Venture Fund Member Profile
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Founded in 2002, Jina Ventures is a private equity firm with distinct expertise of international markets. Over its history, Jina Ventures has led over 50 middle market transactions and more than $100 million in capital for its diverse client base in the United States, Asia and Europe. Our experience and breadth of capabilities in cross border transactions differentiate us from other investment banks with similar capabilities.
Jina Ventures is focused on middle-market manufacturing, media, communications, retail and consumer product opportunities in the United States, Europe and India. The firm’s investment approach is fundamentally simple: Jina Ventures (with its investment partners) acquires holdings in industry-leading companies and works with management to improve them and create shareholder value.
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Ron Shah
Angel & Managing Partner
Jina Ventures Inc |
Since founding Jina Ventures, Mr. Shah has transacted over $100 million in India and has successfully completed over 75 other investments and M&A transactions in the US, Europe and Asia. Prior to founding Jina, Mr. Shah was an investment professional at Trenwith Securities, as a member of the M&A team which completed several international M&A transactions for Hewlett Packard and Kodak. Prior to Trenwith, Mr. Shah served as Principal at a $500 million hedge fund, Resurgence Capital, where he led over 45 private equity investments in companies spanning media, software, consumer products and biotechnology. In India, Mr. Shah and Jina Ventures have assisted in major financing rounds for Hindustan Lever, M&R Engineering and MakeMyTrip.com, as well as played a critical role in selling a major Pune-based call center to General Electric.
Representative Investments
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Oral Fixation Oral Fixation is the fastest growing flavored mint company in the United States. Over the past year, the company has been growing at a 50% monthly growth rate. The company features a diversified product line featuring over 15 unique mint flavors, featuring packaging that has been heralded “industry leading” in major trade publications. The mints are currently distributed in leading retailers such as Sunglass Hut, The Whitney Museum and other leading high end locations. Jina Ventures is the financial consultant and investment banker for Oral Fixation Inc. |
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Scojo Vision Scojo Vision is an award-winning company that creates and distributes fashionable, ophthalmic quality readymade reading glasses and accessories. Scojo is positioned to penetrate the mass market for readers, leveraging its superior design and merchandising concepts. Scojo currently markets and distributes its products through traditional distribution channels such as regional and national optical stores, ophthalmic practices and independent pharmacies. Scojo also distributes through non-traditional distribution channels such as national department stores, up-scale apparel, gift and stationery shops, bookstores, catalogs, Internet and television. Scojo is committed to improving health and economic development around the world through the Scojo Foundation (www.scojofoundation.org). |
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Certified Mail Inc. Certified Mail Inc. provides secure messaging capabilities to more than 400 businesses and 2 million email users around the world in four languages. Founded by experts in data security, each with more than fifteen years of information security experience, CertifiedMail overcomes the inherent insecurity of the Internet as a transport mechanism for confidential data by enabling organizations to send and track sensitive information over the Internet. CertifiedMail solutions support the security requirements of US and European privacy and data protection regulations. They save significant time and cost while greatly increasing the privacy and accountability of communications. Jina Ventures is the exclusive financial and strategic advisor to CertifiedMail. |
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AIMS Fine Chemical Inc. Founded in 1999, AIMS Fine Chemical Inc. provides research, development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, leaving capital-intensive clinical trials and drug distribution to strategic partners. In particular, the Company leverages proprietary continuous process manufacturing technologies to produce specialty chemicals, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and dosage-form generic drugs, with a particular focus on chiral chemistries. Its proprietary continuous manufacturing processes reduce operating expenses by at least 90% and capital expenses by at least 50%, while producing final product with higher purity and reduced energy consumption than through traditional batch processing. Jina Ventures is the exclusive financial advisor to AIMS. |
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