Team & Partners

Our team and venture partners

Behind every Spire backed business sits a hands on team and a bench of experienced operators, investors and sector specialists. Together they give our founders the expertise and networks to build market leading companies.

Faisal Butt

Faisal Butt

Managing Partner & Founder

Faisal founded Spire Ventures in 2011 with the backing of UK and international investor groups. He has built and exited multiple platforms across real estate, investment management and technology, bringing capital, a global investor network and 15 years of hands on experience taking property businesses from inception to exit.

In 2015 he founded Pi Labs, Europe's first proptech investment platform. He holds an MBA from Oxford and a degree in Economics and Computer Science from UCLA, and is a recipient of the Estates Gazette Power List and Oxford's Skoll Scholarship.

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Veer Mehta

Veer Mehta

Investment Director

Veer identifies exceptional founders and the sectors where Spire sees the opportunity to build market leading businesses, bringing the two together. He then works alongside those founders to turn ambition into enduring companies, providing strategic, financial and operational firepower and access to the firm's networks.

A hands on operator, he drives execution across sourcing, due diligence, capital structuring and portfolio performance, and sits on the boards of several Spire backed ventures. He holds a BSc in Philosophy and Economics from the London School of Economics.

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Venture Partners

The bench behind every business we back

Founders gain access to a deep network of operators, investors and sector specialists who support them on strategy, hiring, capital and the path to exit.

Faisal Ashraf
Faisal Ashraf
Capital Markets & US Networks
$40bn+ CRE transactions
Tamim Jabr
Tamim Jabr
Real Estate Finance
Kingdom Holding, ex-Deutsche Bank
Phil Cowans
Phil Cowans
AI Strategy & Product
Ex-CTO, Songkick & Nested
Barrie Heptonstall
Barrie Heptonstall
B2B Sales Coach
60+ startups including Calm (unicorn)
Andrew Baum
Andrew Baum
Real Estate Strategy & Network
Professor, Oxford Saïd Business School
Tom Bloxham MBE
Tom Bloxham MBE
Urban Regeneration & Placemaking
Founder & Chairman, Urban Splash
Muhannad Abulhasan
Muhannad Abulhasan
Real Estate Private Equity
Arzan Financial Group
Suliman Al-Aujan
Suliman Al-Aujan
Real Estate Private Equity
Urbium Capital; ex-Credit Suisse
Victoria Hill
Victoria Hill
Leadership Performance & Coaching
20+ years investment & human capital
James Caan CBE
James Caan CBE
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor
Built and exited multiple recruitment companies
David Newnes
David Newnes
Residential Property Operations
35 years at LSL; IPO & MBO experience
Deepak Jalan
Deepak Jalan
Financial Strategy & Business Building
Hamilton Bradshaw; PE & operational scale-up