A global advisory firm focused on institutionally based financial structures and modeling, capital solutions and real estate development.
A global advisory firm focused on institutionally based financial structures and modeling, capital solutions and real estate development.
Financial Structuring & Capital Solutions
Woods Capital specializes in collaboratively designing tailored financial models to address the unique needs of our clients, while also providing expertise in capital raising and financial solution management.
Infrastructure Development
Real estate development focused on banking and financing solutions, agency services for anchor tenant recruitment and direct development of industrial and commercial projects.
Real Asset and Environment Asset Solutions
Offering solutions for companies, countries, individuals, foundations, indigenous peoples and others to monetize and securitize their real asset solutions specific to carbon sequestration and carbon credits.
Current Projects and Deal Flow
Former Projects and Deal Flow
Network of private and institutional investors specializing in domestic and cross-border structured finance
Management
Michael J. Woods
President & Managing Member
Woods Capital, LLC
Michael J. Woods is the President & Managing Member of Woods Capital, LLC. Woods Capital, a global advisory investment firm, has been focused on institutionally based financial structures and modeling, capital solutions and real estate development.
Michael is also the Co-Founder and Board Chairman of rePlant Hemp Advisors, a first to market impact fund focused on the US industrial hemp industry (www.replanthemp.com), as well the Treasurer and Board Director of Hembio (www.hembio.org), a carbon credit and national resource advisory firm. Michael is also a board member of Roman DBDR, (www.romandbdr.com), a $236 million publicly traded SPAC which also focuses on multiple financial product structuring capabilities and a Board Member of the Crover Group (www.crovergroup.com), a global real estate firm focused upon building resort communities.
Mr. Woods is the former CEO and COO of Big Sun Holdings which owns and operates Black Buffalo 3D Corporation (www.blackbuffalo.io), Flash Labs Corporation (www.flashlabs.io), and Big Sun Modular (www.bigsunmodular.com). He was also the CEO & COO of Rothschild & Co. Asset Management U.S., Inc., and Global Partner of Rothschild & Co (www.rothschildandco.com). Prior to Rothschild & Co., Mr. Woods served as CEO of DWS Investments and Head of the Americas, Global Client Group, for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (www.dws.com).
Mr. Woods is an officer of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Business Council for International Understanding (www.BCIU.org) based in Washington, DC, and a Board Member, Finance Committee member and Chairman of the Development Committee of The Korea Society (www.koreasociety.org) , based in New York City. Mr. Woods is a member of the Executive Consultation Group of the Blue Dot Network (https://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-and-the-blue-dot-network.htm), a division of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development based in Paris. Mr. Woods is a 2018 honoree of the New York Responsible 100 Award and a member within the “Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs Magazine” for 2023. He previously served on the Board of Directors of The New York Metropolitan Opera, The Children’s Village in New York City and The Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization of Massachusetts Bay. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Taylor University located in Upland, Indiana. Mr. Woods resides on Long Island, NY, with his wife, Jennifer, and twin daughters.
Partners and colleagues
Nonprofit Activities
In the News
The Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs
Michael Woods has spent the last three decades cultivating an impressive career building and running businesses across the financial, technology, and construction sectors. He’s worked as CEO for various financial companies including Rothschild & Co. Asset Management and DWS Investments; co-founded technology firm, Monsoon Blockchain; and held the roles of CEO and COO for Big Sun Holdings, an organization that owns and operates building and technology companies. read more
Big Sun Holdings Group mentioned on Fox News TV at Korea Society Golf Tournament.
June 30, 2021, Big Sun Holdings Group, Inc.
Our CEO, Michael Woods, was joined by business leadership from Acushnet, Samsung, LG, & media to bring awareness to partnerships between U.S. and South Korea. watch video
President meets high-profile US business leaders
October 4, 2023, Daily News
President Ranil Wickremesinghe took part in a high-profile business roundtable discussion titled “Economic Opportunities in Sri Lanka” which was held recently in the Pierre Hotel-New York in conjunction with the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. read more
Press Releases
March 15, 2022, Houston, TX
Geoff Whaling and Michael Woods officially launch their first-to-market hemp impact fund focused on biobased innovation and decarbonizing the global economy read more
December 27, 2021, Somerset, NJ
First Day of Trading on Nasdaq Global Market Under Ticker “CMPO” beginning December 28, 2021 read more