Grace is branching out from his existing $20 million technology fund. The company is bringing Mark Peterson on board as a partner in the new Grace Restaurant Partners LP fund. Peterson is a former Applebee's International vice president/controller and chief accounting officer.

Also arriving as a fulltime associate is Axel Stephan, a former investment banker with Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown.

Grace couldn't be reached at GlobeSt.com's publication deadline. But in a prepared statement, the former Providence, RI restaurateur says the new fund's strategy will be to invest in young chain restaurant companies which show early growth potential.

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