship, ecological restoration, and healthy human communities into a single coordinated development plan. Its portfolio spans more than 14,200 acres across four US states and comprises six named projects: Philo Ridge Farm (500 acres, Vermont), Los Rios Farm (100 acres, Colorado), Hana Ranch (3,600 acres, Hawaii), ACE Basin Preserve (10,000 acres, South Carolina), Larimer Uprooted (pilot urban farm, Colorado), and Larimer Square (historic Denver block revitalization).

Commercially, the firm generates revenue through managed services tied to bespoke land development and long-term stewardship engagements, with no standardized or publicly disclosed pricing. Distribution is entirely direct, via enterprise field sales targeting investors seeking financial returns alongside environmental and social outcomes, and landowners seeking to maximize value through sustainable development. The firm operates with 11-50 employees and is led by CEO Grant McCargo, COO Morgan Maki, and EVP/Director of Operations Nick Murray.

Name

Bio-logical Capital

Legal name

Bio-Logical Capital, LLC

Website

https://www.biologicalcapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bio-Logical Capital is a Denver-based private firm that designs, develops, and manages large mixed-use landscapes for high-net-worth investors and landowners under its Stewardship Development model, with a 14,200-plus-acre portfolio spanning Colorado, Vermont, Hawaii, and South Carolina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land Development and Conservation Services

NAICS

Land Subdivision (2372), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital Programs (Water, Biodiversity Credits, PES) (IMAMAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agroforestry & Perennial Cropping Systems (EUABABAD), Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital Assessment / Valuation (EUAHAHAI), Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG)

Keywords

• Sustainable land development
• Land conservation services
• Regenerative agriculture
• Mixed-use land planning
• Ecological restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Land Development and Management: The company generates returns through an 'enrich, hold, and share' model that increases the value of land and consistency of earnings. They create mixed-use plans on large landscapes that integrate multiple sustainable land uses, generating value through diversified agricultural operations, conservation easements, and long-term land appreciation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Bio-logical Capital is a Denver-based land investment and development firm that applies a proprietary "Stewardship Development" approach to large mixed-use landscapes. The firm integrates renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, water stewardship, healthy human communities, and ecological restoration/conservation on single large properties, following an "enrich, hold, and share" model with investors and landowners.

Product overview

Bio-logical Capital operates as a single unified offering centered on its Stewardship Development model—a comprehensive approach to land-based projects that integrates renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, water stewardship, ecological restoration, and healthy community development. The portfolio consists of individual land-based projects including Philo Ridge Farm (Vermont), Los Rios Farm (Colorado), Hana Ranch (Hawaii), ACE Basin Preserve (South Carolina), Larimer Uprooted (Colorado), and Larimer Square (Colorado). These projects range from diversified farms and working ranches to urban farms and historic preservation initiatives, all following the same 'enrich, hold, and share' philosophy to create consistent value, long-term productivity, and healthier communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stewardship Development

Quantifiable outcome

• Land portfolio exceeding 14,200 acres across diverse geographies and land uses

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT: Public non-traded REIT that finances organic and regenerative farmland for operators, mirroring Bio-Logical's investor-driven model of stewarding agricultural land for both financial and ecological returns.
• Farmland LP: Private fund manager that acquires conventional farmland and converts it to organic, regenerative production — directly comparable to Bio-Logical's Stewardship Development thesis of value creation through sustainable land management.
• Equilibrium Capital: Sustainable real assets private equity firm managing strategies in controlled environment agriculture, forests, and green infrastructure — overlapping with Bio-Logical's natural capital and mixed-use land thesis.
• Grasslands LLC: Regenerative ranching and land management company that partners with investors and landowners to restore grasslands and produce grass-fed livestock — closely aligned with Bio-Logical's Hana Ranch and Philo Ridge operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Hancock Natural Resource Group: Subsidiary of Manulife Investment Management and one of the world's largest timberland and agricultural investment managers — a broad incumbent operating at much greater scale across similar conservation-oriented real asset categories.
• Nuveen Natural Capital: TIAA/Nuveen's natural capital platform invests in timberland, farmland and forest carbon across global markets — a much larger incumbent in sustainable real assets that competes for the same impact-investor dollars.
• Brookfield Agricultural Group: Brookfield Asset Management's agricultural arm manages permanent cropland, row crops and farm operations globally — a broad incumbent with overlapping sustainable-agriculture exposure and substantially greater capital access.

Emerging players

• Lyme Timber Company: Timberland investment manager that explicitly integrates conservation easements and habitat protection with forestry returns — directly comparable philosophy to Bio-Logical's blend of production and conservation value.
• Molpus Woodlands Group: Timberland investment management organization managing forests for institutional investors with an emphasis on sustainable forestry — overlapping with the conservation-and-production approach underlying Stewardship Development.

Others

• AGRI3 Fund: UN-backed blended finance fund that mobilizes capital into sustainable agriculture and forest projects — thematically adjacent as a source of patient, mission-aligned capital that could finance Bio-Logical's project pipeline.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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