Abu Dhabi Investors - VC, Private Equity and Real Estate

There has been much talk about Tesla Motors, the California-based electric car maker, with its IPO starting as a big success and now back to its opening price range. But here, we are more interested about its Middle East investors from Abu Dhabi who are holding 12% of its shares.

Abu Dhabi investors of Aabar Investments and Al Wahada Capital Investment, a division of the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority have 4% and 8% stake in Tesla Motors - according to its IPO filing and The National.

Aabar Investments is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BFD04.

Aabar, the Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, has acquired 4.99% stake in the European bank UniCredit worth $2.3 billion - the Bloomberg is reporting.

UniCredit is a leading European bank, headquartered in Milan, Italy with over 9,800 branches in 22 countries all around the globe and more than 40 million customers and 165,000 employees. It makes Aabar the lender’s second-largest shareholder after Mediobanca SpA.

Aabar is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BFD04.

The full Bloomberg story follows

Al Bashayer Investment Company starts its operations and activities in Abu Dhabi targeting high net worth individuals, women investors and families in the UAE and the region.

A key differentiator at Al Bashayer Investment Company is to focus on Women Investors. (Similar to other initiatives like Global Investment House's "Ghalia Investment Club"). The company will offer services under four categories: wealth management services, corporate advisory services, investment banking and brokerage services.

To see more investment firms like Al Bashayer check our Middle Eastern investors directory

More details from their release follows

The Abu Dhabi investment firm Mubadala has partnered with Maldives-based luxury hotel developer EoN Resorts to develop a luxury resort in the Maldives.

The hotel will be operated by Viceroy Hotels & Resorts, of which Mubadala is a 50% shareholder. Due to open in December 2010, this 61-key property will be the first Viceroy to open outside of the Americas and follows the recent launches of Viceroy Miami, Viceroy Snowmass in Colorado and Viceroy Anguilla in the Caribbean.

Mubadala is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code EM14.

More details from their release follows

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Mubadala Development Company, the investment arm of Abu Dhabi acquired a 9% stake in Raine Group, a boutique merchant bank, as they seek to capitalize on emerging investment opportunities in the media, entertainment and sports ("MES") sectors around the world.

Raine has also secured exclusive relationships with William Morris Endeavor ("WME"), an entertainment agency. In addition to Mubadala and WME, Raine’s investors also include private equity pioneer Ted Forstmann. Abu Dhabi and Mubadala could help to shape the sports and entertainment sectors as the industry continues to change and grow through new technologies and geographies.

Mubadala is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code EM14.

Their full release follows

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Invest AD, the Abu Dhabi based investment firm, is seeking to raise $325 million from third-party investors for a $400 million private equity fund that will invest in North Africa and the Middle East (MENA) - the Reuters is reporting.

Invest AD, which has seed capital of $75 million from the Abu Dhabi government for its second MENA fund, hopes to achieve a first closing of at least $200 million. As we reported before, it has already invested 75 million in Turkish logistics firm EKOL which will be injected into the new PE fund.

Invest AD is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BD46.

Check the Reuters story below

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Gulf Capital, a Middle Eastern private equity firm, announced final closing of its latest private equity fund, GC Equity Partners II. According to the company, the Fund was heavily oversubscribed with final commitments totaling to $533 million.

GC Equity Partners II has derived majority of its investors from international markets including the USA, Europe and Asia.

Gulf Capital is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code OR26.

Their full release follows

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Abu Dhabi Mar, a holding company based in Abu Dhabi, will invest in the Greek shipbuilding and repair sector through the acquisition of a majority stake in the Hellenic Shipyards S.A. at Skaramangas.

The new consortium scheme to be headed by Abu Dhabi Mar (with 75.1 percent of the Skaramangas stake), which also includes ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS, with a 24.9 percent stake) has the complete approval of the Greek government.

The full release from Athens News Agency follows:

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