Eight Capital Partners plc (ECP) today provided an update on its strategy and activities.

The Board has undertaken a review of ECP’s business. As a result, ECP intends to supplement its current business model by establishing an integrated mid-market specialist merchant banking advisory and investment business operation, focusing on Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA).

This strategy aligns ECP with growing market demand, as the Board believes that mid-market companies across the EMEA region are underserved by traditional financial institutions. This provides an opportunity for ECP to develop a dedicated platform combining advisory, capital access and investment expertise.

This strategy will be developed across three core business lines:

1. Investment Management

ECP intends to launch its own private equity and private debt funds, initially through partnerships with regulated fund managers. The first fund launches are targeted for H1 2026.

2. Advisory Services via Eight Capital Advisors LLP

The Company recently incorporated Eight Capital Advisors LLP, a wholly owned subsidiary headquartered in London, with an office in Hong Kong to follow. This advisory business will provide:

• M&A and capital markets advisory services;
• fund advisory and structuring services;
• cross-border capital introduction between Europe, Switzerland, the Middle East and Asia; and
• advisory support to ECP’s own investment funds.

This will allow ECP to connect high-growth companies with global pools of capital while offering its investors proprietary deal flow and merchant banking opportunities.

3. Digital Asset Management

ECP is assembling a sector-expert digital assets team to develop and distribute digital asset investment products, provide advisory services and build a regulated market-facing presence in this fast-growing asset class.

Where required, ECP will obtain the necessary regulatory permissions either by applying directly for authorisations, acquiring entities that already hold the relevant licences, or entering into strategic partnerships with appropriately regulated firms to ensure full regulatory coverage across all business lines.

The execution of this strategy will be led by the newly appointed Executive Chairman, Federico Bazzoni, who brings over 30 years’ experience building and scaling financial institutions across Europe and Asia.