NEW YORK · AI-FOCUSED INVESTMENT
Westminster & Partners is a New York-based investment business developing an AI-focused venture strategy. Founder relationships, commercial judgement and cross-border legal experience shape the questions we ask.
LP enquiriesFund strategy in development. No committed investor capital or fund performance record is represented. Approach and fund design
Anonymised client case study
An anonymised first-year client result, including setup and recurring delivery costs. Economic benefit is not necessarily cash savings; this is customer ROI—not fund or investor performance—and results for other clients may differ.
First-year customer ROI = (USD 36,000 − USD 30,000) ÷ USD 30,000 = 20%.
AI Founders Connect is a separate community initiative connected through our founder. Its programme history informs our questions, not a claim of investment performance or exclusive access.
6 markets · 4 countries
Bay Area, Cambridge, London, New York, Paris and Sydney.
Where Founders Meet CapitalAI Founders Connect, a separate community initiative
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April 2026
67
Ticket records
March 2025
41
Ticket records
May 2025 to January 2026
34 to 54
Paid registrations, approximately 59% growth
AI Founders Connect community records, not Westminster fund returns. Ticket records are not independently verified physical attendance, investor counts or portfolio companies. University venues do not imply endorsement. Cambridge's growth measures paid registrations, not investment performance.
Attorney-at-law & Barrister, Fund Manager · Founder
Bridging Law and EntrepreneurshipCity Ventures, founder interview
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Commercial judgement, governance and transaction terms connect his legal background to Westminster's developing investment approach. Legal and community experience are not an attributable fund track record.
Full founder biographyBarrister in England and Wales and attorney-at-law in France. Cross-border legal experience informs our attention to rights, governance and risk.
A published author and contributor to FT Adviser, a Financial Times publication.
AI and financial advice: AI in advice firms: what advisers need to know — FT Adviser, 18 July 2024.
Technology and the practice of finance: “AI will make managing money a whole lot easier” — FT Adviser, 13 May 2024.
The founder's journey: Starting Up and Standing Out! — City alumni profile, 14 April 2023.
LinkedIn profileAuthor of four books.
Smart Contract: The Rise of Decentralised Finance, by Muklesur Bharuya, Attorney-at-law & Barrister, Fund Manager — book cover.
Books and published workMeet the team behind Westminster & Partners’ developing investment business.
Muklesur brings a cross-border legal perspective to governance, risk and transaction preparation. A former public prosecutor and Slaughter and May lawyer, he serves on CISI's FinTech and Risk committees and contributes to FT Adviser, a Financial Times publication.
Operations Lead | Principal Support
Based in New York, Stacy coordinates priorities, meeting preparation and follow-through. Her executive-operations and client-service experience includes SPS and Williams Lea. She works with Muklesur to organise document workflows and maintain reliable communication with founders and professional advisers.
Investment Operations Associate
Based in New York, Natalia supports opportunity research and diligence coordination. Her experience includes investment administration at IQ-EQ and fund administration at Alter Domus. She prepares company briefs and organises source documents and outstanding questions for traceable review.
Legal & Transaction Operations Coordinator
Based in London, Richard coordinates with the New York team on document control, deadlines and signing administration. His experience includes Howard Kennedy and the Law Society of England and Wales. He keeps review materials organised and outstanding actions visible.
These team roles are distinct from appointments to manage a fund or serve on its investment committee.
Our analytical method separates customer value, company economics and the terms of an investment. We examine full costs, trace the source evidence and test the downside before treating growth as value.
The fund strategy and operating arrangements remain in development. Targets and modelled allocations are not capital raised, current holdings or adopted terms.
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