About
About BriHel Capital
BriHel Capital works with companies and projects seeking significant investment capital across energy, infrastructure, data centres, technology, MedTech and real assets. We review opportunities from the investor side of the table and introduce prepared opportunities to institutional capital.
The firm
Built on one observation.
Most companies that fail to raise institutional capital are not rejected because the underlying business or project is poor. They are rejected because the opportunity was presented before it was ready, or presented to investors whose mandate never fitted.
BriHel Capital was founded to close that gap. We assess opportunities against the criteria institutional investors apply, tell sponsors candidly what stands between them and investment, and introduce prepared opportunities to investors whose mandate matches.
Our role, stated plainly
BriHel Capital introduces only and does not arrange transactions, provide advice, or carry out regulated activities. All decisions, negotiations and transactions take place directly between the parties we introduce, each taking their own professional advice.
The name
BriHel is formed from the names of the founder's two daughters, Bridie and Helen. Every introduction made under the name is one we expect to stand behind.
People
Leadership
Small by design. Every opportunity has senior attention, and every introduction carries a name.
Derek Ludlow
Founder and Chief ExecutiveLeads origination and makes BriHel's introductions personally. Over 30 years connecting companies with capital and talent across renewable energy, hydrogen, infrastructure and digital sectors.
Daniel Harris
Chief Investment OfficerLeads investor intelligence and mandate mapping across BriHel's institutional investor records.
Juan Lopez
Senior Financial Modelling AnalystLeads the financial review within the Investor Readiness Review, rebuilding models the way an investor's analyst would.
Approach
How BriHel works
Senior led assessment
Every opportunity is assessed against investor fit, readiness, evidence and capital structure before an introduction is considered.
Mandate led introductions
BriHel focuses on relevance: sector, stage, geography, ticket size and capital type, rather than broad distribution.
Capabilities
What we bring
Sector depth
Ten sectors where capital requirements are large and evidence decides outcomes. Each assessed against the evidence its investors require.
Read moreInvestor intelligence
More than 2,000 institutional investor records mapped by sector, stage, geography, ticket size and capital type.
Read moreInternational reach
UK based, working with companies and investors across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Australia.
Find out what an investor will see before approaching the market.
The Investor Readiness Review is a fixed fee assessment of your opportunity, written from the investor side of the table. You receive a scored report, the issues most likely to stop an investor, and the order in which to address them.