cted with fairly quickly and we were able to collaborate,” said Tzortzis. “When I went to the Glendale Chamber events I found more of a sense of camaraderie and community.”

Tzortzis Capital focuses on established and growing businesses rather than start-ups, offering working capital, bridge loans, lines of credit, equipment and inventory financing, accounts receivable funding, PO’s and Contracts, litigation funding, commercial real estate financing (retail, multi-family, industrial, land, and more), and acquisitions through Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). “We typically work with businesses generating $1 million plus in revenue, with a sweet spot between $10 million and $25 million, though Tzortzis Capital has successfully funded deals up to $2.2 billion,” said Tzortzis.

An ESOP offers business owners a unique oppo

rtunity to provide employees with an ownership stake in their company. At its core, an ESOP is a benefit plan designed to transition company ownership to its employees, gradually or entirely, through a trust that holds shares for employees. ESOPs have become popular tools for businesses looking to enhance employee engagement, access liquidity, and even facilitate mergers or acquisitions. “When you convert into an ESOP in Colorado you get up to the equivalent of your yearly revenue in the first year tax-free so we take all that money and we put it back into the loan,” said Tzortzis.

Tzortzis sees many businesses being pushed to SBA loans, and as he describes it, this can be confining. “Their requirements are very stringent,” said Tzortzis. “You basically have to put up your house, your car, your cat, your dog. And a lot of business owners who are looking for money don’t want to go that route. So we offer an alternative to that.”