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Slice of Capital

We structure high-impact real estate developments with strategic capital access.

Delivering strong returns and long-term value through exclusive opportunities and deep sector expertise.

13/08/2026

Real estate exposure without direct ownership sounds simple in theory: the difference is in how the deal is actually structured underneath it.

At Slice of Capital, every operation we bring to investors is backed by a real asset, secured by a first-rank mortgage or equivalent guarantee, and underwritten on its own merits, not bundled into a fund where you can't see what you actually hold. Terms and exit strategy are defined upfront, and we stay close to every operation from structuring through to repayment.

If you're building out an allocation to real estate-backed alternatives and want to see what's currently available, we'd welcome the conversation.

12/08/2026

Every developer we work with has heard some version of the same complaint about traditional financing: it's slow, it's rigid, and it doesn't flex when the deal does.

That's the gap we built Slice of Capital to close.
Whether you need to move fast on a land acquisition, fund infrastructure works between sales phases, or bring in equity for a ground-up development, we structure the capital around what your project actually needs, not a standard product with your name on it.

If financing has ever been the reason a good deal moved slower than it should have, let's change that for the next one.

10/08/2026

Four case studies. Two different challenges, a multi-block development, and a land acquisition through an SPV. One underwriting standard behind all of them.

Whether you're financing your next acquisition or looking to deploy capital into vetted real estate operations, this is where that conversation starts.

07/08/2026

Over the past few weeks, we've walked through two very different operations, Residencial Maia Oporto, and Oporto Raízes in Gondomar, each with its own challenge, structure, and security profile.

What ties them together isn't the location or the asset type. It's the underwriting standard: first-rank guarantees, individual review of every deal, and close monitoring through to exit. Capital and returns were repaid in full, on schedule.

For CFOs and CIOs weighing real estate as part of an alternatives allocation, that consistency is the point.

28/07/2026

Land-acquisition financing carries a specific kind of risk: the asset being purchased is often worth far more once construction is approved and underway than it is on day one.

That's why every land-acquisition operation we bring to investors is anchored in a first-ranking mortgage, a clear read on the project's urban-planning status, and, where possible, visibility into the value the completed building is expected to reach.

Later this week, a case where that gap between land value and completed-building value tells the whole story.

22/07/2026

Sometimes a case study makes the argument for asset-backed lending better than any pitch could.

Oporto Raízes, a 226-apartment development in Gondomar, needed €2,000,000 to consolidate the land acquisition through an SPV. The developer had already committed €850,000 in equity. The land itself was valued at €2,814,000, but the completed building's hypothetical value was independently assessed at €47,272,810.

That spread, secured by a first-ranking mortgage and rated A, is why the operation reached 100% of its target financing and why land-acquisition deals like this remain among our most requested opportunities.

20/07/2026

It's one of the most underestimated gaps in residential development: sales can start before the infrastructure is complete, but the capital to finish the roads, utilities, and common areas still has to come from somewhere, often exactly when working capital is already stretched thin.

We structure financing specifically for this stage: development and infrastructure funding that bridges the gap between early sales and full project completion, secured against the land itself.

Later this week, a real example of this in action.

16/07/2026

Four blocks. One acquisition window. No room for a slow financing process.

Residencial Maia Oporto, a 76-unit development across four residential blocks in Maia, needed €2,315,000 to secure the land before the opportunity closed. We structured a 15-month bridge loan at a 11.00% nominal annual interest rate, secured by a first-ranking mortgage, with the developer having already committed 45% of the required funds in equity.

The exit was already lined up before we structured the deal: a pre-approval letter from a leading Portuguese bank for the construction phase, the kind of detail that turns a fast bridge loan into a well-anchored one.

14/07/2026

Multi-block residential developments raise a question single-unit projects don't: how do you structure capital so it works across every phase, without over-leveraging the first block to fund the last?

It's a problem we see often: developers with a strong plot and a solid plan, but a financing structure that wasn't built to flex across a multi-phase project.

Later this week, we're sharing a real example of exactly this kind of deal.

30/06/2026

We talk to a lot of developers who've been "about to sort the funding" for six months.

It's rarely laziness. It's usually a combination of three things:

→ Uncertainty about which structure is right for their stage
→ Not knowing where to find the right investors, or how to approach them
→ Underestimating what the delay is actually costing

That last one tends to land hardest when we put numbers to it.

Every month, a project sits unfunded or underfunded, costs accumulate, holding, financing, team, and opportunity. Market conditions shift. Pre-sales momentum slows. And the investors who were ready three months ago have moved to the next deal.

The projects that perform best aren't always the ones with the best locations or the highest specs. They're the ones where the capital structure was sorted early, properly, and with the right partner.

That's what we do. And it starts with a single conversation.

If your project has been waiting for the right moment to get the structure right, this is it.

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