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Who we are

Founded in 2019, Draycott currently invests across four asset classes:

  • Equity Consolidation & Buyouts
  • Real Estate Development and Yield
  • Venture Capital
  • Growth & Innovation

Draycott (Place) was our Founding Partner’s address when he started his career in Finance, over 20 years ago. Draycott is also a small and very rainy town in the UK, whose name derives from resembling words Dry Coat, in the sense of shelter and protection – very much aligned with the human and reliable relationship that we have with our invested companies, management teams and investors.

In fact, we invest in companies with the ambition of achieving their full potential, transforming them into bigger, more sustainable, and more resilient players, while having positive impact in their involving communities and environment. We think big and leave an impression in every company we invest in. We do it through an agile, human, and hands-on approach.

Dedicated senior team with relevant experience in Private Equity and Real Estate in Iberia

Meet the team
Draycott main team

20 years in the field

Hundreds of transactions completed

Unparalleled track record in the Portuguese market

in terms of profitability and speed of execution
portfolio

Differentiating Factors

1.

Positioning in segment of funds with medium size, centered in Equity / Buyouts opportunities

2.

Skin in the game – commitment from management team in each fund, typically above market average

3.

Proved track-record in Iberia market

4.

Concern and commitment to implement solid ESG strategy throughout the entire investment process

5.

Performance driven approach, aiming at multiplying invested capital vs. fees over Assets Under Management

“Draycott has provided a tremendous support to Totalmédia Group since becoming an investor. It gave us a strong support defining the group's strategy, maximizing our competitiveness, managing the financial topics, always coming up with innovative solutions, and, most of all, managing M&A processes, with enormous creativity and wisdom.
We've worked in absolute symbiosis. The management team has full autonomy in the daily business management, but always backed up by Draycott's team, composed by exceptional people, guiding the firm towards growth, with immense diligence but mainly great availability and enthusiasm.”

Frederico de Beck
CEO at Totalmédia Group

"Draycott has been with us since the beginning and has been a critical shareholder for Project To Be: straightforward, experienced, and always available to help unlock any situation or surpassing any difficulty"

João Stoffel
Managing Director at Project To Be

“Draycott has collaboratively participated in the management of Lisboa Camping & Bungalows since 2019, years marked by moments of pandemic crisis and relevant strategic decisions, namely in what concerned to the repositioning of the camping site and its financial management.”

Carlos Catarino
CEO at Lisboa Camping & Bungalows