FAQs

RuralWorks Partners is an impact investment firm that delivers much needed growth capital to rural businesses that are doing their part to protect our planet and generate community wealth and economic resilience. By investing in ready-to-scale rural businesses that create quality jobs and protect the environment, either by demonstrating a commitment to environmentally sustainable business practices or by providing solutions that address climate change or other environmental challenges, RuralWorks can deliver meaningful impact to both underserved rural communities and the environment.

The USDA defines rural as an area outside a standard metropolitan statistical area or within a community with a population of 50,000 or less.

The coordinated and collaborative use of financial, human and social capital in support of growing businesses committed to the creation of quality jobs and more prosperous rural communities.

• Growth-stage and transitioning businesses (including businesses contemplating or executing a company sale to management teams or employees (e.g., ESOPs)
• Report $1,000,000 to $10,000,000+ of stable, recurring revenue
• Cash flow positive (or highly visible)
• Investment Size of $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
• National in scope with regional focus of the Upper Midwest, Great Lake States, and Northeast
• Commitment to employees, local community, and environmental sustainability

• Sustainable and regenerative agriculture
• Local and regional food systems
• Waste upcycling / circular economy
• Forest and fisheries
• Other industries including rural power, electric distribution, water and waste disposal, communications