Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA)
Ground-up development, operating platforms and value-add repositioning across UK and Continental European markets.
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Capital Solutions · Established 2013
Institutional Capital for Real Estate and Energy Infrastructure sponsors.
An independent firm structuring and raising equity and debt for best-in-class developers and operators across the UK, Europe and North America — direct, platform and fund-level.
I. Introduction
Independent capital solutions, built for real assets.
Silver Spire Capital structures and raises equity and debt capital for real estate and energy infrastructure sponsors across direct, platform and fund-level strategies.
Since 2013, we have structured and raised institutional capital for sponsors, developers and investment managers globally — with a focus in recent years exclusively on direct real estate and energy infrastructure.
We align investors’ needs with best-in-class sponsors and managers, enabling clients to diversify their investor base through targeted introductions rather than a scattergun approach. Our partnerships are long-term, with a deliberately select group of high-quality sponsors.
II. Sector Focus
Where we deploy our network — living and energy infrastructure.
We work across the full capital stack — equity and debt, common and preferred, senior and subordinated — in the sectors below. Each profile describes the sector context, not the instruments we use. Mandates in adjacent areas of real estate and energy infrastructure are considered on a selective basis.
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Real Estate — Living & Hospitality
Build-to-Rent (BTR)
Ground-up schemes and the conversion of underperforming commercial assets into institutional-grade rental product.
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Co-Living & Flexible Living
Operator-led platforms expanding across primary European cities — from individual pipeline support to platform-level partnerships.
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Single & Multifamily Rental
Single-family, multifamily and broader rental strategies across US and European living markets.
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Hospitality & Hotels
Portfolio and single-asset capital solutions for hotel operators and sponsors, including acquisition financing and value-add programmes.
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Private Rented Sector (PRS)
Stabilised and value-add private rented residential portfolios — refinancing, recapitalisation and platform-level mandates.
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Energy & Digital Infrastructure
Battery Energy Storage (BESS)
Utility-scale battery storage projects, including one of Europe’s largest BESS transactions to date.
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Data Centres
Hyperscale and colocation developers — site acquisition, build-to-suit and platform capitalisation.
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Adjacent Infrastructure
Grid services, renewables and the broader energy-transition value chain alongside core mandates.
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III. Capabilities
The full capital stack, sourced and structured.
Equity
Direct, platform and fund-level placement with institutional LPs and strategic partners.
- 01Common / JV Equity
- 02Preferred Equity
- 03Co-Investment
- 04Forward Funding / Commit
Debt
Structured solutions sourced from banks, debt funds, insurance capital and private credit.
- 05Senior Debt
- 06Structured / Whole Loan
- 07Mezzanine Capital
- 08Bridging Finance
Special Situations
Liquidity and balance-sheet solutions for sponsors at inflection points in the cycle.
- 09Asset Sales
- 10Recapitalisations
- 11Platform Partnerships
- 12Strategic JV Formation
We act as an extension of the sponsor’s internal capital markets team — targeted, jurisdiction-aware, and execution-led.
“Our success is founded on a diligent, multi-faceted approach tailored to each client. Relationships span sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, banks and specialist real estate & infrastructure investors.”
— Silver Spire Capital
IV. Mandates
Selected transactions.
01 / MandateEU
Utility-Scale BESS Project
Capital placement on a large-scale Battery Energy Storage project.
LandmarkEquity · Infra Capital
02 / MandateEU
PBSA Platform Investment
Preferred equity investment supporting 1,000 PBSA beds at the outset, expanding to 5,000+ beds across key European cities. Bridge and senior debt also placed across the platform.
Preferred EquityPref Equity · Bridge · Senior
03 / MandateUK
BTR Conversion Scheme
Senior and mezzanine structured debt financing the conversion of an existing building into a high-end Build-to-Rent asset.
Structured DebtSenior · Mezzanine
04 / MandateUS
Urban Residential Development
Organised placement of senior structured debt to fund a major urban residential development project in the United States.
Development FinancingSenior · Structured
05 / MandateUK · EU
Living Sector Operator
Sourced third-party equity partnerships and structured capital to fund the growth and pipeline expansion of an operating platform.
Platform CapitalisationJV Equity
06 / MandateUK
Co-Living Ground-Up Development
Bridge financing transitioning into senior and mezzanine debt for a ground-up co-living development.
Project-levelBridge · Senior · Mezz
V. How We Partner
An extension of your capital markets function.
01
Capital structuring
Pre-marketing diligence and structuring across equity, preferred equity and debt — before any investor engagement begins.
02
Targeted investor mapping
Jurisdiction-specific capital aligned with asset type, risk profile and execution strategy — never a scattergun approach.
03
Diligence & execution
We manage and coordinate investor engagement through diligence, credit approval and execution — alongside the sponsor.
04
Platform & JV formation
Support on joint-venture formation, platform-level partnerships and project-specific capital raises.
05
Follow-on & growth capital
Ongoing capital markets support for follow-on funding rounds and broader growth initiatives.
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Full transparency
Complete visibility of the sales cycle, close and continuous contact, and a discreet hand on sensitive conversations.
VI. Approach
Selective by design — partners stay close to every mandate.
Silver Spire Capital is run by a dedicated team that accepts a deliberately limited number of mandates each year. The managing partners lead every transaction directly — from origination through to close — so sponsors deal with the decision-makers at every stage, never a handover chain.
Larger placement firms run dozens of mandates concurrently across many partners. We have seen what that looks like from across the table: stretched coverage, slow responses, and a widening gap between what is promised at pitch and what is delivered after engagement. We have built the firm to be the opposite of that.
Our sponsors have the partners’ direct line and the time to use it. We make a point of being reachable at every stage of a process, and of staying close to the sponsor throughout — not only at transaction milestones.
VII. Contact
Speak with the team.
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