Faisal Butt
Investor Investor
Faisal Butt
Investor Investor
Greater London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Partner
2014 - Current
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.
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"
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
Education
Masters, Business Administration
2008 - 2009
BA
1995 - 1999