JJR Private Capital
135 Yorkville Avenue, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 0C7, Canada
Overview
JJR Capital Corp. is a Toronto based merchant bank that specializes in reverse merger transactions with an international investment focus. Our team of highly skilled and experienced finance, legal and consulting professionals brings a unique solution and approach to financing companies with enterprise values ranging from $50m to $300m. JJR Capital Corp. is a private merchant banking firm with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. JJR specializes in private and public transactions ranging in enterprise value from $50m to $300m. JJR Capital acts as a deal sponsor, principal and/or advisor on reverse merger transactions, leveraged buy-outs, management buy-outs, privatisations, and initial public offerings. JJR has successfully completed transactions in a range of industries including technology, energy, renewable energy, telecommunications, media & entertainment, manufacturing and retail.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Investment portfolio
- Socati
Participated · Equity · Jan 2019
Socati is a Woodburn, Oregon–based developer and processor of hemp genetics, cannabinoid science, and extraction and purification technology. Led by CEO Josh Epstein, the company processes THC-free full-spectrum hemp and operates at large scale with logistics in place to increase hemp biomass throughput. It supplies high-quality raw materials to international consumer packaged goods companies seeking cannabinoid ingredients. Socati closed a $33 million second round of funding. Investors in the round include Lorne Abony, Jim Mellon and JJR Private Capital. The company intends to use the capital to bring operations to manufacturing scale.
- Franklychat
Participated · Equity · Oct 2014
Frankly is a mobile app that enables ephemeral text messaging, with messages that self-destruct after 10 seconds and links that allow non‑users to view messages via a web page. The company has grown its user base to over 1.7 million, having doubled in the past six months, and currently ranks #256 in the Social Networking category on iTunes (U.S.). Frankly has a 20-person team and says it will use new funding to aggressively hire. With the additional capital, Frankly is launching a customizable social chat SDK for other apps and is already working on integrations with global brands. CEO Steve Chung expects to announce a major brand partner within 30 days and to book its first (small) revenues this year. Investors appear focused on selling Frankly’s technology via the SDK as much as consumer growth. Frankly is an ephemeral messaging app that lets users send short text messages that vanish after 10 seconds. Unlike Snapchat, Frankly focuses on text rather than photos or video. The app’s recent update adds controls to express emotion via text, including pinch-to-resize text and swipe-to-change background color. CEO Steve Chung says the team wanted to provide "a full set of tools to communicate with your emotions via text." The company has a team of about 20 and is funded with $6 million in backing from South Korea’s SK Planet.
Team
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