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LONDON, UK
NECTAR CAPITAL FOUNDING PARTNER, SCOTT RUDMANN, TO MODERATE PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE HEDGE FUND BRAZIL FORUM ON MARCH 6, 2012 IN RIO DE JANERIO.

Nectar is pleased to report that Scott Rudmann will chair and moderate a panel discussion at the forthcoming Hedge Fund Brazil Forum. The topic of the discussion will be “South American Family Office Allocations to Hedge Funds”.
Mr. Rudmann commented “I am looking forward to attending the Hedge Fund Brazil Forum and hearing the views and opinions of family office portfolio managers in the Latin American market, as well as those of our contemporaries on the fund management side. As a nation, Brazil is generating enormous wealth, entrepreneurship is flourishing, and allocations to alternative asset classes from this thriving market will increase commensurately. “

The conference is organised by Latin Markets, promoted by Citi, and other sponsors include UBS, Bloomberg, GAM, S.A.C and BNY Mellon ARX. More details can be found at: http://latinmarkets.org/index.php?acao=pasta&valor=72&pg=0

First event in 12 months live on air worldwide on March 23rd

Golden Glory (G.G) and Total Sports Asia (TSA) have partnered to sign K1 superstars Semmy Schilt, Gokhan Saki, Errol Zimmerman and Sergey Kharitonov to exclusive long term contracts. All fighters received signing bonuses to ease the pressure created by the outstanding payments by former K-1 promoters FEG in Japan. TSA and G.G decided to focus on the athletes who have dedicated their lives and careers to reach unmatched levels of martial arts skill in K1 and MMA and the world’s fastest growing sport.

Golden Glory and TSA are delighted to announce their cooperation with the event in Moscow on March 23rd 2012 under the Glory World Series brand using K-1 rules. K-1 has been off the air now for over 12 months and while discussions about acquiring and reviving the K-1 brand
continue, TSA and Golden Glory believe that the time has come to put the fighters back into the ring.

GLORY is known as one of the top MMA and stand-up fight promotions in the world in viewership, production quality, and fighter level. The shows are broadcast in the US by HD Net and in over 80 other countries and have been held in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and Moscow. Total
Sports Asia will be distributing the TV rights of the GLORY Moscow event worldwide.

The main event will be a tribute to 4 x K-1 Champion Semmy Schilt who will make his return to the ring in Moscow. Besides Semmy fighting in the main event, the following fights are already confirmed: Sergey Kharitonov from Moscow (who KO’d Mighty Mo in the Glory World Series
finals in 2011) versus Mark “Fight Shark” Miller (who holds the Glory record of fastest KO in less than 10 sec) in a classical Russia vs. USA match up. Another thriller will be Errol Zimmerman vs Jerome Le Banner.

GLORY Moscow will feature fighters from many different countries including MMA fighters Dennis Stojnic (Bosnia), Dion Staring (Holland), Tommy Depret (Belgium) and Kickboxers Robin van Roosmalen (Holland), Igor Jurkovic (Croatia), Maxim Vorovski (Estonia), Mark "Fightshark" Miller (USA), Errol Zimmerman (Surinam), Sergei Kharitonov (Russia), Jerome Le Banner (France), Semmy Schilt (Holland), and more.

Last year’s Glory World Series finals event from Moscow was described as one of the top 3 fighting events of the year by the international MMA press. Golden Glory fighters Gokhan Saki and Siyar Bahadurzada both won the big cash prize of $150.000 in the K1 and the MMA
tournament.


 
About Golden Glory – Golden Glory was founded in 1999, and throughout its existence it has produced many elite international fighting champions .Co-founder Bas Boon was born and raised in Holland, and has been promoting and producing fight events for the past 28 years. Today he is the owner of Golden Glory, the strongest and most feared fight team in the Globe. As an agent, Mr Boon has represented Pride, K1, and Too Hot To Handle champions. While still a teenager Boon became the youngest promoter of professional martial arts competitions sponsoring Thai Fighting and Kick Boxing events throughout Europe, promoting and producing more than 300 shows world-wide. As a television producer Boon was responsible for conceiving and creating 22 episodes of the series Oriental Fight Promotions which was broadcast by the Super Channel across Europe, he also produced 20 martial arts programs broadcast by Euro-Sport, and several free martial arts fighting events for the FOX TV Network in Holland and SBS6 www.goldenglory.com

About Total Sports Asia – Since 1997, Total Sports Asia (TSA) is one of the leading independent sports marketing agencies in the world with core focus on Asia and has five strategic offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Beijing, Mumbai and Delhi. Our core business is media rights distribution, TV production, sponsorship/licensing, events management and consulting. We represent major international rights in Asia and worldwide including the US Open Tennis, BWF Super Series (Badminton), ITTF (Table Tennis), PSA Pro Tour (Squash), French League and the current EURO/WORLD CUP Winner Spain. TSA works closely with the top English Football clubs, Formula 1 Teams on sponsorship and licensing sales in Asia. TSA is also provides activation and consulting services to a host of blue chip corporate clients. For more information please visit www.totalsportsasia.com

About Federico Lapenda from Fight Game and Bas Boon from Golden Glory
This team has been breaking new ground around the world since 1994. They were in the top five producers to introduce MMA Pay-Per-View in the US and co-producers of the first MMA event in Holland and Japan. They introduced MMA on PPV in Brazil, and now they are taking it to
the next level with GLORY World Series. Glory World Series made headlines around the world as it was the first live event on YouTube PPV via Fightgame. We aim to reach the widest possible audience by distributing the Glory World Series event through TSA. For more information please visit www.fightgame.net

For more information, please see Glory World Series trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5xIa_Rdlpc&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Note to the press:
For further information please contact:
Bas Boon
Mobile: +66-847807763 Email: basboon@hotmail.com

or

Bert Ditmans
Mobile: +31(0)- 654358801 Email: bert@unitedglory.nl

Nectar Capital announces the launch of the Nectar Global Alpha Fund, a new absolute return alternative strategy vehicle. The Portfolio Manager, Martin Marston, has an audited track record of >15.0% p.a. returns in 2009, 2010, and 2011 year-to-date, with low volatility and relatively small correlation to equity markets. The investment methodology is based on a proprietary investment process which focuses on bottom-up securities analysis with a top-down macro overlay, using the lens of the financial services industries to gain visibility on economic growth. Appraisal of each security, asset class and geography builds a risk profile allowing efficient capital allocation. Long-term capital growth and preservation are achieved by portfolio optimisation.

Scott Rudmann, Managing Partner of Nectar said:
“We’re delighted to open Nectar Global Alpha fund. Market conditions presently are inconsistent and volatile, with the twin impetuses of US deleveraging and a genuine European debt crisis cutting across the Asian growth story. The Nectar Global Alpha strategy as managed by Martin has delivered attractive returns over these last years, and we are pleased to widen the offering via our platform to a greater institutional and family office investor base. We expect the fund to be a magnet for investors looking for strong risk-adjusted returns and for Nectar Global Alpha to be a staple allocation amongst asset managers.”

Martin Marston, Portfolio Manager of the Nectar Global Alpha Fund said:
“Merging my existing strategy into Nectar Capital creates a world-class hedge fund. I look forward to continuing to generate long-term capital growth for all our existing and future investors. Nectar’s strong current investment team plus superior human and business infrastructure have mitigated the normal risks of launching a new hedge fund, and we can focus on delivering excellent returns for our investors.

Robin Grant, Chief Operating Officer of Nectar said:
“I am very excited about the launch the Fund. I am certain that the execution of Martin’s strategy will successfully generate superior risk-adjusted returns for our investors. My goal as COO has been to build a strong operational infrastructure which along with the quality of the service providers to the Fund will ensure a robust operating platform for the Fund.”

About Nectar Capital

Founded in 2001 by Scott Rudmann, Nectar Capital has a successful track record in asset management in private equity as well as investment advisory services for family offices in the private equity sphere. Historically, the firm has focused on growth capital for the media, leisure and creative industries. In the recent past, due to specific investor demand, Nectar has enhanced its fund product offering space and is the Investment Manager to the Nectar Global Alpha Fund.

Nectar Capital is pleased to announce the appointment of Robin Grant as its Chief Operating Officer. Robin was formally the Chief Financial Officer of GLG Partners Fund of Funds division and brings to Nectar a wealth of experience in the alternative asset sector. Robin is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has spent a number of years living in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, working in the alternative asset and banking sectors in a variety of roles.

Robin joins Nectar to assist in the launch and development of Nectar's new alternative strategy vehicles and to expand Nectar's operational infrastructure and systems.

Scott Rudmann, Managing Partner of Nectar Capital said "We are delighted that Robin has joined the Nectar team and look forward to benefitting from Robin's experience as we develop new products for our Partners and Investors."

Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI) and Nectar Capital are delighted to announce an investment in Boom!, Londonʼs newest and most advanced spinning gyms.

The Boom! founders are American model and entrepreneur Hilary Gilbert, and British business partner Robert Rowland.

Boom! will launch its first location on Scrutton Street between Shoreditch and the City in late September, and further plans for expansion in London include locations in the West End, Chelsea, and Notting Hill. With the support of CSI and Nectar, Boom! is positioned to grow throughout the UK and Europe.

Boom! Cycleʼs first location is 2,500 square foot purpose-built indoor cycling gym that will offer Londoners one of the most professionally instructed, convenient workouts in the city.

Hilary Gilbert, Managing Director of Boom! said: “We are thrilled to open our first location and start providing London with the very best spin class environment and instructors. Weʼve taken the best aspects of spin gyms from around the world and combined them with the massive urban-cycling movement here in London and a little Shoreditch style to create a spin class experience that will be unrivalled.

Weʼve been screening and recruiting the best spin instructors in London to join the Boom! movement, and we will also be hosting some of the most renowned guest spin instructors from around the world.

Our “drop-in” and internet-based model means there are no wasteful membership fees to pay at Boom!, its all about the spin experience. We canʼt wait to revolutionize indoor cycling in London and the UK.

Roman Dubov, Managing Director of CSI said:
“ We at CSI are immensely proud to add our name and to be investing in such an exciting project as BOOM!, and to be in from the early days of this ground breaking venture in London, and hope that the “ wheels” keep on spinning to great success.

This opportunity becomes even more exceptional as we are begining it with someone as experienced and professional as Nectar Capital.ʼʼ

Scott Rudmann, Managing Partner of Nectar Capital said:
“Nectar is delighted to co-invest alongside CSI in the Boom! roll out. The founders are dynamic and talented entrepreneurs and the Boom! concept is compelling not to mention sweat-inducing, with a very bright future. CSI has built an enviable portfolio of sports assets and investments that touches over 1 billion people through broadcast and events, and we are delighted that Boom! can benefit from its participation in CSIʼs growing sports keiretsu.”

For more information or visuals, please contact:

www.boommybody.com

Matthew Barrett, Hill & Knowlton Sports PR
020 7413 3714 / matthew.barrett@hillandknowlton.com

About Convers Sports Initiatives

CSI is a rapidly growing sports, new media and entertainment company including a portfolio of independent but complementary businesses. These comprise ownership of Sports Teams (Portsmouth FC), Sports Formats (PowerPlay Golf) and Sports Rights representation (North One Sport - the global promoter of WRC and Isle of Man TT). In addition CSI has acquired companies in the new media sector which produce Apps, websites and manage social media activity for sports clients (DBG Convers), enable sports video content to be uploaded online (Sportpost) and published weekly online content of F1, WRC and MotoGP (GP Week). In the B2B sector CSI owns a leading sports Conference company (Executive Sport) which runs the acclaimed "Leaders In" events.

Nectar Capital is delighted to announce that Total Sports Asia has acquired the global television and sponsorship rights to Table Tennis. In a multi-year deal worth over $20 million, TSA will handle all global television rights for the International Table Tennis Federation events (ITTF) as well as sponsorship rights for the 15 global tour events across Asia, Europe, and North America. TSA will be representing the ITTF worldwide media rights for the first time at the upcoming Sportel Monaco from the 11th to the 14th of October 2010.

Table Tennis was invented by the British in the 1800s, and is the most popular sport in China (60% of all Chinese play Table Tennis and over 50% watch it on TV), and one of the most popular sports all over the in the world. Table Tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.

Scott Rudmann, Managing Partner of Nectar Capital said “This addition to TSA’s portfolio enhances the company’s position as a leading global franchise for racket sports, as TSA has global rights for Table Tennis, Squash, Badminton, and Asian rights for the US Open Tennis.

TSA has grown its top line over 30% this year with strong profitability, and we are glad to see TSA’s continuing progress as it solidifies its position as leading independent sports marketing business in the high-growth Asian region.”

ITTF President Adham Sharara commented: “The ITTF is very pleased with this new and creative alliance between the ITTF, TSA and TMS International, which will allow each partner to fully reach its objectives within a collective and comprehensive marketing force. By combining the strong points of each partner in the alliance, our sport will rise to new heights in terms of exposure and financial stability. We look forward to the development of table tennis around the world and to see our events receive maximum exposure on TV screens. We are also confident that we can deliver a very high ratio of value for money to all the sponsors that will join our alliance.”

Marcus Luer, Group CEO of TSA said, “We are extremely delighted to team up with the ITTF as the partnership is a perfect match and reflects the core of our business philosophy and strategy. Firstly we love Asian centric sports and with Table Tennis’ strong appeal in China, Korea, Japan and Singapore, it is a perfect match. Second we know racket sports very well and Table Tennis compliments our line up of the BWF Super Series (Badminton), PSA Pro Tour (Squash) and US Open (Tennis) rights. We have been working on the right solution and entry point into the sport with the ITTF for almost a year now and I’m very pleased to see it come to fruition.

We have research that shows Table Tennis has the highest interest level of all sports in China that translates into hundreds of millions of people in China alone. We look forward to taking the game to new heights across the world based on the strength in its core market and the appeal of China as the second largest economy in the world. Any company looking to develop a China link and targeting the growing Chinese consumer base has to look at Table Tennis as a vehicle. That’s where the ITTF Pro Tour is the perfect platform,”


About Total Sports Asia:

Total Sports Asia (TSA) is the leading independent sports marketing agency in the world with core focus on Asia and has six strategic offices in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, Mumbai and Delhi. Our core business is media rights distribution, TV production, sponsorship/licensing, events management and consulting. We represent major international rights in Asia and worldwide including the US Open Tennis, BWF Super Series (Badminton), PSA Pro Tour (Squash), French League and the current EURO/WORLD CUP Winner Spain. TSA works closely with the top English Football clubs, Formula 1 Teams and the new Sri Lankan Premier League (Cricket) on sponsorship and licensing sales in Asia. TSA is also recognized as Asia’s specialist in personalized sports solutions and provides activation and consulting services to a host of blue chip corporate clients. For more information please visit www.totalsportsasia.com

About Nectar Capital:

Nectar Capital is based in London and provides growth capital to the media, leisure, and creative industries via its private equity funds and investment clubs. For more information, visit: www.nectarcapital.com

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Nectar Capital announces the completion of the sale of Spear's, the leading UK magazine addressing the wealth management needs of high-net-worth individuals, to Progressive Media Group. Progressive Media Group is an international media company and owner of UK magazines "Press Gazette" and the "New Statesman". Nectar Capital believes that Progressive represents the ideal home to accelerate the growth of "Spear's" and the diversification of the brand into new and complimentary revenue streams.

LONDON, UK

NECTAR CAPITAL FOUNDING PARTNER, SCOTT RUDMANN, PRESENTS KEYNOTE SPEECH AT CONFERENCE FOR NEW BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA

Nectar Capital would like to share with you Scott Rudmann's recent speech, entitled the Advantages of Private Equity, held at the Global Week of Entrepreneurship in Bogota, Colombia, on 18th November 2009.

click here to view

Hosted by Luis Guillermo Plata, Colombia's Minister of Commerce, the 2009 event was attended by over 400 leading businessmen, entrepreneurs and investors and had the stated goal of building a bridge between the investment and entrepreneur communities in order to facilitate information exchange and financing of innovative new businesses in Colombia. The conference was the first of its kind in Colombia, and comes at a time that sees the nascent private equity and fund management industry beginning to expand as the country has enacted legal reforms creating LLPs and government development bank allocation to a fund-of-funds.

Other speakers at the Conference included Minister Luis Plata, Mr. Mauro Sartori, Head of Risk and Investment and the Fund-of Funds project at Bancoldex, as well as panels including 20 senior executives of Colombian private equity funds.

Nectar is delighted to report that Shawn Hunter has joined the Board of Directors of Total Sports Asia, and would like to congratulate TSA on this appointment.

Mr. Hunter has held senior positions with some of the top US national sports franchises and corporate sector in his career. He currently serves as President/CEO of Chivas USA, a west-coast leader in American Major League Soccer.

As a member of TSA’s Board, Mr. Hunter will shape the company’s overall strategic growth plans, and bring to bear his expertise in the business of sports, including venue naming rights, sponsorship, league formation, and television rights acquisitions.

Hunter was the Chief Marketing Officer and President of AEG Sports, one of the world’s leading sports and entertainment companies, for five years. In that role, Hunter oversaw AEG’s marquee sports events and eleven sports teams worldwide, as well as the AEG’s marketing partnership with Chivas USA.

On behalf of AEG, Hunter was instrumental in AEG’s acquisition and development of London’s O2 Arena. He also secured the Los Angeles Galaxy’s multi-million dollar jersey-front sponsorship following British football star David Beckham’s signing.

Prior to joining AEG, Hunter served for six years as President of the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes. Under his leadership, in the Coyotes' first four seasons the club played to a 94-percent capacity and transformed Phoenix into a hockey hotbed.

In addition to his activities in basketball and hockey, Hunter has also been influential in a number of major business developments in Major League Soccer in the United States.

Mr. Hunter commented “I'm excited to be working with Marcus Luer and his first class organization. This part of the world is exploding in the sports and entertainment areas and Total Sports Asia is poised for amazing growth”

Marcus Luer, CEO of Total Sports Asia said “Shawn Hunter brings a tremendous wealth of experience that will benefit us greatly for our future growth plans. Our business at TSA continues to grow exponentially and we are delighted to have Shawn’s assistance in shaping our path forward.”

Scott Rudmann, Managing Partner of Nectar Capital, an investor in Total Sports Asia, commented “We look forward to Shawn’s expert advise to chart TSA’s future growth path. Asia will see tremendous growth over the next 10 plus years in the sports and entertainment field. TSA is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this development and we congratulate the company on this appointment.”

Total Sports Asia (TSA) is Asia’s leading independent sports marketing agency with a dedicated team of over 90 sports marketing experts and seven offices in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Mumbai and Delhi. Its core business is media rights, TV production, sponsorship, events management and consulting.

For more info please visit www.totalsportsasia.com

Nectar Capital, a London based growth capital fund for the media, leisure and creative industries, has further strengthened its portfolio through its recent $6 million investment in Total Sports Asia (TSA). Nectar expects further growth capital provided to the company to total up to $15 million in the coming years.

Commenting on the deal, Scott Rudmann, Managing Partner of Nectar Capital, said: "We are delighted to become investors in Total Sports Asia. Not only is TSA the leading business in Asian sports marketing and sports television content but it has an extraordinary team of senior executives led by the company's founder, Marcus Luer; it has a strong track record in sports media rights, along with a thriving sponsorship and events business. With a geographic footprint and seven offices in the world markets where growth is still positive - southeast Asia, China, and India the company is perfectly positioned to be attracting the top talent in the industry. TSA is in the right markets at the right time."

Total Sports Asia is set for tremendous growth in the next few years as the business of sports begins to prosper and mature in Asia. We are delighted to provide our fund investors access and exposure to this region, and to invest in a growing business in this difficult market environment. "

Marcus Luer, Group CEO of TSA said: "After 10 years of tremendous organic growth, this marks the beginning of a new chapter for the company. We are excited about the opportunities and possibilities that will come out of this new relationship and we could not have asked for a better partner. Nectar has a terrific team of people and brings a substantial financial clout to TSA that will be used wisely to aggressively expand the business. We are already in negotiations with various rights holders for additional acquisitions.

Despite the current global economic and financial environment, sports and entertainment in Asia is a sunrise industry and having been at the forefront of this development over the past 10 years, we have a terrific starting point to further build on our strong position," added Luer.

Nectar Capital is a private equity fund for the media, leisure and creative industries investing in growth capital deals providing £2 million to £10 million per investment. It's geographic focus is spread throughout Asia, Europe and North America. The fund invests in music, publishing, film, sports, restaurants, intellectual property, rights catalogs, and other related businesses.

Scott Rudmann the Managing Partner and founder of Nectar Capital has completed over 6 billion Euros in media and leisure related investments, acquisitions and exits in the last ten years while based in London. US born and educated Scott began in the private equity business working for Lord Jacob Rothschild in his family office. Prior to that he worked in media banking at Deutsche Bank and as a McKinsey consultant in California, US and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Scott holds an MBA with high honors from the Harvard Business School.

David Hobley senior venture partner at Nectar and from the UK has over 30 years experience in financing companies, and a long pedigree of success in the city including SG Warburg, Deutsche Bank, and the main and operating Board of Orange Mobile Phones.

Total Sports Asia (TSA) is Asia's leading fully-integrated independent sports marketing company. The business concentrates on media rights sales, sponsorship/licensing sales and events management. TSA was founded in 1997 and has been profitable every year since inception. It has made its mark in many areas including previously assisting World Wrestling Entertainment's major business growth in Asia, and commands broadcasting rights for a number of marquis sports television properties including the US Open Tennis championship and the Italian and Spanish FIFA World Cup qualifiers. It also works closely with many top European football clubs, including Manchester United and Real Madrid and several Formula 1 teams.

The company has recently begun to extend its activities beyond sporting into the entertainment sector. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, TSA employs approximately 100 people throughout its network of regional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Shanghai, Bombay, New Delhi, Tokyo, and Bangkok.

Nectar Capital is pleased to announce the first closing of its new NC2 Limited Partnership, a GBP 25 million development capital fund targeting emerging business in the media and leisure sectors.

93% of the fundraising target for the first close was achieved, with 90% participation of existing Nectar investors.

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Nectar Capital is delighted to announce that Mr. Christopher Wright has joined the Investment Committee.

Christopher Wright is a director of Merifin Capital Group, a private European investment firm and an advisory director of Campbell Lutyens & Co Ltd, a London based private equity advisory house and of Hansa Capital, an investment management firm.

Until 2003 he served as Head of Global Private Equity for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital (c.$4.5bn under management) and was a Group Board Member of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He has acted as Chairman of various investment funds prior to and following the latter's integration with Allianz Private Equity. Mr. Wright has spent over 24 years financing and advising smaller and mid-sized companies operating in the USA, Canada, Asia and Europe. He joined Kleinwort Benson Limited in London in 1978 and in 1981 co-founded the Groups offices in Los Angeles. In 1986 he relocated to New York to manage the Kleinwort Benson Limited portfolio of North American private equity and mezzanine investments.

He is Chairman of Noble Venture Finance Ltd, Aletheia Capital Partners LLC., Wall Street Technology Partners LLC.; and holds directorships of: Lombard Risk Management PLC (AIM); Roper Industries Inc ( NYSE ); Maxcess International Corporation; Mrs. Fields Holdings LLC; I-documentsystemSGroup PLC ( AIM ) and IMAG S.A. He has also chaired the investment committees of and/or serves on several advisory boards of third party managed LBO and venture capital funds in North America and Europe. Mr Wright has recently advised to Standard Bank Group with respect to emerging markets private equity, becoming the Chairman of the Investment Committee of EMAlternatives LLC in Washington DC.

Mr Wright was educated at Oxford University (MA) and holds a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the Association of Certified Accountants. He is Foundation Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Nectar is very pleased that its investors will have the benefit of Mr. Wright's experience and counsel on the Investment Committee to help optimize the performance of individual investments and to help shape and enact the Fund's investment strategy overall.

London, UK

Nectar Capital is delighted to announce that Mr. Paul Zuckerman has joined its Advisory Board.

As Chairman and CEO of Zuckerman & Associates Ltd, Paul Zuckerman has over 30 years of investment experience. Zuckerman & Associates LLC advises technology and life science related start ups, working with strategic and venture capital sources of finance. In addition, he chairs and runs Westgate Hall PLC, a small private investment firm investing in start up companies.

Mr. Zuckerman is also the Treasurer of the Art Fund, a century-old UK charity dedicated to saving endangered artworks for the enjoyment of all. In addition he is a: Director, Pall Mall Capital Ltd; Director, Merrill Lynch Sterling and European Hedge Funds Ltd; Board Member, International Plant Genetics Resources Institute, Rome; Chairman, William Walton Foundation; and Treasurer, International Women's Health Coalition, NY.

Upon obtaining a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Reading University in 1974, Mr. Zuckerman became Senior Agricultural Economist for the World Bank in Washington D.C. He went onto spend the next fourteen years at SG Warburg & Co Ltd in London serving as an Executive Director, Vice Chairman of SG Warburg International, and Chairman of SG Warburg Latin America Ltd. During the 1990's Mr. Zuckerman was Managing Director of Investment Banking for Caspian Securities and was responsible for managing and setting up investment banking departments worldwide. He also served as Vice-Chairman of Garban-Intercapital, a company now known as ICAP, the world's largest inter-dealer broker.

Nectar is very pleased that its principals, management teams, and investors will have the benefit of Mr. Zuckerman's experience, advice, and involvement moving forward.

Nectar Capital launches its new website in conjunction with a re-design of the firm's written collateral and new logo.

All aspects of look, feel, and design have been overseen by Jason Rudmann at Eyelingual, an innovative graphics design and communications consultancy based in Seattle, Washington.