What Roanhorse Consulting does

Roanhorse Consulting LLC is an Indigenous-led social enterprise founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2015 by Vanessa Roanhorse, a citizen of the Navajo Nation. The firm provides incubation, research, ecosystem development, project design, advisory, and capital reimagination services to Indigenous founders, tribal communities, sovereign Indigenous nations, and impact funders across the United States. Service delivery is organized around four interconnected programs: Return on Indigenous (ROI) Studios, a venture studio providing capital pathways and infrastructure to Indigenous enterprise builders; the Moonsoon Fund, a restorative capital vehicle co-managed with Common Future that deploys patient debt and equity-like investments to Indigenous matriarch-led social enterprises; the Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship (REA), a four-month paid program training Indigenous women for careers in finance and fund management; and Center Native, an online ecosystem platform connecting Indigenous founders to resources and opportunities.

The company's core technology is not software-based but consists of proprietary Indigenous-centered frameworks and methodologies—including the Rematriating Economies Framework, Relational Capital Models, trauma-informed practices, and Indigenous data sovereignty approaches—that decolonize traditional risk assessment and center matriarchal leadership and reciprocity in economic systems. Revenue is generated through three streams: quote-based consulting and advisory engagements with tribal communities and organizations (professional services); ROI Studios venture studio services (professional services); and Moonsoon Fund management fees (managed services). The firm does not disclose pricing publicly, and engagements are tailored per project. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on direct relationship-based engagement with Indigenous communities and founders, supported by content marketing, earned media, podcast appearances, and referral networks within the Indigenous entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Roanhorse Consulting operates with a lean team of 14 full-time staff augmented by part-timers and contractors, all predominantly Indigenous. The company is privately held and co-owned by Vanessa Roanhorse (CEO) and her sister Olivia Roanhorse, MPH (COO), with no external institutional investment disclosed. The firm's strategic position targets a structurally underserved market—Indigenous-owned businesses contribute over $33 billion annually to the U.S. economy while receiving less than 1% of capital deployed, and 500+ sovereign Indigenous nations represent an addressable base that mainstream consulting and capital providers have largely failed to serve with culturally grounded solutions.

Name

Roanhorse Consulting

Legal name

Roanhorse Consulting LLC

Website

https://roanhorseconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Roanhorse Consulting is an Indigenous-led social enterprise founded in 2015 that provides incubation, advisory, ecosystem development, and restorative capital deployment to Indigenous founders, tribal communities, and impact investors across the United States via four programs: ROI Studios, the Moonsoon Fund, the Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship, and Center Native.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Strategic consulting engagements with tribal communities, organizations, and enterprises seeking to build health and wealth systems through Indigenous-led approaches
2. Return on Indigenous (ROI) Studios: Venture studio providing infrastructure, capital pathways, and relational support to Indigenous founders building regenerative businesses
3. Moonsoon Fund Management: Managing restorative capital fund that provides patient financing to Indigenous matriarch-led enterprises; co-managed with Common Future

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Roanhorse Consulting is an Indigenous-led consulting firm providing incubation, research and evaluation, ecosystem development, project design, advisory, and strategy services to tribal communities, Indigenous founders, and impact investors. The firm also operates the Return on Indigenous (ROI) Studios venture studio, manages the Moonsoon Fund (an impact investment fund providing patient debt and equity-like financing to Indigenous matriarch-led enterprises), runs the Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship (REA) program, and hosts the Center Native online ecosystem platform.

Product overview

Roanhorse Consulting operates a portfolio of interconnected offerings centered on Indigenous economic empowerment and capital rematriation. The core offerings include Return on Indigenous (ROI) Studios as the umbrella venture studio; the Moonsoon Fund as the capital/investment vehicle providing patient debt and equity-like investments; the Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship as the leadership development and training program; and Center Native as the ecosystem connection platform. These products work together to provide Indigenous founders with non-extractive capital, shared infrastructure, and culturally grounded support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Moonsoon Fund: A restorative capital fund providing patient debt and equity-like investments to Indigenous matriarch-led social enterprises. Led by Roanhorse Consulting in partnership with Common Future.
• Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship (REA)
• Center Native

Products and services

• Consulting and Advisory Services Strategic consulting engagements with tribal communities, organizations, and enterprises seeking to build health and wealth systems through Indigenous-led approaches, covering incubation, research and evaluation, ecosystem development, project design, advisory, and strategy.
• Return on Indigenous (ROI) Studios A venture studio designed by and for Indigenous enterprise builders; providing capital pathways, infrastructure, and relational support to build businesses that are regenerative, community-rooted, and built to last.
• Moonsoon Fund An impact-first, Indigenous-led investment fund co-managed with Common Future that centers founder well-being, financial health, and community repair in the design, deployment, and stewardship of capital, providing patient debt and equity-like investments to Indigenous matriarch-led social enterprises.
• Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship (REA) A four-month paid apprenticeship designed to increase representation of Indigenous knowledge in investment, equipping apprentices with tools, knowledge, and networks to become leaders in finance and fund management.
• Center Native An online ecosystem platform that strengthens relationships by uplifting Indigenous-led solutions and simplifying critical connections to resources, opportunities, and each other.

Quantifiable outcome

• 18 Indigenous women trained in fund management through REA, tripling representation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Common FuturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-manages the Moonsoon Fund with Roanhorse Consulting. Common Future provides impact investment expertise while Roanhorse Consulting contributes Indigenous wisdom and ecosystem building. Together building a restorative capital model that centers Rematriation and community economic power.
• Uptima Entrepreneur CooperativecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Provides tailored technical assistance to Moonsoon Fund portfolio companies including holistic, culturally grounded education and business advising. Supports Indigenous matriarch-led businesses with working capital and growth strategies.
• Friendship HousestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in developing the Indigenous Futures Technology Hub. Led by Roanhorse Consulting in partnership with Friendship House and Full Spectrum Capital, creating regenerative solutions through technology.
• Full Spectrum CapitalstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in developing the Indigenous Futures Technology Hub. Collaborating on technology innovation for Indigenous futures through regenerative tech solutions.
• Trauma Recovery Services of Arizona (TRSAZ)coreOthersFirst investment from Moonsoon Fund. Diné matriarch-led social enterprise providing culturally grounded trauma-informed psychotherapy. RCLLC provides investment, technical assistance connections, and entrepreneurial support ecosystem access.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Common Future: Impact investment and economic justice organization that co-manages the Moonsoon Fund with Roanhorse Consulting. Direct peer on the impact-investing side, sharing restorative-capital thesis and LP-relationship infrastructure; comparable fund-management and ecosystem-building model.
• Mno-Bmadsen: Native American-owned investment firm stewarding tribal wealth across private equity, real estate, and venture capital. Direct peer in Native-led investment management, with comparable thesis of deploying tribal and Indigenous capital through culturally grounded structures.
• Native Women Lead: Indigenous women–led organization co-founded by Vanessa Roanhorse that supports Native women entrepreneurs through community, capital, and advocacy. Highly comparable mission, founder overlap, and ecosystem role; operates as a peer advocacy and community-building node alongside Roanhorse Consulting.
• Just Transition Investment Fund: Community-governed investment fund focused on a just transition away from extractive economies, on whose board Vanessa Roanhorse serves. Direct peer in values-aligned, community-led investment vehicles pursuing systemic economic transformation.
• Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous-led foundation providing grants, capacity building, and technical assistance to Indigenous communities and movements. Direct peer in Indigenous-led grantmaking, community economic development, and movement-aligned resource distribution.
• First Nations Oweesta Corporation: Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) intermediary providing capital, training, and policy support to Native CDFIs serving Indigenous communities. Direct peer on the Native CDFI / community-capital side of Roanhorse's Moonsoon Fund and lending-design work.
• Potlikker Capital: Community-led fund investing in rural and BIPOC-rooted small businesses across the South, on whose board Vanessa Roanhorse serves. Direct peer in community-centered, non-extractive capital deployment, sharing a values-aligned thesis around patient, relationship-based investing.

Broad incumbents

• NDN Collective: Large Indigenous-led movement and impact organization funding and incubating Indigenous Nations, communities, and leaders across Turtle Island. Comparable Indigenous-centered grantmaking and ecosystem-building mission at materially larger scale, functioning as a broad incumbent in the space Roanhorse occupies.

Emerging players

• Notah Begay III Foundation: Native-led foundation investing in Indigenous youth development, health, and Native community well-being. Comparable Indigenous-led foundation model with overlapping leadership networks, though more narrowly focused on youth and sports-based programming.
• Native Americans in Philanthropy: Indigenous-led advocacy and membership organization advancing philanthropic investment in Native communities. Comparable mission of increasing capital flow to Indigenous communities, focused on the funder side rather than direct investment or consulting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/centernative
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/roanhorse-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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