Blue Coast Capital

About Blue Coast Capital

Blue Coast Capital Limited is the London-headquartered single-family office of the Lewis family, descendants of Bernard Lewis the founder of the 1960s British retailer Chelsea Girl and its successor brand River Island. The entity was incorporated on 1 May 2019 at Seymour Mews House in London Marylebone, and unites previously separate Lewis investment vehicles under a single Blue Coast brand. Blue Coast operates entirely separately from the River Island retail business itself. Assets under management are not publicly disclosed as of December 2024, with industry profiles describing a multi-billion-USD diversified balance sheet across asset classes. The structure is a single-family office deploying long-duration equity from family balance sheet rather than third-party limited partner funds. There are zero named blind-pool funds, with the firm operating a deal-by-deal direct investing model. The team of approximately 35 people including seven partners covers investment origination, asset management and operations across the asset classes.

Investment thesis

Blue Coast Capital pursues a long-duration single-family-office equity investing strategy across direct private equity, real estate, hospitality and leisure, consumer brands and selective public markets. The model is described as source, own and operate rather than time-limited fund investing. Sector focus spans real estate covering office, hotel, retail, industrial and multifamily, hotels and leisure, consumer brands, finance, and growth-stage technology and digital media. Geographic scope is UK headquarters with on-the-ground offices in Continental Europe covering Germany, France, Spain and Poland, Israel and the United States. Ticket size is not formally disclosed, with deal sizes ranging from minority growth-equity cheques to large real-estate platform investments. The capital base is the Lewis family balance sheet as a single-family office with no external limited partners. Value creation operates through permanent and patient capital with multi-decade horizons, operational involvement via the family retail and consumer operating heritage, and the 35-person team covering origination, asset management and operations.

Recent activity

Recent investments include Everyman Cinema in consumer and leisure (ongoing as of 2024), THG in consumer and e-commerce (pre-IPO investor) and Moonbug Entertainment in media and kids content (pre-acquisition investor). Notable exits include THG in consumer and e-commerce (2020 LSE IPO) and Moonbug Entertainment in media and kids content (2021). The firm reports four IPOs and two acquisitions across its lifetime portfolio. The platform continues to deploy Lewis family balance-sheet capital across direct private equity, real estate, hospitality and leisure, consumer brands and selective public markets. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €49/month.