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Capital that earns its return.
DEMAR operates a debt-free, escrow-protected residential development model in Nairobi. Capital deployed alongside founder equity, governance audited annually, alignment with IFC EDGE and Scandinavian DFI standards.
Investment thesis
The Nairobi premium residential market is structurally underserved.
Demand is large, qualified, and globally informed — UN, diplomatic, multinational, diaspora — and supply is dominated by undifferentiated developer-template product. DEMAR’s onliness — Danish in-house architecture, EDGE certification, debt-free escrow-protected model — is unreplicable in under 18 months by any local competitor and remains unattractive to the larger international developers. The market gap is structural, not cyclical.
Capital model
How DEMAR is funded.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Project entity | Single-purpose vehicle per project |
| Debt | Zero. Brand commitment, not temporary. |
| Equity | Founder equity + JV land contribution + outside capital |
| Buyer funds | Held in escrow at named bank · monitor-released against milestones |
| Distribution | On handover · annual to capital partners thereafter |
Governance
Audited annually. Reported quarterly.
Board oversight by founders + two independent advisors. Quarterly investor letter. Annual audit by Big-4 firm in Nairobi. Independent project monitor signs every milestone certification before any escrow tranche is released.
Standards alignment
Standards we align to.
IFC EDGE — preliminary on every project, final on completion.
Scandinavian DFI ESG framework — environmental, social, governance.
NSE corporate-governance standards — adopted voluntarily.
Anti-money-laundering KYC — every buyer and capital source.
Returns track record
Returns track record.
CPH is the first work. Returns track record will publish on completion of CPH (Q3 2027). Until then, we report the work and invite you to verify it. The deck includes the financial model, sensitivity analysis, and the comparable benchmarks we are tracking against.
Confidential. For prospective capital partners only.