Team | Anza Partners

Meet the Team

With a dedicated team of experienced investment professionals, Anza Partners is committed to taking an innovative approach to helping businesses maximize their long-term value and reach their next stage of growth.

Zach Yudkoff

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Prior to founding Anza, Zach was an initial investment team member of an upper-middle market private equity firm, Ethos Capital, which invests primarily in information services businesses. In this role, Zach focused on acquisitions and management of a multi-billion dollar portfolio of private technology and digital infrastructure businesses.
Prior to Ethos Capital, Zach spent time advising technology companies on mergers and acquisitions at Moelis & Company, a leading global M&A advisory firm. While primarily focused on M&A advisory, Zach also spent time advising on capital raises and SPAC transactions.
Prior to Moelis, Zach worked at Garnett Station Partners, a New York based Private Equity firm focusing on investment in consumer and services businesses.
Zach holds a degree in Applied Engineering Physics from Cornell University.

Andrew Brady

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Prior to founding Anza, Andrew led the software / technology fundamental equity investing efforts for Squarepoint Capital, a global multi-strategy asset manager managing ~$20 billion. In this role, Andrew was responsible for an investment portfolio of private and public companies and extensively engaged with management teams of many leading B2B companies.
Prior to Squarepoint, Andrew worked for Bain Capital, one of the world’s largest value-add private company investors, which manages $185 billion of assets. At Bain, Andrew conducted a number of private market acquisitions of software and technology businesses.
Prior to Bain Capital, Andrew was with J.P. Morgan where his focus was mergers & acquisitions advisory and capital raising for Tech, Media, and Telecom companies.
Andrew graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Applied Economics & Management / Finance from Cornell University, where he was a Dyson Scholar.

Operating Partners & Senior Advisors

Dedication. Expertise. Purpose.

Our operating partners and advisors have years of deep operational expertise spanning from startups to billion dollar enterprises, combined with decades of investment experience, allowing us to provide valuable insights and unique guidance to the companies we work with.

Michael Donovan

Operating Partner

Founder, Former CEO, and Executive Chairman of Donovan Data Systems (now ‘Mediaocean’ following a merger with MediaBank), a leading advertising software and services firm with 1,200+ employees globally.
Michael brings decades of Founder and C-Suite experience in the Software & Technology industry and is a key part of Anza’s strategic advisory capabilities
Mediaocean was sold to Vista Equity Partners in 2015 and has since been sold to CVC and TA Associates.
Through his family office, Michael has invested behind a number of start-ups, small businesses, and real estate development projects.
Michael is an active philanthropist and has served on the boards of a number of philanthropic organizations such as OLA of Eastern Long Island, The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Foundation, and The American Friends of Winchester College.

Gregg Monastiero

Operating Partner

Seasoned executive with 3+ decades of experience in a number of B2B and B2C industries – having held key senior leadership positions (President, CRO, etc.) at firms such as: Baan, SSA Global, Infor, JDA, TATA Digital, SumTotal, Symphony EYC, and Mi9 Retail
- In these roles, Gregg’s work has resulted in exponential revenue generation in excess of $2 billion
In addition, Gregg has extensive experience in driving value creation initiatives for leading investment firms such as General Atlantic, HGGC, Cerberus Capital, and Vista Equity Partners
Through his family office, he has owned and operated a number of small firms such as franchised restaurants, construction / development, etc.
Gregg holds an MBA from Babson College’s Olin School of Business and is a graduate of Merrimack College

Royce Yudkoff

Senior Advisor

Founder and Former Managing Partner of ABRY Partners, a leading private equity investment firm founded in the 1980s with $17 billion of current assets under management. ABRY focuses on media, communications, and information services companies and brings extensive operational expertise to its companies to drive growth and value creation
- Under Royce’s leadership and to date, ABRY has managed and operated 550+ leading B2B businesses, having invested $90 billion into these firms.
After retiring from day-to-day management of ABRY, Royce joined the faculty of the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on the financial management of small firms and small business acquisitions.
Through his family office, Royce is an active private investor in dozens of small firms and serves on multiple boards.
Royce is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Matt Perelman

Senior Advisor

Founder and Current Managing Partner of Garnett Station Partners, a leading consumer, retail, and services investment firm with $2 billion+ assets under management, which is focused on value creation for founder-owned businesses
- Since 2013, GSP has invested behind and operated 30+ middle-market businesses as majority owners
Prior to founding Garnett Station, Matt worked at L Catterton Partners, a leading consumer and retail focused private equity firm with over $30 billion of capital under management. Before L Catterton, Matt worked in the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup, where he executed a number of M&A and Leveraged Finance transactions.
Matt holds an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School where he was selected as an Arthur Rock Center Fellow and a BSBA in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.
Matt is a Trustee of the Heckscher Foundation for Children and a Board Member of Reading Partners, New York.