What is "arcapita"

Arcapita Investment Management (Arcapita, formerly First Islamic Investment Bank and later Crescent Capital Investments) is an originator of investments in private equity and real estate assets which comply with Sharia principles. Headquartered in Manama, Bahrain, the company and its subsidiaries are wholly owned by Arcapita Group Holdings Limited. Arcapita has offices in Atlanta, London, and Singapore. It owns the Delaware, US-incorporated holding and real estate company Arcapita, Inc. (formerly known as Crescent Investments, Inc.), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, which buys American companies for between $200 million and $1 billion, and sells them four to six years later.