Erik Soto Joins iSmallBiz, LLC, as Vice President in iConnect, the Commercial Real Estate Group

NEWARK, N.J. - July 10, 2017 - PRLog -- iSmallBiz, L.L.C., announced today that Erik Soto will join iSmallBiz as Vice President in the iConnect Commercial Real Estate Group, and will be Head of Institutional Real Estate Debt, where he will oversee originations, underwriting, portfolio management, and business development.

Mr. Soto brings more than 10 years in commercial real estate with an extensive background across originations, portfolio management and capital raising. Prior to joining iSmallBiz, L.L.C., he held a variety of leadership roles at various Wall Street firms. Most recently, he was Head Real Estate Investments, where he oversaw a leading high yield real estate debt investment platform with teams in New York City and Los Angeles.  Mr. Soto also led the development, launch and/or investment of various high yield debt investment vehicles. Prior to that, he served as Manager of Development at American Capital Group, where he focused on the acquisition financing of mid-market operating companies. He also holds a BA from State University of New York at Delhi.

"Erik has been well known to us in the value-added real estate lending market for many years, and we are excited to be adding such a high-caliber and successful business leader to our team," said Charles Colbert, Managing Director. "He will be instrumental in the continued expansion of our real estate debt team, where we will look to his experience and expertise in further building out our platform. Erik will be a valuable partner for the Commercial Real Estate Group as well as the rest of the iSmallBiz technology group as we continue to build scale and seek to increase our share in a market with enormous opportunity."

"Erik brings significant business-building and management experience across all important aspects of commercial real estate investing, and we look forward to his many contributions," said Robert Cohn. "He has experience in building a successful alternatives business and proven abilities in attracting significant assets under management. Erik has a deep knowledge base of our lending markets and a successful track record, which make him well suited to enhance iSmallBiz's future growth potential."

"Joining iSmallBiz, L.L.C. and iConnect the Commercial Real Estate Group in these important leadership roles was attractive to me because of the strength of iSmallBiz Management, and the significant growth opportunities I envision for both iSmallBiz and the iConnect real estate platform," said Mr. Soto. "I'm looking forward to working in partnership with Charles to further develop the iSmallBiz Real Estate Debt business and with Robert and Charles and the rest of the iSmallBiz team as we seek to prudently expand value."

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