Missio Capital launches with $100 million equity commitment

Fayetteville-based Rausch Companies and Texas-based Crowe Capital have established Missio Capital with a $100 million equity commitment from John Rausch, chairman and CEO of Rausch Companies, the firms announced Thursday (May 15).

Missio Capital will bring together the real estate investment and development experience of Rausch Companies and Crowe Capital. The initial investment is expected to be part of other investments by capital partners “to opportunistically target multifamily and other income-producing asset classes in the real estate industry,” the release noted.

The company aims “to serve others, from renters to capital partners, through strategic investments and exceptional developments,” according to the release. “Initially, the partnership will focus on newer vintage acquisition opportunities below replacement cost, as well as sponsor investments where there is a need to recapitalize the general partner and provide the execution needed to maximize investment returns.”

G. Nelson Crowe III of Austin, Texas, is managing partner at Crowe Capital and Missio Capital. As it ramps, the company will initially employ between five and 10 staff in Texas and Arkansas.

Before forming Crowe Capital, Crowe was principal at Endeavor Real Estate Group, where he founded and led the company’s multifamily platform since 2016. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for the development of 16,000 units totaling over $3.5 billion in capitalization, including over $1.5 billion of private equity investment across multiple markets.

“For two decades, I have watched Mr. Crowe cultivate a number of successful investment opportunities,” Rausch said. “Together we are committed to delivering strategic value to our capital partners and to our communities who are in desperate need of quality, attainable housing that residents are proud to call home. We look forward to targeting investment opportunities throughout the Southeast and Texas.”

From 2006 until earlier this year, Rausch was chairman, president and CEO of Rausch Coleman Homes. He grew the company to become the third-largest privately held builder and the 21st-largest builder in the United States before he sold the company in 2025 to Miami-based homebuilder Lennar Corp. for more than $1 billion.

Rausch Companies is a diversified family holding company with assets in the real estate and energy sectors that includes The Calara Group, a land development company; American Residential Group, a single-family home rental business; and EnergyWorks, an oil and gas production business.