Fortress Investment Group Seeds Blacktree Management’s New SBA and Esoteric ABS Platform with Over $1 Billion in Buying Power
Fortress commits $100 million with capacity to increase to $200 million, providing Blacktree with scalable capital through term leverage.
New York, NY – January 15, 2026 — Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”), a leading alternative asset manager owned by Mubadala Investment Company, today announced that it has seeded a new investment platform managed by Blacktree Management LLC (“Blacktree”), an independent asset manager focused on Small Business Administration (SBA) loan aggregation, securitization, and esoteric ABS strategies.
Fortress has committed $100 million to seed the platform, with the ability to upsize its commitment to $200 million. Combined with term leverage facilities, the platform is expected to have over $1 billion of total buying power. Fortress has also taken a minority equity stake in Blacktree to support the firm’s long-term growth and strategic development.
The platform will be led by founder and Chief Investment Officer Ergkys Alizoti, a recognized specialist in the SBA secondary market and structured finance. Over his career, Mr. Alizoti has led, structured, and securitized more than $15 billion of SBA loan securitizations across more than 15 private transactions, establishing a strong track record across multiple market cycles.
The platform will target investments in SBA, derivatives, and other esoteric ABS transactions.
“Blacktree brings a highly specialized focus on SBA and esoteric ABS markets, combined with a proven track record of structuring and securitizing complex assets. We believe the firm is well positioned to capitalize on attractive opportunities in the structured credit market and to build a scalable, institutional-quality investment platform.”
“We are excited to partner with Fortress as we build Blacktree into a scaled, institutional-quality investment platform. Our partnership and capital commitment provide strong validation of our strategy and give us the resources to deploy capital with discipline, leverage deep sector expertise, and deliver consistent, risk-adjusted performance for our investors.”
Odeon Capital Group LLC (“Odeon”), an SBA pool assembler, will serve as a structuring and execution partner to the platform, supporting loan aggregation, securitization execution, and transaction structuring.
About Blacktree Management
Blacktree Management LLC is an independent alternative asset manager headquartered in Miami, Florida, specializing in SBA-backed assets, private ABS, and esoteric ABS opportunities within specialty finance. Founded by Ergkys Alizoti, the firm combines deep sector expertise with proprietary data infrastructure and advanced quantitative credit modeling to source, underwrite, and structure complex, asset-backed investments across market cycles. Blacktree’s investment process combines rigorous credit research, structural origination expertise, and disciplined risk governance to pursue consistent, long-term, risk-adjusted performance for institutional investors.
About Fortress Investment Group
Fortress Investment Group is a leading global investment management firm founded in 1998. Fortress manages assets on behalf of institutional and private investors worldwide across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. The firm is majority owned by Mubadala Investment Company.
About Odeon Capital Group
Odeon Capital Group LLC is a full-service financial services firm and SBA pool assembler with deep expertise across sales & trading, investment banking, and research. Odeon’s role as SBA pool assembler supports the aggregation, structuring, and execution of SBA-backed loan pools and related ABS transactions, enhancing liquidity and market access for originators and investors alike.
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