Then came the stock market crash, and investors pulled back.
All the while, many investors were pulling money out of them.
In late October, a week before his firm was set to open, two investors pulled $13 million.
Over the last month, investors pulled more than $3 billion in capital out of Mexico.
Foreign investors have pulled at least $12.4 billion out of Indonesia since 1998.
Even the largest investors have simply pulled back to let the market drift.
As a consequence, many small investors are now pulling out of the market.
Like others, Japanese investors pulled money home during the plunge.
The investors pulled out of the project two years ago.
Many investors pulled their money - billions of dollars - from the company's funds.