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Prime Resi meets Faisal Butt, property’s venture capitalist with the Caan-do attitude

James Caan was clearly taking notes when Foxtons boss Jon Hunt sold to BC Partners for £390m at the peak of the housing bubble.

"My philosophy in business has always been observe the masses and do the opposite," says James Caan, sitting in the garden of 60 Grosvenor Street, one of his Mayfair properties.

As economic gloom continues to fasten its grip around many western economies, further east it’s a different story. The Middle East was the only region in the world where the wealth of its high net worth individuals increased last year, according to a report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management.

James Caan, a former star of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, has launched a property-themed drive that mirrors the entrepreneurial business show in a bid to take advantage of the slump in bank lending to the sector.

If you have been looking in envy at the great and the good of property tycoons relaxing on board a yacht at Mipim this week, soon you could be in their shoes. James Caan is looking to back a series of entrepreneurs in 2012 as launches a new venture in…

Property Week – Congratulations to the 2012 Finalists!

Entrepreneur and former dragon on BBC’s The Dragon’s Den James Caan, who founded the Hamilton Bradshaw private equity firm thinks so: “If you look at the basic principles of Sharia-compliant investment, you see that it doesn’t pay interest, but takes a share of the profits,”