Dean Jeffe

Dean serves as Co-Head of Special Situations, where he monitors and manages investments for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group. He co-manages a team of professionals that focus on stressed portfolio accounts.

Dean brings over 25 years of underwriting and restructuring experience to NXT Capital. Prior to joining NXT Capital, Dean was a Vice President at GE Antares, where he divided his time between underwriting cash flow transactions for financial sponsors and managing troubled and high profile accounts in the workout group. Dean was previously an Assistant Vice President in GE Capital’s Global Sponsor Finance Group and began his career at Heller Financial.

Dean earned a B.S. in Finance from Boston College and an M.B.A. from DePaul University.

Jeff Kurtzweil

Jeff focuses on building and maintaining NXT Capital’s relationships with private equity sponsors. He originates and structures cash flow loan transactions.

Jeff brings over 25 years of risk management discipline to NXT Capital. Prior to joining NXT Capital, Jeff was a Vice President in the GE Antares/Ares Capital Senior Secured Loan Program (SSLP) joint venture. While with the SSLP, Jeff’s role included structuring senior secured unitranche solutions to support sponsors’ acquisitions of new platforms or expansion of existing portfolio companies.

Jeff earned a B.A. in Finance and Statistics from Miami University of Ohio.