Hospitality and leisure · Equity capital raising

Hospitality equity capital raising

Development, joint-venture and growth equity for hotels, resorts, wellness destinations and hospitality platforms seeking USD 5m or more.

Hospitality equity capital raising
The financing decision

Choose the structure around the operating reality

The capital case must connect real-estate value, operating performance, brand and management arrangements, seasonality and the route to stabilised cash flow.

We begin with the commercial objective, the amount and timing of capital, the evidence available and the authority to run the transaction. The resulting route can then be tested against realistic investor, lender or buyer criteria.

Typical uses of capital

  • Land, construction and pre-opening costs
  • Renovation, repositioning and brand conversion
  • Portfolio or operating-platform expansion
  • Recapitalisation after stabilisation
Decision information

What counterparties will test

Hospitality and leisure evidence

  • Site, approvals, design and construction status
  • Operator, brand, management and incentive terms
  • Occupancy, rate, ancillary revenue and seasonality
  • Pre-opening, ramp-up and working-capital requirements
  • Exit value, refinancing capacity and sponsor support

Mandate readiness

  • Funding requirement of USD 5m or more
  • Clear ownership and decision authority
  • Historical financial and operating information
  • Defined use of funds and transaction timetable
  • Management availability for diligence and negotiation
Structuring routes

Structures to evaluate

The route is selected after reviewing cash flows, control, security, dilution, timing and counterparty appetite.

Development joint venture

For a project combining sponsor contribution with investor equity through completion and stabilisation.

Preferred or structured equity

For a negotiated priority return and defined protections within the capital stack.

Platform growth capital

For operating groups expanding across multiple properties, concepts or markets.

Execution

How the mandate progresses

  1. Separate property and operating-company economics
  2. Build development, opening and stabilisation scenarios
  3. Prepare market, brand and sponsor evidence
  4. Target hospitality, real-estate and private investors
  5. Negotiate governance, waterfall, completion and exit terms

The sequence is adapted to transaction readiness, confidentiality and the selected capital route.

Relevant live work

Current mandates in this market

Public mandate summaries are current at the website build date. Detailed information is available following counterparty qualification.

Current mandate
USD 18M

Hospitality and wellness destination — development capital

Hospitality · India · Development Capital

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Questions, answered

Hospitality equity capital raising questions

Hotels, resorts, wellness destinations, serviced accommodation and hospitality operating platforms may be considered for mandates from USD 5m upwards.

An identified operator or credible operating plan can materially strengthen the financing case. The requirement depends on project stage and investor profile.

Yes. A development equity structure can cover eligible land, construction, fit-out, pre-opening and working-capital requirements within an agreed sources-and-uses plan.

Site control, project status, development budget, programme, market study, operator terms, financial model, sponsor contribution and exit plan are normally central to review.

Discuss a hospitality equity capital raising mandate

Share your company, transaction type and approximate ticket size. A partner will review the fit for a USD 5m+ mandate.

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