Canadian Private Equity Fund Establish Beijing Office

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 5, 2012 -- Ground Floor Capital, a Vancouver-based Private Equity firm , with equity investments in fast-growing Chinese businesses, on January 5th take an important step to strengthen their position in China, by opening their first offices in China. Located in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, the office is a partnership with LNP China, a Beijing-based trading and investment company established in 2007, and will be run and managed by Andy Clayton, CEO of LNP China, and Managing Partner of GFC.

CEO of Ground Floor Capital, David Steele, a veteran of more than 25 years in finance and investments, had the following comments on the new office opening: "We are excited about the many outstanding investment opportunities amongst fast-growing Chinese companies at the current time. The opening of our first China office will allow us to source and manage a greater number of quality investments on behalf of our investors, deepen our China-focused expertise, and make a stronger positive contribution to our portfolio companies. We are confident that Andy and the team at LNP will be able to help us achieve our goal of matching Private Equity with High Growth companies.

Andy Clayton, CEO and owner of LNP China, with over 12 years experience working in China, commented: "Constrained access to capital is a huge challenge to many Chinese high-growth companies right now. GFC's expertise in supporting and re-structuring companies to list them on overseas capital markets will be of crucial value to many such businesses. It is our firm
belief that, as a partner to GFC, and our high-growth portfolio companies, we will be able to create massive value, and play our part in the continuing sustainable development of the Chinese economy."

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