Private Investment Group

Capital for founders building high-margin opportunities.

Basel Investment Group reviews and backs selected businesses where sharp execution, strong margins and timely capital can create meaningful upside.

Submit your opportunity How we invest

5-day first review Discreet, deal-by-deal Direct + investor network

Active mandate

Where capital meets margin.

Indicative deal types reviewed in the last 12 months.

Inventory financing

Manufacturing capital

Bridge facilities

Premium product launch

Supplier opportunities

Growth equity (small)

Typical ticket

€100k–€2M

First review

5 days

Currently reviewing opportunities · EU & UK

What we invest in

The shape of opportunity we look for.

We are sector-agnostic but pattern-specific. The deals that move through our pipeline share six characteristics — sharp margins, defined capital needs, and a founder we believe can execute.

High-margin businesses

Defensible unit economics where every additional euro of capital deployed generates predictable upside.

Fast-growing projects

Founders who have already proved demand and need fuel, not validation. Speed matters more than process here.

Quick capital input needs

Time-bounded opportunities where pre-agreed structures and decisive review unlock outcomes others cannot reach.

New ventures with strong upside

Pre-launch projects with validated demand, a clear margin envelope, and a founder ready to operate at intensity.

Scaling existing businesses

Operating companies with traction that need additional capital to step from one tier to the next without dilution.

Founder-led opportunities

Owner-operators with the discipline to run lean, communicate cleanly, and own the outcome of every deal cycle.

Our approach

Every investment is its own project.

A repeatable framework, applied case by case. From first read to capital deployment, we stay close to the opportunity and the founder.

Opportunity Review

Every submission gets a structured first read. We answer "is this a fit?" within five business days.

Margin & Risk Assessment

We model the unit economics, stress-test the assumptions, and identify the variables that actually move the outcome.

Founder & Team Evaluation

Capital amplifies whoever runs the business. We spend serious time understanding how the founder operates under pressure.

Capital Structure

Bespoke terms — debt, equity, mixed, or milestone-based. Whatever fits the deal, properly documented.

Execution Plan

A clear deployment plan with checkpoints, capital tranches if relevant, and the operational support agreed up front.

Investment Decision

A direct yes or no. If "no", a candid explanation. If "yes", we move to documentation and capital deployment immediately.

Why founders work with us

Flexible, fast, and operationally serious.

We move at the speed real founders need, with the discretion they expect. Every conversation is direct, every structure is bespoke, and every commitment is owned personally.

Investor network

Direct capital plus a curated investor circle — sized to the deal, not the other way around.

Direct capital capability

When speed and decisiveness matter more than syndication, we deploy directly.

Practical understanding

Every reviewer at Basel has run a business. You will not waste time explaining why margin matters or how supply works.

Quick review process

Five business days from submission to first answer. Most reviews are done in three.

Discreet discussions

Submissions are reviewed inside a tight circle. No public diligence, no leaked decks, no broadcast.

Deal-by-deal structure

Each opportunity is structured on its own merits. No fund template forcing a wrong fit.

Selected case studies

Where capital, margin and execution lined up.

Anonymized examples of recent deals — illustrative of the structures we typically work with.

Consumer Electronics · Inventory Capital

Consumer Electronics Expansion

Challenge

A fast-moving e-commerce operator had pre-validated demand for a high-margin consumer electronics line but was inventory-constrained heading into peak season. The opportunity required commitment of working capital ahead of a 90-day sell-through window.

Capital structure

Inventory financing structured against confirmed marketplace velocity, with revolver mechanics so the operator could redeploy as stock rotated.

Outcome

Full sell-through inside the season; €2.1M of incremental revenue captured. Capital recycled into a second SKU range in the following quarter.

Investment logic

Margin profile was already proven, the founder had the operational discipline to execute, and the timing risk was bounded by the season — a textbook short-cycle deployment.

Premium Goods · Manufacturing Capital

Premium Product Launch

Challenge

A founder had completed a concept-to-prototype cycle on a premium home goods product, validated through a pre-order list, and required capital to fund first-batch manufacturing, packaging design, and EU market entry.

Capital structure

Mixed structure: production financing plus a small equity tranche, with manufacturing milestones tied to capital release.

Outcome

Initial production batch sold through in eleven weeks, retained 38% gross margin, and unlocked a second production run financed from operating cash flow.

Investment logic

Strong founder, validated demand, and a defensible margin envelope. Manufacturing risk was the only material variable, and that was bounded by the milestone structure.

Operating Business · Bridge Capital

Short-Term Growth Injection

Challenge

An operating business with fifteen months of trading history was offered an above-market wholesale allocation from a key supplier — but only against a 30-day commitment.

Capital structure

Short-term bridge facility, repayable from the resulting inventory turn, structured with a clean exit and pre-agreed terms.

Outcome

Allocation secured. Inventory turned in 47 days at the modeled margin. Bridge repaid in full, founder retained the supplier relationship for future cycles.

Investment logic

Time-bound supplier opportunities with clean math are exactly where speed of capital matters most. The founder had the track record to underwrite the execution risk.

What we look for

The signals that move a deal forward.

We make every read in the same disciplined order. Below are the eight signals we look for before we move past a first-pass review.

Clear margin structure

Unit economics that hold up to a stress test, not a pitch deck.

Realistic numbers

Forecasts grounded in defensible assumptions, not aspirational spreadsheets.

Serious founder

Operator-level intensity, clean communication, and ownership of the outcome.

Defined capital need

A specific number tied to a specific use, not a round-up "anything will help".

Scalable upside

Headroom for the deal to compound — not a one-off project that caps at break-even.

Clean execution plan

A clear sequence from capital to revenue, with the bottlenecks named honestly.

Strong product-market fit

Evidence of demand — pre-orders, traction, or a track record in the same channel.

Transparent communication

No coyness about the hard parts. We work better with founders who tell us what is broken.

Submit your opportunity

Tell us about your project.

Submissions are reviewed within five business days. If your opportunity fits the framework above, we will be in touch personally to schedule a deeper conversation.

Ready when you are

Have a high-margin opportunity ready for review?

Five-day turnaround. Discreet review. Direct answers — including when "not yet" is the right one.

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