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FeaturedCrowdfunding Set to Explode with Passage of Entrepreneur Access to Capital ActForbes By Adrienne Burke, February 29th ,2012
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Nearly $100 million in seed money was pledged last year to startups and creative projects through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.com-just one of many websites now dedicated to matching projects with people who have some means and desire to support them.
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Can Crowdfunding and Social Networks Forge Ties to Kickstart the Economy?Huffingtonpost By April Rudin, January 31st, 2012
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"David Drake", one of the co-founders of "The Soho Loft Capital Creation
Event Series", is enthusiastic about this opportunity. He is also founder
and Chairman of *LDJ Captial* in NYC where his passions for energy,
efficiency and real estate investments which intercorrelate directly with
the technology, media and telecom investment strategies of his firm. His
premise is that our current market system rewards short-term traders rather
than investors. This is just one of the reasons that he supports
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NewsAre Mobile Ads a Screen Dream or a Smokescreen?By Greencrest capital , March 7th ,2012
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GreenCrest Capital Management LLC (Hereafter “GreenCrest”) does and seeks to do business with companies
mentioned in this webinar. As a result, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict of interest
that could affect the objectivity of this webinar. Investors should consider this report as only a single factor in
making their investment decision.
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Your Entrepreneur World Changes When You Take MoneyFebruary 28th ,2012
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The naïve entrepreneur thinks he can relax, after he finally cashes the check from a professional investor, but in reality that's when the work and the pressure starts. His first reality reset is that now, maybe for the first time, he really has a boss, or several bosses, and often very demanding ones at that.
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Gate Technologies to Provide Lion Exchange Inc. With Its Platform of Innovative Financial Technology Solutions and ServicesMarketwatch By Gate Technologies ,February 21st ,2012
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Gate Technologies, a leading provider of electronic financial transaction systems, announces a new long-term services partnership with Lion Exchange. Under the terms of the agreement, Lion Exchange marketplace will now be powered by GATE Technologies' electronic transaction engine.
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No Bitter Aftertaste From This Stock OfferingNytimes By Jeff Sommer ,February 18th ,2012
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JIM KOCH is well known among beer aficionados for creating the full-bodied brew called Samuel Adams Boston Lager and for helping to foster the craft brew movement in the United States.
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GATE Technologies, LLC Paving the Way for the Secondary Trading of Limited Partnership InterestsMarketwire, February 13th, 2012
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Over the past year GATE Technologies, LLC has advocated on behalf of investors and supported legislation in Congress to change US regulations that apply to the trading of illiquid securities. GATE's efforts on behalf of investors have continued with an effort to change regulations that apply to the transfer of illiquid assets in secondary markets.
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David Weild: Rebuilding the IPO marketCrains New York By David Weild ,February 12th, 2012
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Don't be fooled by Facebook's dazzling $100 billion IPO plans: The 14-year drought for small IPOs is not about to magically disappear. Big-brand companies such as Facebook have the recognition to stoke demand for their IPOs, but most companies wallow in the quagmire of anonymity.
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Thumbs up, thumbs downHickoryrecord, February 3rd, 2012
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THUMBS UP to rare expressions of bipartisan cooperation on Capitol Hill. Over the past few days, Republicans and Democrats have stood together to advance important pieces of legislation. Most refreshing was our own U.S.
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Insight into Facebook's Three Day HaltBloomberg By Ari Levy, January 25th, 2012
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Shareholders of Facebook Inc., the social-networking site preparing an initial public offering, are facing a three-day suspension of trading on secondary markets this week, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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H.R. 2930 Crowdfunding Bill Sponsor Frowns on Senate Bills, Website SaysCrowdfunding DataFlow, January 24th, 2012
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H.R. 2930 sponsor Rep. Patrick McHenry said two competing Senate bills are flawed because they would not allow enough capital raising, according to a crowdsourcing.
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Forget Facebook, the IPO market is dying, says SecondMarket CEO Barry SilbertVenturebeat By Ben Popper, January 17th, 2012
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Bankers and brokers nibbled on spinach omelettes, looking out over a sumptuous view of midtown Manhattan, at a private breakfast thrown by Bloomberg Markets on the 29th floor of its Lexington Avenue building. Barry Silbert, the baby faced founder and CEO of SecondMarket, which facilitates trades in private tech companies,
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The way to an IPO - Facebook [Infographic]Memeburn By Michelle Atagana, Managing Ed., January 17th, 2012
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Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg's reluctance to comment on the impending offering, analysts and social media enthusiasts are awaiting the biggest IPO since Google's 2004 offering sometime in 2012.
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Mitchell C. Littman of Littman Krooks to Participate in SoHo Capital ConferenceLaw Firm Newswire By Law Firm Newswire, January 10th, 2012
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Mitchell C. Littman, Esq., of Littman Krooks LLP has been invited to participate in a panel discussion on the Capital Markets of Tomorrow-Meet The Pioneers of The Private Company Marketplace. Mr. Littman will discuss how the private company marketplace enriches private companies, investors and the economy at large.
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The New Capital Creation Marketplace with David DrakeMevio, January 7th, 2012
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In this episode, "David Drake" of "LDJ Capital" and "The Soho Loft" discusses his organization's upcoming event and the creation of a new type of capital market. With the traditional financial markets shutting out smaller companies and investors,
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Group to Push for "Customized SpreadsPehub,January 6th, 2012
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The dearth of small-cap IPOs has long been a popular topic to gripe about in venture circles. Usually the complaints focus on a short list of perceived causes: onerous regulations, too-big-to-care investment banks,
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How to invest in Facebook, Twitter before an IPOMoney.cnn By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech, December 21st, 2011
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The tech IPO market heated up in 2011 with Groupon, Zynga, LinkedIn and Pandora. But the two biggest names, Facebook and Twitter, remain private with no easy way for investors to buy shares directly.
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Zynga IPO Hurt By Tactical Errors: Implications for Facebook's IPOPrivco,December 20th, 2011
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ZYNGA's (NASDAQ: ZNGA) overly hyped IPO has been confirmed a dud on its second day of trading. Zynga's stock took a heavy beating on its opening day last Friday, falling as low as 12% below its $10/share offering price (already slashed from its initial pricing target of $25/share in June; Read more here) for an intraday low of $9.02 and closing at a meek $9.50/share | |||||||||||
International NewsLord Rothschild and Prince Charles launch alternative energy ventureCitywire By Sarah Miloudi, February 22nd, 2012
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Lord Rothschild's investment trust RIT Capital Partners has led a band of high profile investors - including the Duchy of Cornwall and supermarket Sainsbury's - into a £65 million new energy venture.
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What Cyprus can learn from the Norway modelCyprus-mail By Stefanos Evripidou, January 1st, 2012
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THE DISCOVERY of natural gas in the southern edge of Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone has the potential to inject billions of euro into the island's economy but without proper structures and rules to manage this massive wealth, the 'blessing' could easily become a curse
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Middle EastAbu Dhabi sovereign fund looks to buy India property: sourcesAlarabiya By Aditi Shah AND Dinesh Nair , March 9th 2012
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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, plans to invest directly in Indian real estate in an effort to diversify from its current strategy of ploughing money into the country through realty or private equity funds, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Finance House to sign up to Debts Settlement Fundkhaleejtimes By Haseeb Haider, March 8th 2012
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ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi’s Finance House will be the ninth financial institution, which will sign up to the Debts Settlement Fund, an initiative launched by the President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to bail out Emirati loan defaulters.
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78 offerings raised $ 1.12 billion in EuropeArab News, February 14th 2012
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JEDDAH: Initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) markets continued spiraling downward in the fourth quarter of 2011 summing up a difficult year for IPOs on the regional exchanges.
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Masdar City: The Most Sustainable City in the World to Open in 2025Oilprice By James Burgess, February 9th 2012
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The ambitious $19 billion Masdar City is already six years into production and has been set a completion date of between 2020 and 2025 (having worked with builders before I'd suggest that you should read this as "2025 at the earliest").
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UAE's Dolphin Energy to increase $1 bln bond issueReuters, February 9th, 2012
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Abu Dhabi's Dolphin Energy, majority-owned by state fund Mubadala, plans to raise between $200 million and $300 million on top of its recently-issued $1 billion bond, a statement from lead managers said on Thursday.
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Arab World to add more than 100,000 new hospital beds by 2050 to boost healthcare servicesZawya By MHill-Rom, January 25th, 2012
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Increased investments in new hospital build programmes in the GCC - up to $55 billion by 2020 -to help address hospital bed requirements in the region.
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One of a kindGulfweeklyworldwide By Stan Szecsowka, January 25th, 2012
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The mighty McLaren MP4-12C considered by motoring enthusiasts to be 'the national car of Bahrain' has arrived in the kingdom.
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Qatar Shows What Owning 10% of Porsche Can do For Your Police FleetAutoguide By Jason Siu, January 1st, 2012
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Each year on December 18th, Qatar celebrates its National Day of unification and and independence. And on that day, the citizens of Qatar get to admire the fleet
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Looking back at Qatar's economic success storyGulf-times By QNA/Doha, December 31st, 2011
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The year 2011 was record-breaking for the Qatari economy, reaffirming the country's position as one of the world's fastest growing economies amid fears of the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis and the US budget deficit.
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GCC C/A put at over $300bnEmirates247, December 31st, 2011
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Strong oil prices allied with higher output to sharply boost the combined current account surplus in Gulf hydrocarbon producers to more than
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Clean Tech and Energy Efficiency NewsTurning e-waste into green goldGulfnews By Rania Moussly, January 1st, 2012
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FundsHalo Report Illuminates Angel Investor TrendsTechnewsworld By Erika Morphy, March 12th, 2012
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Angel investors funded larger rounds last year and extended their reach to geographical areas off their usual beaten track -- that is, outside of California. Another trend was their favoring of healthcare over technology startups. That can be explained by the growing number of angel investors with backgrounds in the healthcare space, said CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal.
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Singapore Temasek setting up project finance firm-minReuters, February 17th, 2012
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Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd is establishing a specialised project finance company with a consortium of banks for mostly cross-border projects, the government said on Friday.
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Online Ad Management Software maker Marin Software Raises $30 Million in Latest Round of FundingItproportal, February 15th, 2012
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Marin Software - the maker of online ad management software announced that it has raised $30 million in a new investment round captained by Singapore based Temasek Holdings.
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The Norway v. Yale Models: Who Wins?Ai-cio, February 14th, 2012
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As investment professionals increasingly refer to Norway as a model for managing financial assets, a new paper contrasts the Norway Model -- an approach highly rated for its professional, low-cost, transparent, and socially responsible approach to asset management
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Adia leads global sovereign wealth fundsGulfnews By Babu Das Augustine, February 10th, 2012
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Dubai: The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) topped the list of the world's sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) with an estimated $ 627 billion (Dh2.303 trillion) of assets, according to the latest ranking by the US-based Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI).
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Rothschild vulnerable to Bumi coupCityam, February 10th, 2012
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NAT Rothschild is highly vulnerable to a coup attempt by rival investors in his Indonesian coal mining venture Bumi, as they square up for a pitched battle over control of the company.
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PE's secondary sales now acceptableThedeal By Vyvyan Tenorio, February 3rd, 2012
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About a year ago, New Jersey took the extraordinary step of disclosing details on secondary sales of private equity holdings from its pension funds. While not revealing the buyer(s) for the assets, New Jersey earns points for unveiling details that most public pension funds keep under wraps, either because of negative implications or pricing sensitivity.
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Norwegian pension giant expands footprint on Regent Street Propertyeu, January 26th, 2012
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Germany's IVG Immobilien has disposed of a prime mixed-use scheme on London's Regent Street for € 50 mln (EUR 60 mln) less than 18 months after having acquired it for € 40 mln.
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Also, Klein is set to speak at the "Soho Loft's Capital Creation and Crowdfunding Conference" to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 13-14, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. where attendees will be provided with key insight into the direction of the U.S. capital markets during this period of regulatory transformation.
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Crowdfunding for Capital Creation: Fad or Business Opportunity?Csrwire By Aman Singh, February 28th, 2012
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"You can't evolve into being a social media company. You have to be born social," began Lou Kerner, veteran internet analyst and former managing director of the Private Shares Group at LiquidNet, an institutional equities marketplace.
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Are you ready for crowdfunding? Capital formation is changing rapidly, especially when you consider how difficult it is to go public in today's climate. Among the many emerging alternatives is crowdfunding... and that means a new regulatory structure you'll need to
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Can Crowdfunding and Social Networks Forge Ties to Kickstart the Economy?Huffingtonpost By April Rudin, January 31st, 2012
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Crowdfunding is yet another example of America's pent-up demand to "crowd together" for daily deals via GroupOn, to 'Like" and "Friend" people via Facebook, to content share by tweeting and re-tweeting on Twitter and so on.
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Small investors may have chance to get shares of Facebook IPOLatimes By Walter Hamilton, January 31st, 2012
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Ordinary investors normally are relegated to the sidelines in red-hot IPOs, but there is speculation that Facebook may take steps to make some portion of its IPO shares available to small investors.
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"The SoHo Loft" Capital Creation and Crowdfunding Conference will provide the global investing community with key insight into the direction of the U.S. capital markets during this period of regulatory transformation
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Capital Creation and Crowdfunding Conference New York Jan 23rdDailycrowdsource By Nicolle Keogh, January 23rd, 2012
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You've heard about the U.S.'s involvement with capital formation, job creation, and the crowdfunding bill. You've witnessed changes in the capital markets and economic system, and you've watched how the Internet and mass media has, in recent years, revolutionized everything from innovation to the way business is done.
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MICROFINANCE OPINION: Crowdfunding May Be Next Frontier for Microenterpirse FundingMicrocapital By MicroCapital Team, January 22nd, 2012
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With institutional investors looking to amend their charters to allow private share purchases, I believe that the private company marketplace will start showing significant momentum in the first half of 2013.
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The SoHo Loft Capital Creation Event Series Announces the Premiere Private Markets and Crowdfunding ConferenceCsrwire By "The SoHo Loft Capital Creation", January 17th, 2012
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This conference aims to provide investment bankers, fund managers, incubators, analysts, entrepreneurs and secondary stock buyers with insights into the marketplace for private
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: LDJ Capital, NowStreet Media to Host "The SoHo Loft Capital Creation and Crowdfunding Conference (TSLCCAC)", January 23, 2012, New York, United StatesMicrocapital By Nisha Koul, January 13th, 2012
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This conference aims to provide investment bankers, fund managers, incubators, analysts, entrepreneurs and secondary stock buyers with insights into the marketplace for private
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Crowd & Cloud
US Senate pushes bills to boost small business
U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid announced plans on Tuesday to push forward legislation to spur capital formation for small businesses, an issue that has spawned a rare showing of bipartisanship.
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With November in Mind, House Passes a Jobs Bill
"Another measure would abolish an S.E.C. rule that prohibits small companies from advertising for investors, a ban that dates to 1982. The bill would also lift restrictions on “crowd funding,” which would let entrepreneurs raise capital from large pools of small investors. And the JOBS Act would increase the number of shareholders permitted to invest in a community bank to 2,000, from 500. "
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Investors Get Serious About Crowdfunding
The world of investing and finance is at a critical moment, and many are taking note. Events like the "Soho Loft" are acting as a stage for discussion and education on how crowdfunding will change the big picture.
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April 25, 2011
Renewable energy clients and investors are looking towards the US and are asking "LDJ" for investment advise. "The upheaval in the Middle East has prompted money to leave faster and even more so towards the US and BRIC markets. It has been positive for the capital markets the last few months and we are seeing significant activity specifically from Saudi and the UAE, not limited to renewable energy but also in areas of affordable housing, technology investments with focus on capital preservation. In time of global or regional stress, the US has and always remain the top capital preservation alternative." says "David Drake".
March 20, 2011
"LDJ" is growing the secondary market division. "We see IPOs now taking 10 years on average versus 6 years a decade ago. There is a demand for private company fund raising and share holder liquidity prior to an IPO. The top 5 firms in the space like SharePost, Gate Technology and Secondary Market are at the forefront. We are advising half a dozen private firms with at least $20 million plus in revenue to navigate and create investor share liquidity."
Feb 23, 2011
"LDJ" advises on the world's first green real estate fund of fund. "Institutions primarily in Scandinavia, Western Europe and the US are demanding socially and environmentally responsible investment portfolio fund strategies in real estate and this product does not yet exist for the institutional investor. We are fulfilling this demand."
Jan 15, 2011
"LDJ" are receiving half a dozen new engagements in Q1 in relation to capital introduction and investor relations. "Advisory work with family offices, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth investors looks very promising in 2011" comments "David Drake".
Nov. 30, 2010
30 days in the Middle East solidified new partnerships and successfully allowed "LDJ" to sign a memorandum of understanding for a $300 million retrofit ESCO financing fund with a large family office in Dubai. $20 million has a soft commitment.
Nov 2, 2010
"LDJ" adds a new division in the secondary market headed by Senior Managing Director Dara Albright.
Oct 24, 2010
"We are excited to solidify more and more Middle Eastern capital resources with our month long road trip to the UAE and Bahrain in November." says "David Drake".
Sept 19, 2010
Fund of fund engagements are signed with European and Middle Eastern partners choosing to work with "LDJ Capital" for US and Asian market expansion.
June 29, 2010
"LDJ Capital" meets with a dozen Fund of Funds in Europe mainly in Switzerland, the UK and France. A six week road trip opens the door to the pre-eminent family offices and fund of funds seeking strong management a positive investment history in private equity funds and hedge funds.
May 21, 2010
"LDJ Capital" takes a board seat with the Green Merchant Bank NCG.
Mr.Hambrecht is excited about the potential financial platform NCG will offer green service companies focused on retrofitting built real estate. "There is a vacuum in an extremely fast growing green industry with challenging financial solutions that NCG is solving from a Top-to-Bottom approach as opposed to the historically bottom up sales approach." says "David Drake"
April 25, 2011
Renewable energy clients and investors are looking towards the US and are asking "LDJ" for investment advise. "The upheaval in the Middle East has prompted money to leave faster and even more so towards the US and BRIC markets. It has been positive for the capital markets the last few months and we are seeing significant activity specifically from Saudi and the UAE, not limited to renewable energy but also in areas of affordable housing, technology investments with focus on capital preservation. In time of global or regional stress, the US has and always remain the top capital preservation alternative." says "David Drake"
March 20, 2011
"LDJ" is growing the secondary market division. "We see IPOs now taking 10 years on average versus 6 years a decade ago. There is a demand for private company fund raising and share holder liquidity prior to an IPO. The top 5 firms in the space like SharePost, Gate Technology and Secondary Market are at the forefront. We are advising half a dozen private firms with at least $20 million plus in revenue to navigate and create investor share liquidity".
Feb 23, 2011
"LDJ" advises on the world's first green real estate fund of fund. "Institutions primarily in Scandinavia, Western Europe and the US are demanding socially and environmentally responsible investment portfolio fund strategies in real estate and this product does not yet exist for the institutional investor.We are fulfilling this demand."
Jan 15, 2011
"LDJ" are receiving half a dozen new engagements in Q1 in relation to capital introduction and investor relations. "Advisory work with family offices, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth investors looks very promising in 2011" comments "David Drake".
Nov 30, 2010
30 days in the Middle East solidified new partnerships and successfully allowed "LDJ" to sign a memorandum of understanding for a $300 million retrofit ESCO financing fund with a large family office in Dubai. $20 million has a soft commitment.
Nov 2, 2010
"LDJ" adds a new division in the secondary market headed by Senior Managing Director Dara Albright.
Oct 24, 2010
"We are excited to solidify more and more Middle Eastern capital resources with our month long road trip to the UAE and Bahrain in November." says "David Drake".
Sept 19, 2010
Fund of fund engagements are signed with European and Middle Eastern partners choosing to work with "LDJ Capital" for US and Asian market expansion.
June 29, 2010
""LDJ Capital" meets with a dozen Fund of Funds in Europe mainly in Switzerland, the UK and France. A six week road trip opens the door to the pre-eminent family offices and fund of funds seeking strong management a positive investment history in private equity funds and hedge funds.