ROB zizza, managing principal
Rob Zizza is Founder and Managing Principal of Neptune Capital Partners. Rob is also Vice President of Bergen Cove Realty, Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Navy Squared Partners, and Principal of Trellis Capital Partners.
Rob is responsible for sourcing, originating, structuring and asset managing new investments. Since founding Neptune, Rob has worked on a variety of real estate transactions in various markets throughout the United States, including investments in industrial (200K square feet), manufactured housing (500 units), multifamily (1.8MM square feet, 1,800 units), and self-storage (333K square feet, 4,300 units). Additionally, Rob has originated
and sourced direct and fund investments in private equity and venture capital across various sectors including Fintech, Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, and Proptech. Select direct private equity and fund investments include K Health, Funnel, My Ollie, Onfido, Petal, Properly, and Washville.
Rob was previously a Portfolio Manager at Frere Hall Capital Management in London. Rob joined Frere Hall as an analyst and was the company’s first front-office hire. He was responsible for all fundamental analysis, assisted in portfolio structuring, and helped with fundraising efforts, helping assets grow to over $700M. Before joining Frere Hall, Rob was an analyst at Hess Energy Trading Company (now Hartree Partners) in New York.
Rob received a masters in business administration (with honors) from Columbia University, and bachelor’s degrees (with honors) in Philosophy and History from the University of Virginia.
Chris zizza, managing principal
Chris Zizza is a Managing Principal at Neptune Capital Partners. Chris is also Vice President of Bergen Cove Realty, Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Navy Squared Partners, and Principal of Trellis Capital Partners.
Prior to joining Neptune, Chris spent 11 years working in institutional real estate. Chris started his career at Brookfield Property Partners as an analyst in the strategic initiatives group, evaluating and executing complex structured investments on Brookfield’s 60MM foot office portfolio as well as new investments for its various funds. After Brookfield, Chris was a Vice President at Fisher Brothers where he was responsible for
sourcing, originating, structuring and asset managing investments for Fisher Brothers $200MM subordinate debt vehicle (Lionheart Strategic Management) across the top 20 MSA’s in the U.S. Investments included mezzanine loans, b-notes and preferred equity. Additionally, Chris provided asset management and capital markets analysis for Fisher Brothers 7MM square foot office portfolio in NYC and Washington DC. After leaving Fisher Brothers, Chris spearheaded new business opportunities for Paramount Group (NYSE: PGRE) to acquire existing, Class A assets in San Francisco and New York on its balance sheet while also originating mezzanine loans on transitional assets for its $800MM separate account fund. Throughout his career, Chris has been directly involved in excess of $3BN of acquisitions and loan originations.
Chris received his bachelors in business administration (with honors) from the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola University Maryland.