Private investment & consultancy

Private capital,
applied with patience.

A London-based investment and consultancy company, working across property and corporate situations in the UK.

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Mons Calpe · the northern Pillar of Hercules

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  2. £0M Capital raised
  3. £0M Acquired
About

Calpe Capital is the joint vehicle of two operators. One side of the work is placing debt and equity for property and corporate borrowers from a network of lenders and family offices. The other side is principal positions and sector consultancy in the markets we live in day to day.

The track record above is what the two of us have done personally. The pipeline below is what we are working on now.

The name is the old one for the Rock of Gibraltar: Mons Calpe, the northern Pillar of Hercules. The two pillars in our mark.

Founded 2026. London-based. Founder-led, founder-funded.

Pipeline focus UK
Facility size £1m–£25m£1–25m
Lead sector Roadside
Working style Founder-led
Founding Partners

The people on the file.

Two principals. Different backgrounds, complementary networks. The person you meet is the person who runs the deal.

  1. Paul Scheunemann

    Paul Scheunemann

    Founding Partner

    Originally from Hamburg and based in London for the past six years, Paul is Head of Origination at a London private equity fund with over £1B in assets under management. He began his career in management consulting before moving into residential development and sales, where he has been responsible for £270m of transactions across prime central London, working with UHNW buyers and global investor networks.

    Away from the fund, Paul is the founder of a technology venture currently valued at £26m.

  2. Louis Frendo

    Louis Frendo

    Founding Partner

    Originally from Gibraltar, with childhoods in Singapore, Montreal and the Bahamas. London-based for the past two years, Louis is Acquisition Manager at a UK property developer focused on roadside and mixed-use schemes. He began his career in property finance, structuring debt and equity for developer clients before moving in-house to lead origination across drive-thru, hotel and supermarket-anchored sites.

    Alongside the development work, Louis is co-founder of a Jersey-based capital introduction firm. He has worked both sides of a deal: structuring the funding and buying the sites.

Selected projects
  • 60 Curzon
  • Agentwise
  • Stealth agritech
  • DAX & Fortune 500 consultancy
  • Preston
  • Norwich
  • Wisbech
  • Folkestone
  • Skelmersdale
  • Union House
Areas of expertise
  • Property finance
  • Property development
  • Acquisition
  • Sales
  • Lettings
What we do

Three strands. One mandate.

Capital, principal positions, and sector consultancy. All around one UK pipeline.

  1. Capital placement

    Sourcing and placing debt, equity and mezzanine for property developers, operators and corporate borrowers. Lender and family-office relationships across the UK and Switzerland. Facility sizes typically £1m to £25m. Engagement on a success-fee basis, no retainer.

  2. Principal investment

    A working pipeline of UK property opportunities across roadside, hospitality and mixed-use. We commit time alongside operating partners from origination through planning, and capital on deals we have followed end to end.

  3. Sector consultancy

    Acquisition work, site origination, tenant introductions and deal structuring. Our network runs deepest in food and beverage, hospitality and retail, with a particular focus on roadside and drive-thru formats. We act for the owner or the operator, never both on the same deal.

Sectors

Where we are most useful.

01

Roadside & drive-thru

Single-tenant and multi-let drive-thru schemes. Acquisition, planning, tenant placement and exit. Operators we work with include national F&B brands, EV charging networks and forecourt groups.

02

Hospitality & hotels

Franchise and limited-service hotels through to landmark London assets. Off-market introductions: acquisitions, disposals and forward sales.

03

Mixed-use & retail

Mixed-use schemes, supermarket-anchored sites and convenience retail. Pre-let and pre-funded structures preferred.

Selected work

Situations we have run.

Drawn from the principals' own record. Counterparties and full numbers are shared in person.

  1. Prime residential · Mayfair

    60 Curzon

    Sales and investor coverage, part of the £274m of London residential transactions in the principals' record.

  2. Roadside & drive-thru · Preston · Norwich · Wisbech · Folkestone · Skelmersdale

    UK roadside pipeline

    Site origination through planning on drive-thru and roadside schemes for a UK developer, with tenant engagement across national F&B, EV charging and forecourt operators.

  3. Debt & equity · UK and Switzerland

    Capital introduction

    £16.9m placed for property and corporate borrowers through lender and family-office relationships, structured deal by deal on a success-fee basis.

  4. Venture · Technology

    Agentwise

    A technology venture founded within the partnership, currently valued at £26m. Building it shapes how we read founder-led deals.

The fuller record, appraisals, completions and references, is available in person.

Principles

The way we work.

Few mandates, run properly

We take on what we can carry well. If we cannot give a deal the time it deserves, we say so.

Direct

The person you meet is the person on the file. No layers, no handovers.

Patient, not passive

We move when the deal is ready, not before. Once it is, we move quickly.

Contact

The door is open.

Email is best. The phone works too.

Email louis@calpecapital.co.uk
Phone +44 (0)7591 783 927
Office 10 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London W1U 8EZ