About us
The bridge between distress, duty, and durable yield
Groundnova Group is a family of entities — not a single balance sheet pretending to be everything. In Portugal we operate through an IPSS-aligned NGO mandate focused on affordable housing and community rehabilitation. In the United Kingdom, dedicated group entities pursue distress and structured income — separated from the NGO narrative. In North America, Aurea Frux LLC (Wyoming) and our Ontario partner entity anchor US and Canadian pipelines.
This page is written for experienced allocators, operators, and family offices who already understand illiquidity, authority risk, and the difference between a portal listing and a proprietary book.
Portugal
Why Portugal now — and why an NGO is the key
Portugal offers something no other EU market combines: EU rule of law and euro liquidity, a Lusophone bridge to Angola and the Lobito critical-minerals corridor, transatlantic AI infrastructure at Sines, domestic lithium with strategic EU status, and a regulated MiCA banking pathway — all while affordable housing remains the country's most visible structural failure.
- Decree-Law 97/2026: 6% VAT rehab, CIA/IHRU contracts, RSAA affordable-rent exemptions
- Sines: Nuvem (Google) and Equiano cables — Europe's Atlantic digital gateway
- Lobito Corridor: copper, cobalt, and lithium from Central Africa to the Atlantic via Angola
- Barroso lithium: EU CRMA Strategic Project — domestic battery-supply theme
- Bison Bank: first Portuguese bank authorised as MiCA CASP
- Start Campus / Setúbal–Sines: gigawatt-scale compute and deep-water port capacity
- Montijo airport corridor: Lisbon capacity expansion under active development
- IPSS & ARU frameworks: bureaucratic market, but associative fast-track where discipline holds
- Off-market stock: inheritance channels, devolutos, and probate leads that never reach Idealista
- Land and devoluto stock still below Northern EU rehab exits — equity manufacture before repricing
United Kingdom
UK operating entities — separated from the NGO mandate
UK activity runs through dedicated group entities including IWMI Property Ltd. The focus is pre-insolvency portfolios, motivated sellers, council-backed income research, and structured exits — clearly separated from Portugal social housing mandates.
- Pre-insolvency and distressed portfolio channels
- Turn-key opportunities from motivated sellers
- Deferred payment and rent-to-buy structures under counsel review
United States
Aurea Frux LLC — US platform partner
Aurea Frux LLC (Wyoming) is the US partner entity within the group. Active register themes include distressed commercial and multifamily, government-backed income models, CMBS/REO wholesale, and grid-adjacent infrastructure — entered via joint venture where suitability is confirmed.
- Aurea Frux LLC · Wyoming — US holding entity
- Distressed acquisition and infrastructure pipelines
- JV entry on verified opportunities, not pooled fund placement
Canada
Aurea Frux · Ontario — Canadian partner entity
Our Ontario partner entity focuses on power-of-sale, BIA receivership, CMHC-linked multifamily, and BESS/grid proximity plays — complementary to the US platform and separated from Portugal NGO activity.
- Ontario distress and receivership register
- Grid-adjacent and infrastructure co-investment themes
- Cross-border structures subject to suitability review
Deal structures
Entry on your terms — not the portal's
Our pipeline includes pre-insolvency portfolios, below-market rehabilitation stock, and turn-key opportunities from motivated sellers. Investors enter through joint ventures on specific projects, with deferred payment schedules tied to rehabilitation milestones — reducing upfront capital without sacrificing control or upside.
- Pre-insolvency and distressed portfolios before formal processes
- Below-market acquisitions with rehabilitation-led value creation
- Deferred payment — capital deployed as works progress
- Turn-key stock from motivated sellers ready for immediate income
- Inheritance and probate channels that never reach Idealista
- Rent-to-buy pathways aligned with local demand
How we source
Solutions amid distress — before the market prices the story
We are specialists in locating asymmetry: receivership timelines, insurance lapses, licence cancellations, covenant stress, and public-sector procurement windows. Our consultants and broker network feed a single internal register with verification states — not a marketing brochure.
- Opportunities screened through a five-stage assessment pipeline
- Evidence standard published on our methodology page
- Restricted materials remain restricted until you are qualified
The register is not public
If your mandate fits — institutional ticket, operator partnership, or joint venture — submit the enquiry form. We respond to qualified counterparties; we do not run a retail funnel.
Open enquiry formNothing on this page constitutes an offer, solicitation, or guarantee of returns. Entity roles and registrations are available on written request.