UCEA Family Office

Investor profile

UCEA Family Office is a London-based single-family office of Portuguese origin, now operating across its third generation of family stewardship. Headquartered in Mayfair, London, with representative offices in Lisbon, Zurich, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, and New York, the firm brings a global footprint to its investment activities. Previously anchored in real estate development across Portugal, UCEA has evolved into a diversified multi-asset family office with a particular emphasis on growth-stage and impact-oriented investments. UCEA's leadership team brings over 100 years of combined experience across executive management, private equity, real estate, clean energy, and international finance. The firm invests across equities, debt finance, real estate, fixed income, and alternatives, with a sector focus on four core themes: Sport and Wellbeing, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Technology and Financial Inclusion, and Energy and Sustainability. The firm pursues both direct investments and co-investments, leveraging its extensive relationship network to provide specialised expertise and strategic guidance to portfolio companies from pre-seed through to growth-stage rounds. Investment ticket sizes range from £100,000 to £3 million for pre-seed, seed, and occasional Series A investments, with capacity for £5 million to £50 million under specific circumstances for Series B, growth rounds, private equity, and distressed assets. Notable portfolio holdings include AMLO Biosciences, Chakra Growth Fund, OpenDrives, Kanna Health, T45, and Intuition Robotics. UCEA's geographic scope spans Portugal, Spain, India, West Africa, the United Kingdom, Southern Africa, and Latin America. The firm's investment philosophy is grounded in long-term capital deployment, entrepreneurial partnership, and a commitment to generating positive social and environmental impact alongside financial returns.