With years of experience on the financing side of the real estate private equity industry, Sy Elyakim, our firm’s founder and principal, was fascinated with high-yield debt products. When interest rates spiked in 2022, business slowed down and deal flow virtually halted, while portfolios of stocks got crushed, alongside declining real estate valuations.

In 2023, Sy was introduced to consumer litigation finance, a sector known for high and uncorrelated returns, and he questioned why more investors didn’t know about the asset type and therefore didn’t allocate any portion of their portfolios to the sector. He eventually spearheaded a startup in the space and developed close-knit relationships with the largest consumer litigation funders in the world. While working on the startup, Sy, alongside affiliates, was able to make investments in space and eventually decided to shutter the tech startup to dive headfirst into the investment side of the business.

Tompkins Capital Partners was created to help all investors with significant exposure to investments tied to interest rates diversify their portfolios with uncorrelated investments in niche asset types.