BLUM VENTURES

Business management; business administration; business consultancy and advisory services; business management assistance; commercial intermediation services; business management and organization consultancy; planning concerning business management, namely, searching for partners for amalgamations and business take-overs as well as for business establishments; provision of business information; business intermediary services relating to the matching of potential private investors with entrepreneurs needing funding; business analysis; business research and information services; market research; economic forecasting; advertising, marketing and promotional services; advertising, marketing and promotional consultancy, advisory and assistance services; business appraisals; evaluation of business opportunities; market studies; market information services relating to trade reports; business management planning and finding partners for mergers, acquisitions and start-ups; consultancy and advisory services in the field of business strategy; business acquisitions consultation; business advice relating to disposals; analysis of business management systems; arranging of contracts, for others, for the providing of services; public relations services; business services relating to the arrangement of joint ventures; human resources management and recruitment services.

Finance services; financial advice; financing in relation to the buying and selling of businesses; equity financing; financial, investment and credit research, information, analysis and reporting; financial risk management services; private equity fund investment services; venture capital and project capital investment services; financial forecasting; financial management; fundraising and financial sponsorship; capital investment brokerage; financial appraisals; fiscal assessment and evaluation; investment performance monitoring; financial portfolio management and analysis services; fund investment services; consultancy and advice relating to investment transactions; securities investment services for personal investors; real estate settlement services [financial services]; real estate financing; real estate investment; loans [financing]; arrangement of loans.