Fremont Group
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Fremont Group is a private investment group based in San Francisco, California
, USA. It was formerly known as Bechtel Investments, reflecting its ownership by the Bechtel
family.
The firm consists of three business areas:
, a San Francisco based private equity
firm that spun out of the Fremont Group (its first institutional investor
), changed its name from Fremont Partners as part of a rebranding effort in advance of raising its fourth private equity fund
.
The Fremont Group also makes a note of distinguishing itself from Fremont General Corp, a financial services
company and Fremont Investment & Loan, a retail bank.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, USA. It was formerly known as Bechtel Investments, reflecting its ownership by the Bechtel
Bechtel
Bechtel Corporation is the largest engineering company in the United States, ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the U.S...
family.
The firm consists of three business areas:
- FPR Partners - a private investment partnership
- Fremont Realty Capital - a real estateReal estateIn general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
investment firm - Fremont Ventures - a venture capitalVenture capitalVenture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
investment firm
Other Organizations
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, a San Francisco based private equity
Private equity
Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
firm that spun out of the Fremont Group (its first institutional investor
Institutional investor
Institutional investors are organizations which pool large sums of money and invest those sums in securities, real property and other investment assets...
), changed its name from Fremont Partners as part of a rebranding effort in advance of raising its fourth private equity fund
Private equity fund
A private equity fund is a collective investment scheme used for making investments in various equity securities according to one of the investment strategies associated with private equity....
.
The Fremont Group also makes a note of distinguishing itself from Fremont General Corp, a financial services
Financial services
Financial services refer to services provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money. Among these organizations are credit unions, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, consumer finance companies,...
company and Fremont Investment & Loan, a retail bank.