Thu, Jul 2, 2026
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
Alternative Market Briefing

Former Arena and Angelo Gordon private markets vets launch Z2 Investment Management

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers:

Scott Gold, previously head of Private Direct Lending at Arena, along with Jake Sussman previously of Arena and Bobby Barret who joins from Angelo Gordon, have joined forces to launch Z2 Investment Management. The firm provides direct lending as well as debt/equity financing solutions.

Scott Gold, Managing Partner, leads strategy and overall management of the firm. Prior to Arena, Gold served as a Senior Vice President and founding member of the direct lending strategy at Alcentra Capital, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon. Jake Sussman, Partner, was most recently a Director of Corporate Private Investments at Arena Investors where he worked alongside Gold on Arena's private credit strategies.

Bobby Barrett, Partner, was previously a Managing Director at Angelo, Gordon & Co. (AG), where he worked on deals in the industrial, infrastructure and renewable energy sectors.

Z2 gets its name from the optimal heart rate zones endurance athletes use. Zone 2, or Z2, is the optimal heart rate zone for those athletes to generate long-term and sustained endurance gains. The name is meant to reflect the firm's approach to financing companies. Z2 joins a growing list of hybrid investors that are willing to look at both debt and equity financing solutions for companies. These firms are becoming a bigger presence in the middle market where fin......................

To view our full article Click here

Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing

 



  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. Other Voices: Nvidia extraordinary growth and the challenge of sustaining demanding valuations over time[more]

    Antonio Di Giacomo, Senior Market Analyst at XS.com, writes: Nvidia has established itself as one of the most extraordinary growth companies in the global technology sector. Over the past two fiscal years, its revenues have risen from levels close to $60 billion annually to well above $120 billi

  2. Secondaries take center stage: What the 2026 PE landscape means for GPs and investors[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The 2026 edition of Dechert's Global Private Equity Outlook - "Signs of a Gradual Thaw" - marks a notable shift in industry sentiment. After years of compr

  3. And, finally: Time to share it with the people[more]

    From Newsoftheweird: Leavenworth, Washington, has become a tourist destination because of the Bavarian theme businesses have adopted there, NPR reported. One shop, the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum, houses the world's largest nutcracker collection, thanks to 101-year-old Arlene Wagner. Wagner sta

  4. Opalesque Exclusive: Private Markets Evergreen Funds - An Insider's View[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Private Markets Evergreen Funds: What Investors Need to Know Before They Dive In The democratization of private markets is well underway. Structural barriers t

  5. Opalesque Exclusive: Governance, Scale, and Boutique Resilience in a Consolidating Hedge Fund Industry[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The hedge fund industry has undergone significant consolidation in recent years, with capital increasingly concentrated among large multi-strategy platforms. Yet boutique m