Wonder where family offices investing these days?

New York, Jan. 5, 2010: Ever wonder where family offices are investing these days? The short answer is - all over.

An analysis by The Capital Express of how family offices invested during the second half of 2009 - a period marked by deep recession worldwide - shows their investment patterns were as diverse as the global investment landscape.

“Our data indicate family offices tend to invest wherever they see an attractive return potential,” said B.Z. Khasru, publisher of The Capital Express (www.thecapitalexpress.com,) a New York-based publication covering private investments.

These family offices - from Canada to Denmark to Malaysia - pumped money into ventures ranging from shell company to macadamia nuts farm to gold-mining venture to horse-betting vehicle. Investment sizes varied from $22,000 in a shell company to $115 million in a grocery chain.

Here are the headlines of the family office investment deals between July and December last year as recorded by The Capital Express.

1. Florida family office invests $250K in online instant messenger developer
2. New York family office reports $49.1K investment in financial services firm
3. Alabama family office invests $300K in Florida personal-care products venture
4. Minnesota family office invests $750K in online poker-products manufacturer
5. Minnesota family office invests $18M in South Carolina garment company
6. Canadian family office invests $393K in South Carolina garment manufacturer
7. Singapore family office reports $6.9M investment in Chinese herbs grower
8. Kentucky family office reports $17.1M investment in Florida banking company
9. Hong Kong family office invests $27.5M in Chinese apparel manufacturer
10. Canadian family foundation invests $5.1M in Saskatchewan mining venture
11. California family trust invests $6M in Georgia packaging company
12. California family trust invests $700K in Arkansas clean energy tech company
13. Burkle family office invests $75M in New York hotel company
14. Israeli family office reports $530K investment in software company
15. Georgia family reports $19K investment in Ohio retirement home manager
16. Florida family office invests $4.1M in California horse betting company
17. Canadian family office invests $623K in Michigan automotive supplier
18. Texas family trust reports $303K investment in ceiling fan distributor
19. Nevada personal trust invests $1.3M in Hawaii macadamia nuts farm
20. New Zealand family office invests $1.5M in Georgia agro-research company
21. Texas family office invests $172K in North Carolina drug research outfit
22. California family office invests $36.4M in Connecticut blank check company
23. Ohio family trust invests $6.8M in Texas solid waste collection company
24. Massachusetts family trust reports $11.5M investment in real estate
25. New York family trust invests $641K in Oklahoma oil exploration company
26. Greek family office invests $270K in Florida industrial products company
27. New York family office invests $750K in Colorado investment firm
28. Texas family office discloses $110M investment in Colorado energy venture
29 Canadian family office parks $671K in Houston investment firm
30 Swiss family office invests $490K in Canadian emission tech company
31. The Austin family office invests $72K in North Carolina drug company
32. The Kahn family office invests $14M in Arizona defense contractor
33. Florida family office invests $39K in California shell company
34. Mexican billionaire family invests $32.1M in Oklahoma drilling venture
35. Florida family trust invests $22K California shell company
36. Idaho family trust parks $100K in Georgia parking management company
37. Texas family office invests $1M in security software company
38. Cerna family trust reports $683,885 invests in Texas oil exploration company
39. California family office reports $2.6M in financial services firm
40. Offshore family office invests $829K in Philippines company
41. Paul Allen family office invests $76M in Texas oil and gas venture
42. Israeli family office reports $2.1M investment in software venture
43. Greek family office reports $187M investment in shipping company
44. Greek family office reports $266K investment in Pier 1 Imports
45. Malaysian family office makes $11M bet on New York casino
46. New York family office invests $33K in North Carolina fabrics manufacturer
47. Singapore family office invests $15M in new online venture
48. Hong Kong family office invests $100K in gold mining company
49. Illinois family trust invests $48K in Canadian TV content producer
50. Burkle family office invests $115M in U.S. supermarket chain
51. Chinese family office invests $1.1M in Delaware medical products supplier
53. Texas family office invests $950K in advanced materials company
53. Family office reports $182M investment in Texas ice maker
54. Utah family office reports $150K investment in bio-tech firm
55. Canadian family office discloses $1M investment in online auction company
56. Michigan family office discloses $3.15M investment in Massachusetts tech firm
57. Texas family office invests $20K in North Carolina biopharma venture
58. Perelman family office invests $6.24 million in New York drug venture
59. California family trust invests $460K in furnishings retailer
60. Cyprus family office invests $291M in Texas offshore drilling venture
61. New Jersey family office discloses $51M investment in watch maker
62. Borick family office discloses $18.8M n investment in auto parts supplier
63. Chinese family office invests $223K in television venture
64. Fife family office reports $1.1M investment in Houston energy firm
65. New York family office invests $2.2 M in Texas insurer
66. Danish family office invests $1M in Indiana wireless device distributor
67. Leichtenstein family office reports investments in Greek shipping company
68. Canadian family office invests $11M in gold mining venture
69. Brandt family office invests $7M in California medical tech firm
70. Texas family office reports $29.3M investment in Israeli tech venture
71. Israeli family office invests $3.9M in California medical device venture
72. Michigan family trust reports $1M investment in bank holding company
73. Israeli family office invests $380K in tech venture
74. Rose family office reports $6.1M investment in RV maker
75. California family trust reports $1M investment in wind energy firm
76. Oklahoma family office invests $515K in Colorado oil venture
77. Houston family office invests $569K in energy outfit
78. New Jersey family trust reports $6.31M investment in phone venture
79. Disney family office reports $48.89M investment in Georgia tech venture
80. Texas family office invests $226K in California venture
81. Florida family office invests $858K in Ditech Networks
82. Kerkorian family office invests $99.9M in MGM Mirage
83. Canadian family office reports $15.5M investment in California venture
84. Brogdon family office reports $32K investment in Adcare Health
85. Toronto family office reports investment in PFB Corp.
86. Canadian family office reports CDN$9M investment in Paramount Gold
87. Krassner family office invests $4.5M in Wilhelmina
88. Bill Gates’ family office invests $9M in Grupo Televisa
89. Tanya Eva Schuler Trust invests $274M in Quidel
90. Thompson Family Office invests $30M in May
91. Dell family office invests in SemGroup
92. French family office invests in Renegy Holdings of Arizona
93. New York family office invests in Accelrys of California