Built from Discipline. Driven by Intent.
Zepeda Capital Holdings LLC was founded with a clear mission to own, operate, and advise with purpose, precision, and perseverance.
This is the story about Zepeda Capital Holdings, a private equity firm built not from legacy capital but from conviction, control, and long-term strategy. Founded to operate with discretion and high intent, the firm reflects a unique philosophy of hands-on investment and founder-led execution.
Zepeda Capital Holdings LLC is a privately held holding company focused on long-term investments in strategic advisory, private capital deployment, and creative intellectual property.
What sets us apart isn’t just what we invest in, it’s how we operate. Everything about Zepeda Capital Holdings reflects a belief in strategic patience and deep operational control.
Headquartered in California, the firm exercises high discretion and control in each venture, with a focus on enduring value and operational impact. Zepeda Capital Holdings LLC was built on the belief that real value is earned through operational control, strategic insight, and the discipline to hold long-term. We don’t chase deals. We position ourselves to own, restructure, or build platforms with intentionality. From distressed credit to original IP, we work quietly, with full-stack insight from inception to execution.
While our current portfolio spans advisory, capital structuring, and media ventures, Zepeda Capital remains open to emerging verticals, including proprietary equine and land-based investments in the near future.
Matthew Zepeda, Founder & CEO
About Zepeda Capital Holdings Founder
Matthew Zepeda founded Zepeda Capital Holdings LLC after a multidisciplinary career spanning music production, operational consulting, and private market investing. With deep roots in Southern California, Matthew brings a unique blend of street-honed instinct, formal finance acumen, and creative IP strategy.
His experience ranges from structuring complex transactions in distressed credit and M&A, to building vertically integrated music ventures from the ground up. That range isn’t just a résumé, it’s a strategic edge. Whether navigating capital markets or creative economies, Matthew operates with tactical precision and high discretion.
Every position he takes is rooted in disciplined analysis, loyalty to long-term outcomes, and a refusal to follow hype over substance. His leadership reflects the firm’s core philosophy: Build with intent. Every position the firm takes is rooted in disciplined analysis, loyalty to long-term outcomes, and a refusal to follow hype over substance. Move in silence. Own the outcome.
Building a Legacy Through Strategic Control
Zepeda Capital Holdings isn’t just a capital allocator, it’s a private equity investment firm built to operate. Our approach to private equity emphasizes control, intentionality, and long-term outcomes. By maintaining hands-on involvement in each investment, we’re able to guide performance, restructure when needed, and position for sustainable growth. We believe true value is built quietly, not through hype, but through execution.
Our firm was created with the conviction that disciplined ownership matters. As a private equity investment firm, we pursue ventures where we can influence outcomes, protect downside risk, and build resilient positions across cycles. Whether operating in media, capital markets, or alternative assets, we stay grounded in fundamentals while staying flexible to market shifts.
What makes us different is not just how we invest, but why. As a founder-led private equity investment firm, Zepeda Capital was born from an independent mindset, forged in the Inland Empire and built to last. This identity informs everything we do, from founder-led decision-making to our loyalty-driven partnerships.
We aren’t driven by quarterly optics or institutional expectations. We move when the timing is right, not when the crowd says so. That means passing on flashy trends and instead anchoring our capital around structure, strategy, and substance. Our playbook isn’t borrowed, it’s built in-house, from experience, losses, and wins that taught us how to play the long game.
In a market obsessed with speed, we value precision. In a world chasing access, we choose ownership. That’s why Zepeda Capital remains intentionally lean, not to do less, but to do what matters most without distraction. As a private equity investment firm with a founder-led structure, we prioritize execution over excess. We’re not here to scale into bureaucracy. We’re here to scale control, conviction, and outcomes that reflect our name.
Every move is made with weight. Every deal is vetted through a real lens, not just financial metrics, but alignment, influence, and downside shielding. We don’t just ask “what’s the upside?”, we ask, “what happens if this breaks, and can we still win?” That’s the mindset that keeps us sharp, steady, and relevant.
If you’re looking for loud headlines and ego-driven capital, you won’t find it here. Zepeda Capital Holdings moves like we came up, quiet, calculated, and willing to outwork anyone in the room. We never needed a seat at the table, we build our own and hold the line when others fold.
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Our Code. Unwritten, But Understood.
Loyalty
Loyalty isn’t asked for. It’s proven and we protect what’s ours..
Trust
Trust is earned.
Silence
The loudest move is the one no one sees coming.
Discipline
Calculated steps. Precision over impulse.
Control
We don’t take positions. We take command.
Strategic
We invest where it matters.
“You don’t need to shout to move powerfully. Real leverage works in silence. The loudest in the room rarely hold the real influence, power moves without permission, and it rarely warns twice.”