A Team Committed
to the Pursuit of Better
Meet the people driving our success - a diverse group whose expertise, creativity, and discipline power exceptional results.
Our Vision & Values
We are a dedicated capital investment team with a proven track record of identifying and nurturing high-potential opportunities across diverse sectors. Our expertise spans real estate, SaaS platforms, and emerging technologies, where we leverage deep market insights and strategic partnerships to drive exceptional returns.
Our core values center on integrity, innovation, and long-term value creation. We believe in building lasting relationships with our portfolio companies, providing not just capital but strategic guidance and industry expertise to help them achieve sustainable growth.
Misha Vasilchikov
Founder & Managing Partner
Mr. Vasilchikov is the Founder and Managing Partner of MVV Capital Partners, a New York-based private markets advisory firm focused on capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, co-investments, secondaries, and strategic liquidity solutions. He leads the firm’s investor relationships, transaction origination, and execution across equity, debt, and structured capital opportunities.
He works with private companies, sponsors, fund managers, family offices, RIAs, and institutional investors to raise capital, structure investment opportunities, facilitate secondary transactions, and provide liquidity solutions for business owners and shareholders. He also owns and operates MVV Capital Management, an exempt reporting adviser that creates and manages private market access vehicles for qualified investors, entrepreneurs, and family offices.
Since beginning his career in 2008, Mr. Vasilchikov has advised companies and investors through multiple market cycles and helped raise more than $600 million of equity and debt capital for private companies and investment funds. His experience includes direct investments, SPVs, co-investments, fund placements, private credit, growth equity, control transactions, and secondaries. He is an Ambassador for TIGER21 and an Advisor to Sportsology Capital Partners and UNA Sports Group.
Mr. Vasilchikov holds a BS in Economics and Finance with a minor in Computer Science from St. Francis College. A former Division I water polo athlete, he also represented the New York Athletic Club in national and international competitions.
Alexander Szikla
Director of Capital Markets, Real Estate
Mr. Szikla previously worked with Meridian Capital’s Healthcare Group, raising around $3 billion in debt and equity placements, and advising owners, operators, and developers of healthcare facilities. Before that, he was Head of Acquisitions at Newcastle Realty Services, where he led growth and expanded the firm into multifamily and student housing sectors. He also co-founded Plato Student Platform, overseeing $50 million in acquisitions and improving property values through strategic enhancements.
Mr. Szikla began his career at FBR Capital Markets & Co., participating in over $5 billion of transactions, including IPOs and M&A in Real Estate, Healthcare, and Equity-Linked Capital Markets.
He holds a degree in Finance and International Management from McGill University and a Master’s in Real Estate Development from New York University. He is active in the UJA’s Real Estate Executives (REX) NEXT committee and chairs the Affinity Groups at the Jewish National Fund – USA’s Futures Board.
Jeff Encalada
Associate
Jeff joined MVV Capital Partners as an analyst after completing several internships with the firm and was subsequently promoted to Associate. In his role, Jeff focuses on business development efforts and supports the firm’s senior bankers in various aspects of deal origination, capital introductions, and execution.
Before joining MVV Capital Partners, Jeff completed buy-side M&A internships at Hempstead Partners and Cuesta Legacy, where he worked closely with managing partners on sourcing and evaluating potential acquisition targets in small to medium-sized businesses across the SaaS, Business Services, and Consumer sectors in the southern region of the United States.
Jeff holds a B.S. in Finance with a concentration in financial management and capital markets, as well as a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University, graduating cum laude.
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