Eastwood

What Eastwood does

Eastwood Investment Group Limited is a founder-led, privately owned real estate development, investment, and asset management firm headquartered at Ideas House, Eastwood Close, London E18 1BY. The company operates as a co-investing asset manager, deploying its own capital alongside a select group of UK and foreign investor partners — including pension funds, family offices, and developers — to source and execute UK real estate opportunities on a 'hands-free' basis for its LPs. The four core service lines are Asset Management, Planning Promotion, Development Management, and Private Equity/Venture Capital (Eastwood Ventures), deployed across Living (residential for-sale, BTR, affordable, PBSA, co-living, retirement, care homes, hotels), Working (offices, industrial, logistics, life sciences), Strategic Land, Renewables, and Partnerships verticals. The firm targets mid-market, opportunistic, and value-add opportunities throughout Greater London, the surrounding Home Counties, and key UK growth cities.

Eastwood's revenue model blends professional-services fees (asset management fees on co-invested capital, JV structuring) with transactional returns (planning gain on consented land, development profits on refurbishment and ground-up schemes, equity participation in JV projects) and PropTech venture upside via its minority stakes in Valos, Lendlord, and Party Wall Partners. Its go-to-market is direct and relationship-driven: specialist investment advisors collaborate with individual and institutional investors to construct tailored strategies, with additional distribution via SIPPs for individual investors. The customer base is composed of enterprise counterparties — Galliard Homes, City & Docklands, VFund, Ask Partners, Pink Pension Fund, Esso, Osea Construction, Formosa Construction, Brightage, and Docklands Estates & Lets — spread across JV deals rather than recurring SaaS contracts.

The firm runs a lean 1–10 person team led by co-founders Philip Chadda MRTPI (planning & development) and Joshua Prince MRICS (business operations), supported by Jamie Gordon (acquisitions) and David Napier (asset management). Differentiators rest on founder credentials, an established network of architects, planners, engineers, and property specialists, and the alignment signal of investing own funds alongside partners. The firm holds no disclosed patents, has no proprietary technology stack, operates no app or public API, and earns no disclosed revenue or external funding, indicating a capital-light, relationship-driven boutique model rather than a scaled technology platform.

Name

Eastwood

Legal name

Eastwood Investment Group Limited

Website

https://eastwood.uk.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eastwood Investment Group is a founder-led London real estate development, investment, and asset management firm that co-invests its own capital with select UK and foreign partners across mid-market planning promotion, development, and asset management opportunities in Greater London, the Home Counties, and key UK growth cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Development & Investment

NAICS

Real Estate Credit (522292), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), Other Financial Vehicles (525990)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Investors, Nec (6799), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJABAI

Investment Sales Brokerage

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

SECONDARYBPAJAAAE

Residential Investment Property Brokerage (SFR/Small Multifamily)

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Residential Real Estate Brokerage

SECONDARYBPAJABAD

Multifamily Brokerage

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

SECONDARYFSANAAAL

Venture Debt Providers

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Venture Capital Firms

Keywords

• Real estate development
• Property asset management
• Planning promotion
• Joint venture funding
• Proptech venture capital

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Co-Investment Asset Management Fees: Eastwood earns fees as a co-investing asset manager, working with external investor partners to source and manage UK real estate investments. They provide 'hands free' delivery of investment opportunities.
2. Planning Gain: Generating returns through strategic acquisition of planning consent and subsequent value creation on land and assets.
3. Development Returns: Returns from residential and commercial refurbishment and development projects, either building out projects themselves or selling to other developers.
4. Investment Returns: Returns from residential or commercial investment properties held in portfolio.
5. Joint Venture Funding: Provides up to 100% joint venture funding for property related projects including planning gain, development, and asset management.
6. PropTech Venture Returns: Returns from investments in early stage property related technology businesses including Valos.ai, Lendlord.io, and Partywallpartners.co.uk.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Eastwood is a founder-led, privately owned real estate development, investment, and asset management company based in East London. The company actively acquires, manages, and develops mid-market, opportunistic, value-add real estate opportunities throughout Greater London, the surrounding Home Counties, and key UK growth cities, investing its own funds alongside a select group of UK and foreign investor partners. Its four core service lines are Asset Management, Planning Promotion, Development Management, and Private Equity/Venture Capital (Eastwood Ventures), deployed across residential, commercial, strategic land, and renewable energy verticals.

Product overview

Eastwood is a founder-led, privately owned real estate development, investment and asset management company based in East London. The company operates as a unified platform offering four core services: Asset Management (sourcing, acquiring, and managing properties with value-add potential), Planning Promotion (unlocking land value through planning consent), Development Management (end-to-end project management from planning through construction), and Private Equity/Venture Capital (providing up to 100% joint venture funding and PropTech investments). These core services are deployed across five vertical market segments: Residential (Private for Sale, Build to Rent, Affordable Housing, Care Homes, Retirement Living, PBSA, Hotels, Aparthotels, Co-Living), Commercial (offices, industrial, logistics, life sciences), Strategic Land, Renewable Energy (solar, wind, biomass, battery storage), and Ventures (PropTech investments in Valos, Lendlord, Partywall Partners). The company also manages a network of strategic partnerships and joint ventures to deliver projects for operator partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Eastwood Ventures: Private equity and venture capital arm dedicated to supporting and nurturing ground breaking ideas and businesses, with investments in property related technology businesses including Valos and Lendlord.
• Eastwood Investment Group

Products and services

• Asset Management Real estate asset management services that source, acquire, and manage residential and commercial properties with value-add opportunities, typically through co-investment with investor partners to maximize returns.
• Planning Promotion Strategic land promotion services that unlock value by obtaining planning consent, with options to sell sites with consent to developers or build out projects independently.
• Development Management End-to-end project management covering the planning stage (consultancy, viability assessments, S106 negotiation) through construction (employer's agent, contract administration, surveying, fund monitoring).
• Eastwood Ventures (Private Equity / Venture Capital) Provides up to 100% joint venture funding for property projects (planning gain, development, asset management) and invests in early-stage PropTech businesses such as Valos, Lendlord, and Party Wall Partners.
• Residential Development Residential real estate development spanning Private for Sale, Build to Rent, Affordable Housing, Care Homes, Retirement Living, Student Accommodation (PBSA), Hotels, Aparthotels, and Co-Living schemes.
• Commercial Development Commercial real estate development including offices, industrial facilities, logistics hubs, life sciences spaces, hotels, and aparhotels, leveraging podium and modular construction techniques.
• Strategic Land Promotion Green and strategic land acquisition and promotion through planning agreements with landowners, typically structured via options or subject-to-planning arrangements for optimal long-term land use.
• Renewable Energy Projects Development of renewable energy projects including solar farms, battery storage, biomass, and wind turbines as part of a sustainable real estate portfolio.

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ValosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly stage PropTech investment. Valos (valos.ai) is a property technology business in which Eastwood has invested, representing Eastwood's venture capital activities in the real estate technology sector.
• LendlordminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly stage PropTech investment. Lendlord (lendlord.io) is a property technology business in which Eastwood has invested as part of their venture capital portfolio.
• Party Wall PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly stage PropTech investment. Partywallpartners.co.uk is a property technology business in Eastwood's venture capital portfolio.
• SheltercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEastwood has formed a meaningful partnership with Shelter, a homelessness prevention charity. The company actively raises funds to support Shelter's crucial initiatives through community initiatives such as bucket collections and industry networking events.
• J-LivingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoshua Prince serves on the property committee of J-Living, a housing association providing sheltered accommodation to the elderly. Eastwood collaborates closely with J-Living on development projects.
• Forward HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoshua Prince holds a non-executive board member and charity trustee position at Forward Housing, part of the Thera Trust, which supports adults with learning disabilities. Eastwood collaborates with Forward Housing.
• Formosa ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction partner for Stepney Way, London development (nine apartments in five-story city fringe building).
• Osea ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction partner for Royal Docks, London development.
• Boleyn PhoenixminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerClient for West Ham Football Stadium redevelopment consultancy role - project management for demolition and 842-home village development at Boleyn Ground.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Telford Homes: London residential developer focused on Build to Rent, PRS, and private for-sale schemes with institutional partners. Overlapping product set and London emphasis.
• Criterion Capital: Privately held London-based real estate investment and development firm with planning-led value-add strategy, mixed-use and residential focus, and JV-style investor partnerships. Closely analogous to Eastwood's planning promotion and development activities.
• Galliard Homes: London development firm active in large residential schemes (PFS, BTR, hotel) and named in Eastwood's partnership data as a JV partner on Royal Docks and 40 Marsh Wall. Closely comparable product mix and London geography.
• Hadley Property Group: Family-backed London and South East residential developer and investor combining direct development with JV funding from external investors. Comparable co-invest model and London/Home Counties focus.
• Regal London: Privately owned London residential developer and investment manager with a JV-funding model targeting institutional and family-office capital, similar in structure, scale, and mid-market value-add positioning to Eastwood.
• Dukelease: London-focused residential and mixed-use developer and asset manager with JV funding capability for mid-market opportunities, very comparable in product mix and geography.
• Londonewcastle: Boutique London-based developer-investor pursuing mixed-use, residential-led schemes through partnerships with landowners and investors. Similar scale and operating model.
• Mount Anvil: Boutique London-focused residential developer and investment manager with similar mid-market, value-add approach, JV funding model with investors, and focus on Greater London and South East. Strong overlap with Eastwood's residential and development management core activities.

Broad incumbents

• Helical plc: UK REIT and developer of office-led, mixed-use London schemes through JV partnerships. A larger listed incumbent operating with similar planning-led, JV-funded development approach to Eastwood's commercial/mixed-use activities.
• Argent (Related Argent): Large UK mixed-use developer and masterplanner (King's Cross, Brent Cross). Broader portfolio and scale than Eastwood but operates the same planning-led, JV-funded, mixed-use development model in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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