Shared 15 May, 2025
Puma Property Finance has formed a strategic capital partnership with Madison International Realty after the New York-headquartered
private equity giant acquired a 24.5% stake in the specialist UK real estate lender.
Madison said the deal with Puma, a company that has provided more than £2.5 billion of developments with senior debt across the living
and commercial sectors, will help to increase its investment in high growth real estate operating platforms.
In particular, the US firm has said it is focused on providing strategic growth capital to vertically integrated middle-market real estate operating platforms in the US, UK and Europe.
The US firm said this would allow Puma to build a seed portfolio of high-quality senior development loans to experienced UK developers
in predominantly living sectors. It also means Puma can increase its maximum loan size to £100 million.
Mo Saraiya, managing director at Madison International Realty, said in a statement: “Our investment in Puma is the latest in our strategy of providing liquidity solutions and growth capital to strong management teams through a bespoke combination of property and entity level investment. “This transaction is a testament to the market position that David and his team have established to date. We believe the unmet demand for development financing in the UK puts specialist, flexible lenders like Puma in a strong position to support the best borrowers delivering high quality, sustainable projects in sectors with strong fundamentals.”
David Kaye, founder and CEO of the Puma Capital Group, said in a statement: “This important partnership from a highly respected institutional investor reflects the excellent team we have built at Puma. “We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the team at Madison and believe they share the values and ambition of our Group. We are confident that they will add significant value and expertise and we are very much looking forward to working with them.”
Paul Frost, managing director, Puma Property Finance, added: “This partnership marks a significant milestone for our business, allowing us to access substantial additional capital at attractive pricing and providing us with the firepower to launch our first discretionary institutional debt fund. “The Madison partnership will enable us to expand the reach of our core development finance offering, including upping our maximum loan size to £100 million, whilst also increasing our provision of stabilisation lending for operational assets. Crucially it means we can do even more to support UK developers at a time when demand for our lending solutions is high.
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BuiltAPI GmbH, the company pioneering API-driven data infrastructure for real estate investment and asset management, has successfully closed its latest funding round backed by industry leaders including Second Century Ventures, TDS, and Propertymark. The investment marks a major milestone as BuiltAPI expands its services across Europe and the UK, following its graduation from the REACH UK Accelerator Program.
BuiltAPI tackles one of the real estate sector’s most persistent problems: fragmented, siloed data ecosystems. The company provides a robust API framework that enables seamless connectivity between legacy systems, modern SaaS tools, and intelligent automation platforms — with interoperability, governance, and cybersecurity at its core.
“We’re building the backbone of real estate data infrastructure,” said Olga Dentzel, Co-Founder of BuiltAPI. “This funding and the support of the REACH UK program are accelerating our ability to deliver secure, scalable integrations to clients across borders.”
BuiltAPI’s technology is already making an impact with major real estate institutions such as HIH Real Estate and its fund service platform INTREAL, through their digital unit INTREAL Solutions. These collaborations highlight a shared vision for practical and scalable digital transformation in real estate asset and investment management.
“The industry doesn’t need yet another tool — it needs a connective tissue,” added Ivan Nokhrin, Co-Founder of BuiltAPI. “Our mission is to empower real estate professionals to access, share, and act on their data securely and without barriers.”
Graduation from the REACH UK Accelerator — the scale-up program backed by Second Century Ventures – marks BuiltAPI’s official entry into the UK market. The program has played a key role in unlocking investors support and refining BuildAPI’s growth trajectory.
BuiltAPI GmbH, the company pioneering API-driven data infrastructure for real estate investment and asset management, has successfully closed its latest funding round backed by industry leaders including Second Century Ventures, TDS, and Propertymark. The investment marks a major milestone as BuiltAPI expands its services across Europe and the UK, following its graduation from the REACH UK Accelerator Program.
BuiltAPI tackles one of the real estate sector’s most persistent problems: fragmented, siloed data ecosystems. The company provides a robust API framework that enables seamless connectivity between legacy systems, modern SaaS tools, and intelligent automation platforms — with interoperability, governance, and cybersecurity at its core.
“We’re building the backbone of real estate data infrastructure,” said Olga Dentzel, Co-Founder of BuiltAPI. “This funding and the support of the REACH UK program are accelerating our ability to deliver secure, scalable integrations to clients across borders.”
BuiltAPI’s technology is already making an impact with major real estate institutions such as HIH Real Estate and its fund service platform INTREAL, through their digital unit INTREAL Solutions. These collaborations highlight a shared vision for practical and scalable digital transformation in real estate asset and investment management.
“The industry doesn’t need yet another tool — it needs a connective tissue,” added Ivan Nokhrin, Co-Founder of BuiltAPI. “Our mission is to empower real estate professionals to access, share, and act on their data securely and without barriers.”
Graduation from the REACH UK Accelerator — the scale-up program backed by Second Century Ventures – marks BuiltAPI’s official entry into the UK market. The program has played a key role in unlocking investors support and refining BuildAPI’s growth trajectory.
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