PERFORMANCE

Equities 

Urban CAPITAL Private doesn't believe in self-congratulatory slogans and grandiose claims.  We're a small shop - very small in fact - but our returns are fine. Dull but fine.  

Whilst we're not exactly killing it, it's fair to say that on most measures, matched against most benchmarks, pitted against most professional money manager with their hordes of analysts, mathematicians, quant boffins, super-computers and rocket scientists, Urban CAPITAL Private is doing OK.  Our only regret is the fact that we didn't invest infinitely more capital to facilitate an early retirement in one of the world's few remaining tax havens...and listen more closely to my heavily tattooed golfing buddy in 2015 when he told me to back up the truck on Bitcoin.  Sometimes the more you know, the less you know. Great call Rhys Paku. Great call.

Start-ups

We’re still patiently waiting for our first overpriced exit...and wont be holding our breath in the interim.  A recent investment in the Craft Brewing space is one of the more promising opportunities we’ve encountered over the journey - and the best AGM we’ve had the privilege to attend ;-)

Post Script Edit: Scratch that optimism about the Craft Brewing opportunity. Was a nuclear level fail not unlike the experience of an Iranian nuclear scientist occupying a uranium enrichment facility with a US B2 bomber flying overhead. Ugly stuff.

Our Philosophy  

Urban CAPITAL Private tries to call things pretty straight.  We love markets and hate governments - some more than others.  We're reasonably good at picking winners in the equities space, borderline in the property space and, to date, pretty ordinary in the start-up space.  Fortunately, it's our money to lose and we don't need to justify anything to anyone.  The markets will undoubtedly keep our egos in check and our temperament humble.  We don't for a second pretend that our historical results can be replicated and we don't have the first clue what any company will do over any time period in the future.  What we can say is the more we read, the more we listen, the more dots we can join...the luckier we seem to get.