Hamilton Bradshaw

Hamilton Bradshaw describes itself as pairing aligned capital with 20 years of operating experience across founder partnerships, real estate lending and fund investments. It was founded in 2003 by James Caan CBE, who serves as Chairman & Founder. The firm presents four mandates — Grow, Scale, Lend and Invest — and reports recent activity across three platforms, including Build Your Business, Real Estate Lending and Fund Investments. Its Build Your Business platform backs founders in professional services, co-investing with them either to launch a new firm on a joint-venture basis or to provide growth capital to an established firm, alongside back-office infrastructure and operating input.

Hamilton Bradshaw was founded in 2003 by James Caan CBE. The firm states it has spent four decades building, backing and exiting founder-led businesses, and describes its approach as finding the right people, developing the leadership around them and building enterprise value that lasts beyond a single cycle. It pairs aligned capital with 20 years of operating experience across founder partnerships, real estate lending and fund investments, and presents four mandates: Grow, Scale, Lend and Invest. Its Build Your Business platform backs founders in professional services, co-investing with them either to launch a new firm from a standing start on a joint-venture basis or to back an established firm with growth capital, and provides funded runway, working capital, back office and operating experience.

Aligned capital and hands-on operating experience; "We back people, not products or services."

1. 1Hamilton Bradshaw — Backing Founders, Real Estate Finance, Fund Investmentshamiltonbradshaw.com
2. 2Build Your Business — Backing Founders in Professional Services | Hamilton Bradshawhamiltonbradshaw.com