Real metals. Real custody. Reserved for those who know the difference.
Kilo Reserve is a modern copper investment platform offering secure, transparent access to industrial metals. We are starting with copper and will expand to other critical materials like cobalt, zinc, and more. These are the tangible resources that power electrification, infrastructure, and industry.
We exist to reconnect investors with physical value.
In a world dominated by digital abstractions and paper claims, we provide direct, audited ownership of high-purity copper and industrial metals stored in institutional-grade vaults.
What Makes Kilo Reserve Different
Backed by Real Assets
Your holdings are always supported by high-grade metal in institutional-grade facilities, ensuring true physical copper ownership.
Secure and Efficient Storage
Your metals are held in a secure, shared vault. We manage this pooled inventory to ensure your holdings are always available and fully matched with physical metal, providing institutional-grade vault storage for secure metal investing.
Independent Audit Process
We use independent third-party auditors to verify our inventory, ensuring transparency and custody integrity for copper investors.
Built for Serious Investors
We serve individuals and institutions who understand the value of real assets and demand a secure, long-term approach.
Led by Industry Experts
Our leadership team brings decades of experience in global metals trading, institutional finance, and strategic operations.
Modern and Transparent Platform
Fund your account easily with ACH, wire, or credit card. Access your portfolio 24/7 via our online platform. Concierge support available for our high-volume clients.
Our Promise
Our Principles
Kilo Reserve is led by seasoned professionals with deep expertise in financial strategy, institutional banking, and global metals markets.
Our leadership combines operational discipline with long-term vision—delivering secure, transparent access to copper investment options and real asset ownership.
Allen Cates
Co-Founder, CEO & President
Allen Cates is a financial strategist and operator with more than two decades of experience in institutional finance, capital strategy, and business leadership. After earning his MBA from Manchester Business School in the UK, Allen held senior roles at Bank of America and PNC Bank, where he led complex pricing, trading, and strategy initiatives across multi-billion-dollar portfolios. His work integrated analytics, risk management, and business planning at scale.
Following his corporate career, Allen acquired and operated a multi-location accessibility franchise, applying his institutional experience to frontline execution in operations, finance, and customer strategy.
As Co-Founder and CEO of Kilo Reserve, Allen leads vision, operations, and the investor experience. He brings institutional discipline to a platform built for long-term, real asset ownership.
Wade Brennan
Co-Founder & Partner
Wade Brennan brings over 20 years of experience in metals trading, commodity finance, and institutional relationship management to Kilo Reserve. As CEO of Kilo Capital, he leads trading, credit structuring, and supply chain partnerships across global metals markets.
Previously, Wade served in senior leadership at Scotia Mocatta, the metals division of Scotiabank, where he was Head of Precious Metals Sales for the EMEA region. His career has spanned physical trading, corporate finance, and risk structuring across North America and Europe, earning him a reputation for precision, integrity, and deep industry knowledge.
Wade brings strategic oversight and industry leadership to the Kilo Reserve platform for modern investors seeking secure, direct exposure to industrial metals.
Pieter Van Schaick
CFO and Head of Risk
Pieter is CFO and Co-Founder of Kilo Capital. Pieter is a CPA and an experienced credit professional with over 25 years of experience in finance and accounting. In addition to his role as CFO, Pieter leads Kilo’s credit underwriting and due diligence process.
Prior to Kilo, Pieter was a Principal and Portfolio Manager at Kingsland Capital, a multi-billion-dollar manager of non-investment grade credit in New York City. He has an extensive background in credit analysis and risk management. His roles included co-head of Risk Assessment Management at the Bank of Nova Scotia and joint head of the bank’s asset recovery group, where he managed the restructuring of some of the largest defaulted corporate credits at the time.
Rob Snyder
COO
In his role as COO, Rob is responsible for many of the daily operations and strategic initiatives at Kilo Reserve. Rob leverages his extensive background in structured products, corporate lending, and risk management to conduct due diligence and assist in deal structuring.
Rob has spent his career in credit research and risk management and has helped build and operate multiple credit platforms. His track record includes helping to establish and manage a private credit strategy offering structured finance solutions to early-stage companies at Catalio Capital, launching and managing a short-duration credit strategy at Brown Advisory, where he was also on the risk committee, and 14 years in New York, where he helped build out and manage investments at two different CLO start-ups.
Kyle McErlean
Trader
In his role as Trader, Kyle assists customers with their trading and supply needs. He also takes an active role in business development and customer support, and shares responsibility for hedging Kilo Reserve’s commodity exposure.
Kyle started his career at Verity in institutional sales after completing a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Since joining Kilo Capital as a Junior Trader in the summer of 2021, he has specialized in both physical commodities and derivatives markets, focusing on trade execution and risk management.
Where We're Headed
Copper is Phase One.
As demand for tangible, supply-constrained metals investing grows, Kilo Reserve will expand to include other critical materials that support global infrastructure, energy, and technology transitions.