TO OPTIMIZE, CONSERVE AND DISCOVER WATER RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFICIAL USE OF HUMANITY AND ENVIRONMENT.

Tributary is a natural resource holding company located in Denver, Colorado. Our focus is developing agricultural and water-related assets throughout the Western United States.

With more than 15 years of direct operating experience, Tributary has owned and managed a portfolio of water assets that include water rights, pipelines, water wells, and storage facilities. We employ a data-centric approach and work with a leading team of professional service providers on each of our projects. Our previous partners include municipalities, private investors, public companies, and water conservation groups.

Tributary currently has active projects in Colorado and Arizona.

  • Jason Shepherd

    Jason Shepherd is an investor, entrepreneur and community builder.

    Over the past 17 years, he’s invested his time and money in the built environment, reimagining the role of property owners and measuring returns by impact not just financial return. He’s the co-founder of DP Assets a real estate investment fund, Atlas Real Estate, Archipelago and Tributary Holdings. His real estate companies have purchased and managed over $1bn of residential and commercial investment assets.

    He’s regularly referenced and featured in local and national media as a thought leader regarding the future of real estate, entrepreneurship, investing and community development.  His latest venture Tributary Holdings is a water right holding and management company built to optimize, conserve and discover water assets for the beneficial use of humanity and the environment within the Colorado River Compact region. 

  • Ryan Boykin

    Ryan has 21 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur and community builder.

    He founded his first business in 2004.  Upon the real estate and financial collapse of 2008, he invested heavily into distressed residential and commercial real estate which became a long-term investment holding that continues to exist today.  Boykin continued to found or cofound many businesses, including Atlas Real Estate; Net Energy, a sustainability-as-a-service platform for Single Family for Rent real estate industry; and Archipelago, a wellness-based social club; and. Over the course of his career, he has started and successfully run and/or exited 10 businesses. 

    His latest venture, Tributary Holdings, is a water rights holding and management company built to optimize, conserve and discover water assets for the beneficial use of humanity and the environment within the Colorado River Compact region.  His investment platforms have invested over $1bn in capital into real assets and operating

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