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Nov 16, 2007
By Melissa Lee

Is your portfolio in need of a little action? Then you could end up getting lucky. The world's first adult entertainment industry investments firm wants to give investors more...ahem...bang for their buck... Read More

     iPorn Stokes Growth, Subverts Apple and Keeps All Watching

AdultFilmCapital's Francis Koenig might have key to site's success
Nov 22, 2008
By: Tom Johansmeyer

It began with a domain name purchase. AdultFilmCapital picked up iPorn.com in April 2008. Managing partner Francis Koenig did not see it as an asset to be flipped, though. Instead, he saw iPorn as having the potential to become a comprehensive, online, adult entertainment destination... Read More

     Sixth Annual Hedge Fund Industry Award Winners

Hedge Fund Launch of The Year: AdultFilmCapital
June 30, 2008

Francis Koenig raised eyebrows when he set up the first hedge fund firm focused on adult entertainment companies. He founded Beverly Hills-based AdultFilmCapital to exploit the billions spent on adult entertainment every year, and launched Priapus Investment Fund last summer... Read More

     AdultFilmCapital Named 'Hedge Fund Launch of the Year'

Company recognized for Bacchus Investment Fund, Priapus Investment Fund.
June 26, 2008
By: Sherri L. Shaulis

AdultFilmCapital, a firm that seeks to match adult entertainment businesses with qualified investors, was named "Hedge Fund Launch of the Year" at the sixth annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards on Wednesday. AdultFilmCapital and its owner and CEO Francis Koenig were nominated for the Bacchus Investment Fund and the Priapus Investment Fund... Read More

     6th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards

June 25, 2008

Alternative Investment News' 6th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards recognizes the hedge funds, fund of funds, endowments, foundations, and corporate and public pension funds that have stood out for their notable accomplishments in alternatives investing during the past year... Read More

     An X-Rated Hedge Fund

May 22, 2008

The hottest new hedge fund may also be the raciest. The $7.9 billion AdultFilmCapital, one of four firms in the running for Alternative Investment News' Hedge Fund Launch of the Year award, invests only in the adult entertainment industry... Read More

     Adult Entertainment Fund Acquires Porn Site

Apr 21, 2008

AdultFilmCapital, the Beverly Hills-based firm that focuses on investing in adult entertainment businesses, has acquired IPorn.com through its PriapusInvestment Fund. The firm has hired Mike Weiss, founder of StreamCast Networks and creator of Morpheus... Read More

     Hedge Fund Launch of The Year

Apr 18, 2008

It was only a matter of time before an open-minded investor set his sights on the billions of dollars spent on adult entertainment in North America every year. Francis Koenig did just this last year by launching the Bacchus Investment Fund... Read More

     Want to be a porn mogul? Investment firm to hold monthly meetings to attract, uh, capital

Feb 28, 2008
By Jon Ogg

Investment conferences are usually pretty dull stuff. A dozen or so execs from small firms get 20 minutes each to stand up at the podium, run through a PowerPoint presentation and try to convince investors to throw some cash their way... Read More

     AdultFilmCapital Set to Begin Monthly Investor Meetings

Meetings will bring potential investors together with prescreened companies; adult Internet opportunities are of special interest
Feb 27, 2008
By Tom Hymes

Adult investment firm AdultFilmCapital has scheduled an ongoing series of monthly meetings to bring potential investors together with adult businesses that represent viable investment opportunities... Read More

     AdultFilmCapital to Review, Present Proposals Monthly

Monthly meetings to bring together adult companies, prospective investors.
Feb 01, 2008

Finding outside capital is about to get easier. As a response to the difficulty that the adult industry faces in raising capital, investment bank AdultFilmCapital has scheduled a series of meetings that will bring investors and capital-seekers together ... Read More

     Investment Strategies For the A-hole In You

Conquer today's volatile markets by investing according to your lack of conscience.
Strategy: Sex

Why it's dirty: Porn is a $12 billion industry, but historically almost all of that wealth has been privately held. Then about two years ago AdultFilmCapital (adultfilmcapital.com) created a pornographic investment marketplace. You can register for their funds if you have access to Peter North-size loads…of cash (at least $5,000). Or you can find a specific company and be a slutty angel investor and even bankroll a production featuring your favorite starlet.

Why it's worth it: Porn production companies can enjoy 60 percent profit margins and collectively boast annual worldwide revenues of $57 billion, yet banks and traditional investors turn their noses up at providing capital. That's why the less squeamish can clean up. "It's not unheard of for investors to generate a two to six times return on their money," says Francis Koenig, former Wall Street hedge fund guru and founder of AdultFilmCapital. Plus, "there are certain sectors we call consumer nondiscretionary," Sacknoff says. "Like Kellogg's, people will still want their Corn Flakes in the morning no matter what." Turns out Corn Flakes were originally marketed as a cure for masturbation-and they're both sure financial bets, because neither will ever go out of style. Read More

     AdultFilmCapital Featured on CNBC

Institutional investment company focuses on adult industry
Nov 19, 2007
By Eddie Adams

AdultFilmCapital, an institutional investment company focused on the adult entertainment industry, was featured on the CNBC stock market programs “Closing Bell” and “Squawk on the Street” on Friday. The company, which is headed by Francis Koenig ... Read More

     AdultFilmCapital Offering Free Trial Memberships

Nov 15, 2007
By Tod Hunter

Investment services company AdultFilmCapital will offer its online “investor matchmaking” services free of charge during the beta phase of its new website. “We have a large following of investors and business buyers looking for opportunities,” AdultFilmCapital Director of Operations Andy Oleykowski said... Read More

         CNBC LIVE Television: Sex Sells!

New hedge fund invests in porn
June 13, 2007

CNBC's On The Money with Melissa Francis talking about AdultFilmCapital and its Founder/CEO Francis Koenig ... Click to Play

     A Thaw in Investment Prospects for Sex-Related Businesses? Maybe

July 27, 2007
By Matt Richtel

Francis Koenig, a former hedge fund manager and now the chief executive of AdultFilmCapital, a small investment banking company in Beverly Hills focusing on the pornography industry, agrees that more investment dollars will appear thanks to the widespread availability of explicit content on the Internet. "Accessibility breeds acceptance," Mr. Koenig said. He has started two funds to invest in the industry, named the Bacchus and Priapus funds... Read the Full Article

     ADULTVEST to Address Private Equity Summit

Investment firm presents strategies for mainstream investors in adult industry ventures.
September 25, 2007
By Joanne Cachapero

ADULTVEST CEO Francis Koenig will speak to attendees of the Opal Financial Group's Private Equity Summit on Oct. 1. The address will be the first time that Koenig will conduct an open forum discussion with institutional investors about his company’s strategies for investment in the adult industry... Read Full Story

Is The Adult Industry In Revolution Or Decline?

© Icqurimage 2007

Several former leading Wall Street investors have now specialized within the adult industry. Former hedge fund manager Francis Koenig founded AdultFilmCapital, which has since evolved to become the foremost investment bank for adult companies. With the advent of corporate finance will come corporate accountability, and finally the true financial scale of the adult industry will become apparent... Read Full Story

     VCX Inks Deal With FyreTV.com

August 14, 2007
By Steve Javors

Adult industry investment company AdultFilmCapital is handling the licensing for FyreTV.com. "As you know, the adult entertainment industry is always a leader in new technology, and I am delighted to know that the classics, once again, will continue to live on," Mara Epstein, AdultFilmCapital's director of business development, told XBIZ... Read Full Story

     AdultFilmCapital Strikes IPTV Licensing Deal

August 10, 2007
By Eddie Adams

LOS ANGELES - AdultFilmCapital, an institutional investment company focused on the adult entertainment industry, has made an exclusive arrangement to handle the licensing for IPTV company, Fyre.TV. "We had Fyre.TV do demonstrations at Internext... Read More

     Adult Entertainment Hedge Fund Adds to Team

July 30, 2007

Adult Film Capital, the Beverly Hills-based hedge fund and private equity firm that seeks to match adult-entertainment businesses with qualified investors, has added to its team to manage its hedge fund. Howard Gordon, founder... Read More

     Porn (Finance) Goes Mainstream

June 8, 2007

"AdultFilmCapital, founded by hedge fund veteran Francis Koenig, seeks to bring sound financial practices to the adult entertainment business– not to mention lots of capital. AdultFilmCapital currently is raising money...Read more

     Adult Entertainment Firm to Launch Hedge Fund

June 4, 2007

Beverly Hills-based Adult Film Capital, a firm that seeks to match adult entertainment businesses with qualified investors, is preparing to launch a hedge fund in the next 45 days... Read More

    The Valley Exposed: Porn investment becomes more mainstream