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Kilverstone is a private investment and advisory group headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It deploys its own patient, principal capital into established operating businesses, venture and growth-stage companies, and real assets — and advises founders, families and boards on succession, M&A and capital structure.

Kilverstone is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and considers opportunities across the UK, Europe and further afield. Its interests in the United Arab Emirates are operated through European Technical, a Dubai-based company and the group's UAE operating company.

It does two related things. It invests its own capital as a principal owner of businesses and assets, and it advises the owners of businesses on major decisions — a sale, an acquisition, a refinancing or a generational handover. Kilverstone does both, and can put its own capital behind its advice, so counsel carries conviction rather than just a fee.

Three areas: profitable, established operating businesses with defensible positions; scaling venture and growth-stage companies with clear unit economics; and direct real-asset holdings selected for durable income and capital preservation. The firm is sector-generalist but selective — it prioritises the quality of the business and the people behind it over any single industry.

Both. For established operating businesses Kilverstone will often take a significant minority or majority position; for younger growth-stage companies it typically takes structured minority stakes. The structure is built around the owners and the business, not a fixed template, and control is designed deliberately in each case.

Indefinitely, where that is the right answer. Because Kilverstone invests permanent capital rather than running a fund with a fixed life, there is no countdown forcing a sale. Many relationships are designed to be held for the long term and, in some cases, across generations.

Both activities sit within the group. Advisory work may be fee-bearing, and principal investing is done with the group's own capital. Where advisory and capital are combined, the terms are agreed openly so the group's interests stay aligned with the owners it advises.

Call 050 168 5444 (or +971 50 168 5444 from outside the UAE), message the team on WhatsApp, or write to info@kilverstone.net. Initial conversations are confidential, informal and carry no obligation.

Yes. Confidentiality is standard practice for the firm, and a mutual non-disclosure agreement is normally put in place before commercially sensitive information is exchanged. Many of the firm's most important relationships are never publicly disclosed.

Kilverstone conducts its activities through appropriately regulated counterparties where regulation is required. The firm invests as a principal with its own capital and provides advisory services on a private basis. Specific regulatory arrangements are confirmed directly with counterparties as part of any engagement.

European Technical is the group's UAE operating company, based in Dubai. It is a licensed home-maintenance and technical-services business and forms the group's operating presence in the United Arab Emirates. Its website is europeantechnical.ae.

Because the firm invests permanent capital and decides with a small, senior team, it can move quickly when the situation demands it. The first conversation is the fastest place to start: call 050 168 5444 or message on WhatsApp.