Corporate | 21 January 2008 11:00
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bmp fund management: New investments for the private equity fund of funds
by König & Cie.
- subscription of new funds by Wellington and CDH -
Berlin, 01/21/2008
The private equity fund of funds initiated by bmp AG (ISIN DE0003304200) in
co-operation with the Hamburg investment company König & Cie and advised by
bmp further participated in promising target funds.
For instance König & Cie. II International Private Equity (INPEQ II), which
is currently distributed, invested 2 mio. EUROs in the pan-European
venture capital fund Wellington Partners IV Technology Fund.
The first private equity fund of funds by König & Cie. (INPEQ I) already
closed in March 2007, whereof the investors already received a first profit
distribution amounting 5% of the assets under management, furthermore
participated in the Chinese venture capital fund CDH Venture II in the
context of its Over-Commitment strategy with 3.5 Mio US Dollar.
'We are proud that by CDH and Wellington we could again subscribe two
international funds each belonging to the top flight of its category', says
Ralph Günther, responsible for the business field Private Equity Advisory
at bmp.
About Wellington:
Wellington Partners (www.wellington-partners.com) belongs to the most
successful pan-European venture capital companies with offices in London,
Munich and Zurich. With assets under management (AUM) amounting 800 Mio.
EUROs in total, Wellington invests Europe-wide in young technology
companies showing the potential of future world market leaders. Since 1991
Wellington Partners has invested in more than 100 companies in Europe and
Israel, thereunder the meanwhile stock market listed Actelion, SAF and XING
as well as Alando (taken over by eBay) and ImmobilenScout24 (taken over by
Deutsche Telekom).
About CDH:
CDH Investments is a private equity fund manager specialized in growth
capital and venture capital in China. The core team has been working
together since 1995 with an impressive success and proved its abilities in
more than a dozen of Chinas leading companies, such as Mengniu (listed in
HK), Focus Media (listed at NASDAQ), Li Ning (listed in HK), Yurun (listed
in HK) and Belle International (listed in HK). Currently CDH employs more
than 40 investment professionals and manages more than 2 billion US Dollar
for over 60 International institutional investors, including foundations,
family offices, pension funds and fund of funds.
About König & Cie.:
The Hamburg investment company König & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG was founded 1999
by Tobias König. 70 funds with an investment volume of more than 3.5
billion EUR were so far issued. An audited rating released yearly documents
the extraordinary performance of the so far issued fund. König & Cie.
develops new investment areas and is actively involved in the growing
markets in order to profit benefit from the chances together with investors
and partners.
About bmp AG:
As an internationally operating private equity company, bmp invests own and
external funds directly into venture capital participations and at the same
time acts as an advisor and fund manager for private equity fund of funds
and investment programs.
For further information:
Corinna Riewe
Investor Relations
criewe@bmp.com
Tel.: 030-20 30 5 567
Fax: 030-20 30 5 555
bmp AG, Schlüterstraße 38, 10629 Berlin
http://www.bmp.com
ISIN: DE0003304200
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Language: English
Issuer: bmp AG
Schlüterstraße 38
10629 Berlin
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)30 20 305-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 20 305-532
E-mail: ir@bmp.com
Internet: www.bmp.com
ISIN: DE0003304200
WKN: 330420
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