Built on a foundation of patience, discipline and conviction, Mavik seeks to generate high absolute returns by investing where others can’t—or won’t. Our strategy centers on dislocation, distress and structural complexity, allowing us to capitalize on market inefficiency and illiquidity while preserving capital through strong downside protection, rigorous underwriting and active risk management.
Mavik operates with a long-term mindset, and a fundamental belief that enduring value is created by identifying opportunity and striving to avoiding permanent loss—not chasing trends. Agile and opportunistic, we move quickly when markets shift. Our capital is flexible, our team is experienced across cycles, and our mission is singular: seek to deliver long-term outperformance.
Headquartered in New York, Mavik has approximately $2 billion in AUM. Mavik has deployed over $3.75 billion and realized more than 125 investments. Built on a foundation of patience, discipline, and conviction, Mavik seeks to pursue attractive risk-adjusted investment opportunities by investing in areas of dislocation, distress, and structural complexity. Our strategy focuses on identifying market inefficiencies and illiquidity, supported by rigorous underwriting, active risk management, and a disciplined investment process.
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About Mavik
Mavik, our name, is inspired by a Hindi word meaning the strength of a diamond with the fluidity of water. Touching on our founder’s heritage, our name represents our deep conviction paired with an agile approach to all we do.
Mavik was founded by Vik Uppal with a clear vision to Build Different. Grounded in the conviction that “if you do the same, you’ll be the same”, Vik set out to build an investment firm dedicated to the relentless pursuit of excellence, embracing innovation and seeking a differentiated approach across the organization. Within a mature industry, Mavik is breaking away from the outdated status quo, redefining the investment management space.
Who We Are
In a world full of conventional thinkers and traditional asset managers, Mavik takes a different approach. Our investment strategy is expansive. Anchored in real estate and hard assets, we view the world through a credit-focused lens. Flexible and dynamic, we don’t just find opportunities—we create them. Across markets and securities, we craft solutions and build creative structures that seek to maximize returns while mitigating risk. At our core, we are driven by a commitment to outperform.
What We Do
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What We Do
Mavik employs an opportunistic strategy focused on uncovering what we believe to be the best opportunities. We identify and capitalize on unique transactions across the capital structure, including first mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, credit facilities and equity. With a primary focus on middle-market real estate and hard assets across the U.S., our team works closely with owners, operating partners, and co-lenders to structure bespoke debt and equity solutions.
Our strategy focuses on highly structured and complex transactions, including investments in that can be in stressed or distressed situations. In some cases, these are deep value transactions with an opportunistic approach across the capital stack or senior or subordinated debt and preferred equity on transitional assets with a flexible duration. Mavik’s reach also includes bespoke note on note transactions, NAV facilities and customized financing solutions for lenders and real estate fund sponsors.
Mavik’s transactions are capitalized by permanent capital and traditional closed end fund vehicles, and as well as separately managed accounts.
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Our Team
Our People
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Vince Leung
Chief Technology Officer
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Tim Davis
Senior Advisor
Don Stern
Senior Legal Advisor
Bernadette Murphy
Chief Compliance Officer
Pauline Yaputra
Controller
Christine He
Director of Financial Reporting
Susan Fok
Controller
Andy Cracchiolo
Director of Fund Management
Ethan MIirenberg
Assistant Controller
Lauren Hebel
Manager of Financial Reporting
Jing Tang
Fund Accountant
Marco Lombardo
Staff Accountant
Gernice Leonardo
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Lauren Sutter
Office Manager & EA to the COO
Angela Fisher
Executive Assistant
Infrastructure
Harry Klein
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Louisa O'Reilly-Hyland
Marketing Coordinator
Scott SAanderson
Vice President – Terra IR
Bill Abbruzzese
Assistant Vice President – Terra IR
Business Development & Investor Relations
Managing Director
Mike Fishbein
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Managing Director
Brad Walker
Head of Underwriting
Andrew Flack
Director
Alex Gendelman
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Vice President
Ethan Gottlieb
Vice President
Cory Gottfried
Vice President
Andrew Hendler
Associate
Spencer Brody
Analyst
Jon Sasson
Investment & Asset Management
Vik Uppal
CEO / CIO
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Sarah Schwarzschild
COO
Dan Cooperman
Head of Investments
Greg Pinkus
CFO
Michael Muscat
Head of Asset Management
Leighton Zema
Head of Business Development
Leadership Team
Our Culture
Mavik is anchored by a deep belief in continuous, long-term outperformance, a culture of individual and collective excellence, and a mission to deliver exceptional performance and superior risk-adjusted returns.
"What would you do if anything were possible?" This simple inquiry fuels our drive and strategic focus, pushing us to redefine what's achievable. This is where the impossible becomes the starting point for innovation. Where diverse, strategic thinking propels us beyond conventional boundaries.
Our employees are invested in our funds and share in the incentive fees, which creates deep alignment and attracts talent with strong investment acumen and an entrepreneurial drive.
How We Build Different
Our Culture
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Our Foundational Mantras
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Ownership Drives Performance
At Mavik, we strive to have 100% of our employees invested in our Funds and share in the incentive fee, which means 100% alignment and a true ownership mentality. We are owners, not renters.
Authentic Inclusion
Drives Performance
We care deeply about authentic inclusion, not inclusion based on superficiality.
Authentic inclusion means everyone has a voice regardless of title. Our unwavering commitment to challenging norms and assumptions means all opinions are taken seriously and all points of view are considered. We actively seek out diversity of thought and experience because our team’s differentiated points of view generate unique opportunities and identify risk.
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Agility Drives
Performance
The market is not static. As a nimble organization with an institutional infrastructure, we can pivot to opportunity and adapt to change. We are not confined by boxes. There is no forced investing at Mavik.
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Creativity Drives
Performance
Our deals are not commodities that arrive fully baked. We strive to create investments with asymmetric risk reward. We do this by digging deeper and thinking broader in order to get deals done where others can’t and providing solutions where others won’t. Our un-siloed approach gives us multiple potential paths to success — and the breadth of experience to know which to choose. We care deeply about all our investments, considering all angles of a deal with an uncompromising dedication to unlocking value for our investors, always with an eye towards capital preservation.
Continual Excellence
Drives Performance
The continual pursuit of excellence.
Good enough is never good enough at Mavik We have a culture of individual and collective excellence. We push each other to perform better and to be better, every day. Our mission is to deliver strong performance and superior risk-adjusted returns, year in, year out.
