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Senior capital expertise, business ownership and commercial judgment. A team built around the decisions that matter to you.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Alex Zastre
Alex leads the firm’s strategy, origination and client relationships. His experience as a business owner and principal in acquisitions and sales informs how he approaches negotiation, transaction structure and the decisions that matter to founders.
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His operating background includes outbound infrastructure and business development. At Zastre & Co., he brings that commercial experience together with capital strategy, buyer and investor engagement, and transaction execution.
Managing Director
Andreas Vagelatos
Andreas brings direct principal experience in M&A alongside a career spanning technology company building, venture investment, commercial banking and private credit. He understands the operating and commercial decisions behind a transaction.
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He previously led venture activity in Citigroup’s Commercial Bank Accelerator and has held roles with Banyan Ventures and Giga Holdings. His work at Zastre & Co. draws on that experience across acquisition strategy, strategic relationships, buyer financing and transaction structure.
CFO & Strategic Advisor
Lucas Zenobio Cruz
Lucas advises on financial strategy, capital structuring and M&A. His background includes J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and BTG Pactual.
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He brings experience across investment banking, structured products and alternative investments, with a focus on aligning financing decisions with the objectives of founders, family offices and institutional investors.
Founding Team Member
Benjamin Alemany
Benjamin focuses on private placements, structured credit and growth equity for founder-led and middle-market companies. His experience includes buy-side diligence and private equity real estate execution.
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He supports financial analysis, capital structuring and diligence coordination. He holds a Master’s in Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Founding Team Member
Cole Stewart
Cole works across capital formation, investor engagement and growth strategy, connecting founder-led businesses with prospective capital partners.
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His background includes investment advisory roles at Mackie Research Capital and Haywood Securities, and public-company capital and growth work at Longtable Capital.
Senior Advisor
Sven Kussmann
Sven brings experience across private equity, corporate development and international M&A, including roles at Mubadala and Allianz Capital Partners.
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His work spans buyouts, turnaround investing and capital strategy across industrials, infrastructure and real assets, with senior operating and finance experience in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Senior Advisor
Jurg Niederberger
Jurg brings investment banking, asset management and family-office experience, including senior risk roles at BNP Paribas and Bear Stearns Asia and co-founding Silverhorn Group.
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He supports alternative credit and family-office initiatives, drawing on experience in structured credit, private debt and investment opportunities across Europe and Asia.
Senior Advisor
Kyle Sonlin
Kyle is an entrepreneur and investor with experience in digital assets, tokenisation and capital markets infrastructure. His work includes Global Settlement Network and private-market securities infrastructure.
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He supports digital asset strategy and capital formation, bringing an entrepreneurial perspective to emerging financial technology and institutional use cases.
Biographies include experience gained in personal, principal, affiliated-company and prior professional capacities.
