Founders
Rural businesses & entrepreneurs
Growth capital, site plans, and buyer introductions for the operators building in America's small towns and unincorporated counties.
Rural Opportunity Zones 2.0 · Business development
Where rural ambition meets patient capital.
We're the business development marketplace for Rural Opportunity Zones 2.0 — matching founders and communities in the country's most underinvested regions with the investors and advisors ready to build the next decade with them.
1,200+
Eligible rural census tracts
$8.4B
Anticipated program capital
43
States with RQOZB 2.0 designations
10 yr
Capital-gains holding horizon
Who we serve
Four sides of the same deal.
RQOZB 2.0 only works when operators, capital, communities, and advisors sit at the same table. We keep that table small and honest.
Capital
Investors & qualified funds
Diligenced pipeline, tract-level qualification, and structuring support for RQOZB 2.0-aligned equity, debt, and blended vehicles.
Regions
Economic development orgs
Region positioning, deal packaging, and marketing so counties compete for the next decade of place-based investment.
Advisors
Legal, tax & service providers
Warm inbound from qualified deals across the network — attorneys, CPAs, brokers, and specialty consultants welcome.
How we work
A short list of things done
seriously well.
01
Diligence.
We qualify tracts, sponsors, and structures against RQOZB 2.0 rules before capital or credibility gets committed.
02
Positioning.
We package the region and the operator — story, financials, and the site — so the opportunity reads clearly to capital.
03
Match.
We introduce vetted operators to aligned investors, EDOs, and service partners. No listings walls, no cold auctions.
Start a conversation
Bring us a region, an operator, or a check.
Tell us what you're building or backing. We reply within two business days with a straight answer — a next step, an introduction, or a polite pass.
- Emailmike@ascensionoz.com
- Phone617-549-5154