Operating model
How the platform sources, develops, owns, operates or manages the underlying assets.
For operating partners and managers
Find capital that fits the platform, not only the asset.
Selected portfolio, programme and platform requirements need a different brief from one-scheme financing. RAFT considers the operating model, pipeline, portfolio scale, deployment plan and track record alongside the underlying real estate, then confirms coverage before accepting the work.
A different capture
The manager and programme belong in the search brief.
The detailed route asks questions that do not belong in a single-project form. That gives RAFT a stronger basis for distinguishing an asset investor from a genuinely programmatic or platform-level partner.
Scale and programme
Portfolio scale, pipeline, deployment period and whether capital is asset-by-asset or programmatic.
Track record and alignment
Team history, realised outcomes, sponsor commitment, governance and reporting expectations.
The capital question
Who can back the relationship you are trying to build?
RAFT tests whether the evidence supports the platform, programme and manager, not simply whether a firm once invested in the sector.
The outcome
A shortlist for a longer-term capital conversation.
The search separates firms with credible platform or programme relevance from generic asset-level matches, while preserving the evidence and questions that still need confirmation.
Frame the platform
Capture operating model, scale, strategy and current pipeline.
Define the programme
Set capital route, amount, deployment timing and governance needs.
Challenge the fit
Review current evidence around both manager and asset strategy.
Prioritise partners
Focus on the firms and people suited to the intended relationship.
Start with a brief designed for operating platforms.
Submit the requirement for a coverage review. If it needs more than one Search or a broader mandate, RAFT will propose a bespoke scope before accepting the work.