BUSINESS ANGEL GITA PATEL MAKES ASIAN POWER 100 LIST
(8 September 2005)

Gita Patel, a Director of Stargate Capital Management and Head of Trapezia, an innovative investment product that is the first to be dedicated to the venture capital requirements of women entrepreneurs, has been included in the first Asian Power 100 List, which recognises the most influential and successful members of the British Asian community - launched by the Institute Of Asian Professionals.

A graduate of the London School of Economics, Gita is a passionate spokesperson on the needs of female entrepreneurs, and has spent considerable time advising women entrepreneurs and helping them access capital, markets and business networks. She is also an active business angel investor, a mentor to boards of early stage companies and has seeded a number of ventures.

Gita is a founding investor of Stargate Capital Investment Group Ltd and launched Trapezia as she recognised the need for female entrepreneurs to have access to both financial capital and to intangible resources such as intellectual capital, business networks and markets. The investment fund also fulfils the need for many high-growth women run businesses to team up with a financial partner that is women-friendly in its approach and values the different attributes women generally bring to business including a more collaborative management style and skills in building relationships.

ABOUT STARGATE CAPITAL

Stargate Capital Investment Group Ltd (SCIG)- Fund Manager SCIG was founded in November 2003, with a vision of becoming a leading provider of innovative, exciting and risk mitigating financial instruments enabling a broader investment community to invest in emerging opportunities. Stargate Capital Management Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of SCIG,is a firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

For further information, please visit www.trapeziacapital.co.uk