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Faisal Butt

Venture Capital Investor

Greater London, England

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Work Experience

2014

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2014

    Backing the innovators revolutionising how we live and work. Founded in 2014, London-based Pi Labs invests in early-stage startups which are transforming how we design, build and experience physical spaces. From sustainability, future of work, construction technology, and smart cities, to emerging areas like the metaverse and robotics, Pi Labs is actively scouting and backing innovative and scalable companies across all aspects of our physical world, investing at all stages from pre-seed to Series A as well as follow-on investment. Pi Labs are working hard to bridge the ESG gap, as 50% of their start-ups are laser-focused on enabling real estate to do better for people, businesses, communities and climate.

  • Investor

    2019

    Beaumont Bailey is a UK and international executive search firm specialising in board and executive leadership appointments across the Industrial, Infrastructure and Real Estate Sectors.

  • Investor

    2017

    Customer focused block and estate property management

  • Investor

    2020

    Independent real estate advisory firm providing real estate debt advisory, debt asset management and structuring solutions.

2011

  • Investor

    2011

    90 North is an independent investment advisory firm, specialising in socially responsible real estate investments, and with considerable experience working with Shari’ah compliant equity partners.

  • Founder

    2010

    Spire Ventures is the personal investment vehicle of entrepreneur and investor Faisal Butt.

  • Investment Director

    2009 - 2011

    • Originate, evaluate, and execute private equity and joint venture deals in UK SME business services sector

  • Strategic Consulting Partner

    2009 - 2009

    • Initiated and defined scope of Strategic Consulting Project in close collaboration with James Caan, CEO of Hamilton Bradshaw, a leading SME focused private equity firm • Selected, organized, and led team of four consultants to achieve project objectives • Analyzed private equity investment cycle including origination, due diligence, negotiation, closing, & exit • Identified operational inefficiencies, benchmarked processes with industry best practices, and delivered Strategic Consulting Proposal to CEO • Led the restructuring of private equity firm, with a focus on consistent investment process, streamlined origination, and portfolio management "value add"

2003 - 2007

  • Founder

    2003 - 2007

    Founder and CEO of award-winning, socially conscious e-business start-up

  • Business Analyst

    1999 - 2002

    Business Analyst at Fortune 500 Management and IT Consulting firm