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“Keeping business in the family.” That’s the leitmotiv behind the launch of Castelnau Capital, a SF with the mission to acquire and grow one outstanding British business. Darshan Chohan and Miguel Limón met in 2019 through Darshan’s sister, who is now Miguel’s wife. Over the past six years, they have built a relationship grounded in mutual trust and family values, which led them to establish Castelnau and pursue ETA together.
They are supported by a team of SME-focused entrepreneurs and institutional investors from the UK and globally, including Ambit Partners, Endurance Search, Orca, Innesto Partners, Inseta Partners, Legacy Partners, ONEtoONE Asset Management, Pina Capital, SFClub, Simon Webster, Frank Kenny, Jürgen Rilling, and Cabiedes Inversiones.
Darshan is a corporate lawyer turned SME and enterprise sales operator. He built a career as an M&A lawyer at Linklaters before leading Commercial and Sales at Supercritical, a high-growth tech startup, as employee #8. Prior to launching his SF and while completing his MBA at INSEAD, he first interned at RTP Global, a French VC, before joining SF Successr Capital, working with the founder on proprietary deal sourcing and due diligence of live opportunities.
Miguel brings a mix of strategy, operations, and finance experience. Born and raised in Mexico with a background in family business, Miguel moved to the UK in 2019 to pursue his MBA at London Business School. As a Management Consultant at Kearney, first in Mexico and then in London, he has over a decade of experience in finance, retail, energy, and private equity across Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
They look for B2B services, SaaS, or tech-enabled businesses, ideally offering a mission-critical solution. Target companies should have £1–5M in EBITDA, with recurring or highly predictable revenues and strong margin potential. They also value a differentiated or defensible market position, such as niche expertise, intellectual property, or regulatory barriers, supported by strong growth potential.
