Dark Ice Capital / Our companies
Eight companies. Their own brands.
Hospitality, real estate, natural resources and energy, credit and insurance, consumer services, media, asset management and infrastructure.
The platform
Eight companies. One standard.
Each keeps its own name, brand and customers, and reports to one standard.
01 · Platform company
Aukeo
An integrated luxury hospitality and private travel company, building boutique hotels, luxury private residences and private aviation under one brand, one concierge and one membership program, The Pink List.
A Dark Ice Capital company
Aukeo Hotels
Boutique and lifestyle hotels: acquisition, repositioning and operation, plus management contracts and brand licensing.
Aukeo Residences
Curated luxury residences, vacation estates, resort units and city pied-à-terre homes, with concierge and private-chef services.
Aukeo Air
Private charter, aircraft management, FBO and hangar facilities, maintenance and the Aukeo Air Card.
02 · Platform company
Cotra
A real estate company that develops and operates communities and buildings. Cotra owns and operates its own multifamily communities and is the masterbrand for eight platforms, each carrying the line “A Cotra Company.”
A Dark Ice Capital company
Cotra
Multifamily residential communities.
Cotra Civic
Affordable and Section 8 housing.
Cotra Meadows
Build-to-rent residential communities.
Cotra Plaza
Class A office.
Cotra Spotlight
Entertainment venues and live events.
Cotra Revive
Hotel-to-multifamily conversion.
Cotra Harbor
Multifamily property management.
Cotra Ridge
Self-storage.
Cotra Cornerstone
Single-family home development.
03 · Platform company
ERTH Resource Group
Owns and operates the resources the economy runs on, through seven arms in three divisions: Land and Resources, Energy, and Water and Air.
A Dark Ice Capital company
ERTH Ferra
Battery metals, rare earths and magnets, uranium and nuclear fuel, copper and industrial metals, royalties and streams.
ERTH Sylva
Timberland.
ERTH Agra
Farmland, farmer lending, and food and agricultural infrastructure.
ERTH Terra
Raw land and farmland: acquisition, entitlement and land banking.
ERTH Petra
Upstream oil and gas, midstream and royalties.
ERTH Volta
Power and utility infrastructure, distributed generation, microgrids and energy efficiency.
ERTH Rora
Water rights, utilities and desalination; indoor air quality as a service; water from air.
04 · Platform company
Fortuneo
A real asset credit, specialty finance and insurance platform building seven business lines, from real estate lending to equipment, maritime and trade finance, reinsurance, and life and annuity insurance.
A Dark Ice Capital company
Fortuneo Stata
Secured lending and custom banking solutions for real estate sponsors and owners of high-value property.
Fortuneo Copia
Short-term, asset-backed real estate credit: acquisition, bridge and construction loans.
Fortuneo Redux
Reinsurance.
Fortuneo Manens
Life and annuity insurance.
Fortuneo Rota
Equipment leasing and finance.
Fortuneo Prora
Maritime finance: vessels, ports and maritime infrastructure.
Fortuneo Annona
Trade finance: receivables, supply chain and documentary finance.
05 · Platform company
Gr3ySpace
Being built to own and operate businesses with everyday, recurring demand, with one shared-services organization and one path to franchising. Operations are planned to begin in 2027.
A Dark Ice Capital company
Chocojava
Specialty coffee, tea, cold-pressed juice and bean-to-bar chocolate cafés, plus packaged goods and corporate gifting. chocojava.com
LawnPoint
Landscaping, hardscaping, irrigation, snow and ice, tree care and turf care. lawnpoint.com
Franchising
Gr3ySpace’s own franchise and network finance business for the group’s brands. Gr3ySpace is not offering franchises at this time.
06 · Platform company
PitcHouse
Operates podcast, audio and content studios inside office and mixed-use buildings, and acquires media companies to build a library of content and a distribution network.
A Dark Ice Capital company
PitcHouse Studios
Embedded podcast, audio and content studios, studio rental and production services.
PitcHouse Media
Acquisition and operation of media companies; content licensing and distribution.
07 · Platform company
Slate Blue Capital
A multi-strategy asset manager organized in four sectors.
A Dark Ice Capital company
Slate Blue Foundry
Private equity.
Slate Blue Harbor
Credit and insurance.
Slate Blue Mosaic
Multi-asset and secondaries.
Slate Blue Summit
Capital markets.
08 · Platform company
UpManagement
The parent of seven sector companies, each carrying the UpManagement name, with one shared-services platform.
A Dark Ice Capital company
UpManagement Keystone
Carrier-neutral, high-availability data center facilities.
UpManagement Blueprint
Property technology and real estate software.
UpManagement Hearth
Senior living and medical facilities: independent living, assisted living and memory care.
UpManagement Span
Towers, fiber and in-building connectivity.
UpManagement Bastion
Defense and national security: aerospace, defense technology, cyber, secure communications and supply chains.
UpManagement Crucible
Life sciences capital: royalty monetization, synthetic royalties and structured credit.
UpManagement Guild
Registered apprenticeships, credentials and employer-linked training.
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