Company Profile
Zenith Capital Partners is a boutique private equity firm that focuses on accelerating growth and building value within early and growth stage companies. The firm primarily invests in the energy, commodities, and transportation sectors. They combine the capital raising and mergers and acquisitions advisory services of an investment bank with the ability to invest like a private equity fund in client companies.
Zenith Capital Partners was founded in 2015. Dean R. Fezza is the President and Co-founder of Zenith Capital Partners LLC. Jeffrey R. Armstrong serves as the Chairman. The firm aims to drive top-line growth and create value for its portfolio companies, with a particular interest in companies leading the clean energy transition and sustainability efforts.
The firm's portfolio includes investments such as 562 Gathering, a crude gathering and marketing operation in California (2025), Core Group Resources, a maritime services and consulting company (2025), and Arcos Partners, which focuses on tallow feedstock aggregation in Latin America for U.S. renewable fuel production (2024). A notable realized investment is Sage Energy Holdings (2016), a brokerage firm specializing in liquid petroleum-based commodities, renewables environmental products, and energy, which exited via a strategic public buyer in 2024. Zenith Capital Partners also invested in a wholly owned subsidiary of Mjølner Shipping, providing cargo finance, insurance, and hedging solutions.
The team brings extensive industry expertise. Jeffrey R. Armstrong is the founder and CEO of Zenith Energy, a midstream terminal company with operations in North America, South America, and Europe. He previously held various positions at Kinder Morgan Inc., including Vice President of Corporate Strategy and President of the Terminals division. Dean R. Fezza's background includes senior roles at HSH Nordbank in Shipping & Offshore, J.P. Morgan's Corporate & Investment Bank, and management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton in Logistics & Supply Chain Management.
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