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New liquidity event short-focused hedge fund gains on first month

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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Moshe Hurwitz
B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers:

An experienced small-cap short seller has just launched a hedge fund that targets liquidity events.

His new firm, Blue Zen Capital Management, runs the hedge fund which returned 7% gross in January, its first month of trading.

Moshe Hurwitz, the portfolio manager, runs the fund from his offices in Atlanta, Georgia. He started his career in real estate, managing a portfolio of buildings and conducting due diligence for new acquisitions. He went on to found and sell a consumer packaged goods company. Moshe has been a short-seller in the small-cap market since 2014 and has been tutored by some of the best short sellers in the field.

His partner Sahar Ziv manages Blue Zen from his own offices in Florida, where the company is registered since September 2022. Ziv has worked in the real-estate space for over 15 years. He has raised and managed multiple investment pools for boutique real estate funds and has advised HNWIs domestically and abroad.

The fund

Blue Zen Capital Opportunity Fund LP is a short-focused fund that targets liquidity events in the small-cap equity market, looking for short-term, high-probability trades.

The manager looks for companies that raise money from the public. To locate these companies, he keeps a dynamic li......................

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