Gaw Capital Partners, through its funds under management, and its consortium partners, acquired 29 Hong Kong-based community shopping centers and associated facilities in March 2018 and March 2019.
Gaw Capital Partners officially started to operate over 29 assets and facilities near the public estates and established “People’s Place”. “People” stands for the public and the residents, whereas “Place” here is an allusion to the idiomatic Chinese term for a location of virtue and tradition, as well as a well-governed community; “Place” also connotes the solidarity of the local neighborhood. All in all, “People’s Place” stands for a place rich in sentiments and compassion, bringing strangers together in constructing a vibrant, cozy living environment. People’s Place aspires to transform obsolete commercial facilities into vibrant community hubs by creatively utilizing its space and bringing brand new experiences to residents, tenants and community stakeholders. 
In partnership with experienced educators in China, Gaw Capital has invested in the development and operations of Stellart International School of Arts (SISA), an international arts education platform in China. The platform is initially seeded by a commercial site conveniently located in Sanshan New Town in Nanhai, Foshan, which has excellent connectivity nationally via the Guangzhou South Station. The site has a GFA of c.50,000 sqm in total. Operating under the SISA brand and developed by Gaw Capital Partners, the school houses up to 600 full-time high school students in its 6-storey tall academic block and 7-floor dormitory. 
May 28, 2021, Hong Kong – Real estate private equity firm, Gaw Capital Partners, announced the final close of its first commingled growth equity fund, Gaw Growth Equity Fund I, bringing the total equity raised for the fund (plus co-investments closed to date) to over US$430 million.
Launched in late 2020, Gaw Growth Equity Fund I invests in proptech and real estate-related operating companies that are high growth and highly scalable with a primary geographical focus on Pan-Asia. The fund closed with US$332 million in total commitments and is approximately one-third committed.
Investors in Gaw Growth Equity Fund I include sovereign wealth funds, endowments and other top-tier institutional investors who have invested in the prior flagship Gateway Funds, as well as new investors in the vehicle.
Christina Gaw, Managing Principal, Co-Chair of Alternative Investments at Gaw Capital Partners, said, “We are delighted to be closing Gaw Growth Equity Fund I successfully in such a short time. The institutional investors’ commitments to our Gaw Growth Equity Fund I reflects their readiness to allocate more of their capital towards proptech and ESG related investments, given the attractive market opportunity and rapid growth of the sector. It is also a strong vote of confidence in Gaw Capital’s ability to identify compelling opportunities in the booming proptech sector and an endorsement of the team’s extensive knowledge about proptech development, and its intrinsic link to the traditional real estate industry.”
Humbert Pang, Managing Principal, Co-Chair of Alternative Investments at Gaw Capital Partners, commented, “It is a great time to start a proptech fund as real estate owners globally are starting to become more engaged in the technological adoption during the pandemic. In addition to traditional brick-and-mortar real estate investments, Gaw Capital is embracing new opportunities in this new economic environment by not only providing capital, but also our in-depth expertise in management and global outreach to help those real estate technology companies to grow and thrive. Our vast real estate portfolio will complement proptech companies in adopting the new technologies to implement more ESG initiatives for energy savings, improving operational efficiencies and providing a testing ground for innovation. Moreover, we have already started to adopt multiple technologies in the space under our management.”
One of the key milestones in Gaw Capital Partners’ proptech investments was its investment in Beike, the leading integrated online and offline housing transaction and service platform in China, which received investment from Gaw Capital Partners in a Series D financing round. The firm successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2020. Other investments include Ziroom, the largest asset management player in the co-living space in China; Tencent Trusted Doctors, a leading online-offline medical service provider in China combining online doctor-to-patient services with offline facilities; SensorFlow, a Singapore-based proptech startup that helps hotels and commercial properties optimize their energy and operational efficiency; and Switch Automation, a global real estate software company that helps property owners and facility managers reduce operating costs, improve energy efficiency and deliver exceptional occupant satisfaction.
Leveraging highly successful fundraising, Gaw Capital Partners is ranked fifth in the PERE’s first list of global dedicated property technology fundraising, the PropTech 20, which ranks the top 20 managers raising funds dedicated to property technology investments globally since 2016.