Jina Ventures is an India-centric private equity firm. Founded in 2003, Jina Ventures was the first financial services firm in New York City focused exclusively on India. Over the past 5 years, Jina Ventures has grown into a full service private equity practice, with both principal investing and M&A value-add capabilities. Currently, Jina currently operates out of its offices in New York, Mumbai, Tokyo, Bangkok and Singapore.
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| 2003 |
Jina
Ventures Inc registers Corporation
in New York State and becomes the first financial services firm in New York with an exclusive India focus. |
2003 –
2005
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Jina Ventures establishes
a presence in Mumbai and New York, with
an exclusive focus on private equity
placements and international M&A.
Representative assignments:
- Advisor for US$10 million financing
of MakeMyTrip.com (India)
- Advisor for US$3 million financing
of M&R Engineering (India)
- Advisor for US$1 million financing
of Am International (India)
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2005 |
Jina Ventures
was retained as exclusive buy-side
advisor to H&M Global
Selection India Pte Ltd,
a private Japanese family with commitment
to invest US$10 – 50 million
in India on a draw-down basis |
2005
– 2008 |
Jina Ventures
appointed as fund manager and custodian
for H&M Global Selection
India Pte Ltd, for all
investments in India. Completes
investments in 12 Indian companies,
both listed and unlisted.
Representative Investments:
- Uma Precision Limited (Pune,
India)
- Liner India Limited (Vijayawada,
India)
- Universal Power Transformers
Pte Ltd (Bangalore, India)
- KEI Industries (Mumbai, India)
- Lok Housing & Construction
(Mumbai, India)
- Take Solutions Ltd (Chennai,
India)
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2009 |
Jina Ventures completes the sale of Swiss Pharma Contract Ltd (a portfolio company of the Novartis Venture Fund) to Covance Inc, a top five global clinical research organization. The closing marks the largest CRO transaction of 2009 |
2010 |
Jina
Ventures announces the launch of its second fund, Jina Strategic Growth Fund. This fund will invest in Indian Companies with an international value-add. |
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