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Clearwell Capital Extends Partnership with Fasanara Capital, secures £150 Million Facility from HSBC to Accelerate SME Housing Developments
15 May 2025
London, 15 May 2025 – Clearwell Capital has renewed its partnership with alternative asset manager Fasanara Capital and secured a new £150 million funding facility from HSBC to enable small and medium-sized residential developers to build much-needed homes across the UK.
The funding takes Clearwell’s total capacity for residential development finance to over £250 million, reflecting continued and growing institutional support. This includes £100 million from long-standing partner Fasanara Capital and now significant support from HSBC.
The new capital will be deployed to support small and mid-sized housing schemes, with a strong emphasis on quality, viability, and timely delivery.
HSBC’s support reflects rising institutional confidence in independent lenders that demonstrate robust lending practices, strong credit governance, and tech-enabled operations.
Over the past five years, Clearwell Capital has developed a proprietary Loan Management System (LMS), designed specifically for development finance, which tracks both construction progress and sales in real time.
The expanded partnership marks a major milestone in Clearwell’s growth and reinforces its ambition to become a leading institutional platform for SME development finance.
Ed Marley Shaw, CEO of Clearwell Capital, said: “Both HSBC Fasanara share our long-term vision and commitment to SME developers. This facility reflects our institutional readiness and our belief in doing development finance the right way. We can now focus on what we do best: backing deliverable housing projects across the UK.”
Francesco Filia, CEO of Fasanara Capital, added: “Clearwell remains at the forefront of the use of intelligent systems to deliver asset-based lending. The addition of HSBC provides added firepower, helping us deliver scalable solutions for UK housing.”
Oke Uwakwe, Managing Director, Structured Finance at HSBC, said: “We are pleased to extend this facility to Clearwell Capital, supporting their growth strategy and helping them to accelerate delivery of housing across the UK.”
About Clearwell
Clearwell Capital specialises in providing tailored development finance for residential schemes typically ranging from £1 million to £10 million, targeting projects across England, Wales, and Scotland. The company focuses on delivering ‘everyday homes for everyday people,’ bridging the funding gap often faced by smaller developers. Strategic partner, Fasanara Capital has provided support since 2021.
Over the last five years, Clearwell Capital has invested significantly in building an institutional-grade infrastructure, combining prudent risk management with advanced loan processing and underwriting technologies. This readiness was key in attracting backing from global institutional partners.
About Fasanara
Founded in 2011, Fasanara Capital is a London-headquartered, FCA-authorised global asset manager and technology-driven investment platform.
It manages $5 billion in Fintech-focused strategies on behalf of some of the largest pension funds and insurance companies in Europe and North America. With a team of over 110 professionals, Fasanara is a pioneer in Fintech-originated Asset-Based Lending – investing through semi-liquid private credit funds that deliver real-economy impact.
Fasanara’s proprietary technology platform integrates with 141 fintech lenders across more than 60 countries, powering the largest and longest-standing Fintech Lending fund in Europe. In 2018, it launched Fasanara Digital, one of the industry’s first market-neutral digital asset funds. Today, Fasanara Digital is a $280 million platform with a 20-person team running a diverse suite of strategies, from high-frequency trading to venture investments.
Fasanara also backs early-stage fintech innovators through its venture capital vehicles, leveraging its central position in the ecosystem to identify and support the next generation of transformative companies.
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