Hina Group

Founder Chen Hong, Chairman and Managing Partner, oversees the firm's principal investment and advisory activities. He built his career at J.P. Morgan running Asia-Pacific technology M&A before launching Hina in 2003. Partner Eric Yan also serves in a senior investment role, per Asian Venture Capital Journal reporting.

Both. Hina Group holds a financial advisory license and runs a cross-border M&A practice that has advised on over $15 billion in aggregate transaction volume since 2003, per the firm's official communications. In parallel, it deploys proprietary capital into venture, growth, and buyout deals, primarily in technology sectors across Greater China.

Hina's advisory practice generates proprietary deal flow. The firm's M&A bankers see restructuring mandates, cross-border carve-outs, and pre-IPO financing needs before those opportunities reach broad auction processes. Hina can elect to co-invest its own capital in these situations, creating a sourcing advantage over pure-play private equity funds that rely on intermediated deal flow.

The firm is headquartered in Beijing with additional offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and San Francisco. Its investment activity concentrates on Greater China, with selected exposure to cross-border opportunities involving Silicon Valley and Southeast Asian technology companies.

Hina invests across venture, growth, and buyout stages, with specific activity in structured PIPEs, pre-IPO rounds, and cross-border restructurings. Sector focus includes enterprise software, artificial intelligence, fintech, digital health, and energy transition. The firm does not publicly disclose AUM or fund-level return data.