Brussels · Madrid · DACH 2026

Bespoke capital across Europe’s real estate stack.

Preferred equity, debt, co-investment and recapitalisation for top-tier European sponsors — mid-teen net IRR with structural downside protection. AI-backed, human-led.

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€4.5BN+
Combined deal volume
70+
Deals · all asset classes
45+ yrs
Combined front-office experience
7
Core asset classes
Combined past track record of the founding partners — Sheelam Chadha (Savills · IVG · TRIUVA · PATRIZIA · Atenor) & Maria Laguna (IVG · TRIUVA · PATRIZIA · DeA Capital). Figures reflect transactions led prior to Dry Capital.
In motion

Dry Capital,
in motion.

Who we are

Capital intelligence,
founder-led discipline.

Dry Capital is an AI-backed, human-led capital firm and recap platform. We connect institutional capital with top-tier European real estate sponsors — structuring bespoke equity and debt solutions across the capital stack, where the deals are actually sourced.

01 / 03Principal mindset

Underwritten like our own

Every mandate underwritten like our own balance sheet. Priced for the market that exists, not the one we’d like.

02 / 03Pan-European reach

Where deals are sourced

Brussels HQ, Madrid coverage through Lake Capital for Iberia, DACH next. Local relationships across the corridors that matter.

03 / 03Human-led by design

Senior from first call

Small enough to be selective, senior enough to move fast. Founder-led from first call to close.

What we do

Capital solutions across
the full stack.

Four ways we put asset-backed capital to work in live sponsor situations — from rescue recaps to seeded platforms.

01 / 04Recap

Dynamic Recapitalisation Yield

Unlock liquidity trapped on sponsor balance sheets. Preferred equity, whole-loan and secondary structures that reset the cap stack without forced sales.

02 / 04Debt

Senior · Whole-loan · Mezz

Bespoke debt solutions with institutional and private credit partners. Refinancing, extensions and bridges at market-realistic pricing.

03 / 04Equity

Preferred · Co-invest · JV

Co-investment curated from our off-market pipeline — mid-teen net IRR profiles, clear downside protection, structural alignment with the sponsor.

04 / 04Raise

Platforms · Funds · Club deals

End-to-end capital formation for platforms and seeded vehicles. SCSp / Club Deal structuring and a relationship-led introduction process.

Seven asset classes
OfficesRepricing fastest; selective core-plus below replacement cost.
ResidentialStructural undersupply; pref equity above stretched senior.
HotelOperational recovery; cashflow visibility re-rating.
Land & Dev.Liquidity gaps; co-invest to carry through delivery.
LogisticsRents resilient; refinancing technicals create entries.
RetailYields overshot; prime grocery-anchored mispriced.
Social Infra.Government-backed, index-linked income — schools, health, care homes.
Track record

Forty-five years,
all asset classes.

Our partners have personally led €4.5BN+ of transactions and 70+ deals across seven asset classes — at Savills, IVG, TRIUVA, PATRIZIA, Atenor and DeA Capital. Figures illustrative; specifics under NDA.

Case 01 · Recap

Residential portfolio

Preferred equity recap

€40–60M portfolio facing a refinance cliff. Preferred equity above senior released trapped equity, avoided a forced disposal at trough pricing, preserved 100% of recovery upside for the GP.

Case 02 · Equity

Prime development

Co-invest raise

Co-investor roadshow run alongside a leading sponsor. Aligned interests, preserved developer liquidity through delivery, de-risked entry for institutional and family-office LPs.

Case 03 · Raise

Platform vehicle

SCSp / Club Deal

Legacy residential and mixed-use repositioned into a new vehicle. Recapitalised at honest valuations, blended with fresh acquisitions, brought to institutional and family-office LPs.

The team

The partners
behind the platform.

Two founding partners with 45+ years of combined front-office experience across European real estate — equity, debt, development and capital markets. Founder-led from first call to close.

Sheelam Chadha
Sheelam Chadha
Founder

Nearly 20 years of institutional experience across Continental Europe — senior roles at Savills, IVG, TRIUVA, PATRIZIA and Atenor, overseeing transactions exceeding €2 billion across office, residential, logistics and retail. Founded Dry Capital in 2025.

Brussels, BelgiumLinkedIn →
Maria Laguna
Maria Laguna
Iberia Partner · Lake Capital

Over 25 years of institutional real estate investment across Southern Europe. Head of Iberian Transactions at IVG, TRIUVA and PATRIZIA until 2020, before establishing DeA Capital’s Iberian platform. Acquisitions across logistics, residential, office, retail and hospitality.

Madrid, SpainLinkedIn →
How we work

AI-backed,
human-led.

Real estate runs on paper and patience. Dry Capital doesn’t — our platform was built AI-native from day one. LPs see the same numbers we see, at the same time.

01

Interactive decks

Investment memos published as live web decks — filterable scenarios, embedded models, permissioned access.

02

Live dashboards

Real-time position and market dashboards for every mandate — pricing, pipeline and portfolio metrics from source data.

03

Underwriting engine

Live cashflow models with scenario toggles, sensitivity analysis and stress tests — cap-stack and waterfall variants on demand.

04

Investor portals

Dedicated client-branded portals — investor updates, document rooms and deal materials in one curated place.

05

Deal-flow intelligence

Continuous ingest of transactions, rents and yields with automated comps, benchmarking and sub-market signals daily.

06

Reporting & waterfalls

Auto-generated quarterly letters, preferred-equity waterfalls and capital-account maintenance — LP-ready and auditable.

Insights

Views & market
memos.

A running view of how Dry Capital sees the European cycle — written from Brussels and Madrid, roughly monthly. Opens on drycapital.eu.

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2026 Real Estate: For Masochists Only — Or Am I Mentally Deranged?
17 Mar 2026
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Madrid Calling
03 Feb 2026
07
Europe’s Capital Magnets
17 Dec 2025
06
YOU’RE FIRED…
10 Nov 2025
05
How Many Euros Are Chasing Each Euro? The New Math of Real Estate Capital
22 Sep 2025
04
From Recap to Real Life: Why Capital Restructuring Might Be Your New Best Friend
14 Jul 2025
03
The Blossoming New Era of Secondaries
28 May 2025
02
Secondaries, Shifting Capital, and the Rising European Edge
01 Apr 2025
01
Survive Till 25 — We Made It. Now What? Why Dry Capital?
15 Mar 2025
Press & market activity
Brussels · Madrid — 7 Jan 2026

Dry Capital expands into Iberia with Lake Capital partnership

A strategic alliance with Lake Capital, marking expansion into Southern Europe and the Iberian peninsula — combining Lake Capital’s sourcing and asset management with Dry Capital’s equity and capital solutions.

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Get in touch

Let’s talk
capital.

Whether you’re a sponsor facing a refinancing gap or an LP looking for asset-backed exposure to the recap cycle — a direct line to the deal team.

Request the Investor Brief

A concise, evolving view of how we see the European recapitalisation opportunity — the thesis, the platform, and where capital is being deployed today.

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Direct line to the deal team

Brussels · HQ

Rue des Atrébates 112
1040 Etterbeek, Belgium

Madrid · Lake Capital

C. del Marqués del Riscal, 2
Chamberí, 28010 Madrid

Email & social

info@drycapital.eu

LinkedIn — @drycapital