Who is ACG?

Since our roots in the late 90’s in consulting, managing global market entries and cross-border M&A, we’ve evolved to be an investment banking advisory and asset management firm with hundreds of millions of dollars under management.

Our Mission

To be the exclusive nexus for high-net-worth individuals and qualified institutional investors seeking to invest in real assets internationally.
To be a global financial bridge, allowing people to move capital freely to wherever it is going to create the most value and generate the greatest impact.

Our Purpose

ACG’s purpose is to add tangible and quantifiable value to all of our stakeholders, specifically our investors and those that we invest in, serving the unique needs of each group. Investments can be complex and require thorough analysis, weaving through layers of bureaucracy, access to professional networks, and overcoming regulatory hurdles. Our broad goal is to facilitate finance and investment by ensuring strategic and efficient allocation of our clients’ funds first, and our own capital second.

Our Vision

To consistently deliver value to anyone that we work with, whether it is an investor or an employee in a portfolio company.
To become the leading global conduit for cross-border investments into real assets for high-net-worth individuals and institutions looking at the U.S. as their primary investment market.
To create a lasting positive impact in any investment that we undertake.

OUR CORE VALUES

Innovative

We believe that just because something hasn’t been done before, doesn’t mean that it can’t be done

Determined

We believe in the three Ps: Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance

Meticulous

We believe in unwavering attention to detail

Accountable

We believe that we always have to honor our commitments, even if at a material cost to us—promises are immune to changing circumstances

Prompt

We believe that timing is everything, which is why we strive to always be prompt

Ethical

We believe in upholding the highest ethical standards

Striving

We believe in always offering our best in everything we do

Simplicity

We believe that less is more, so we do fewer high quality deals

Our Background

Aginsky Capital Group is today part of the Aginsky Group of companies, which includes our brokerage and advisory arm, our investment arm, our asset management business, and dozens of other entities. The company originally started two decades ago and grew from the original firm, Aginsky Consulting Group (also ACG), which was focused primarily on management consulting services and helping small and medium size companies to raise capital for their projects by assisting them with creating a compelling investment thesis, followed by developing their business plans, pitch decks, financial models, and other investor solicitation documents.

What started as just a small west coast firm, quickly grew to become an international company with offices in Eastern Europe, Asia, and North America. In the aftermath of the global recession of 2008, Aginsky Consulting Group went from being primarily a sell-side advisory to a buy-side advisory. We went from helping international clients to sell stakes in their companies to global investors to helping many of those same entrepreneurs protect their hard earned wealth by placing it into various conservative investment vehicles in the U.S., which we then managed on their behalf. Later, we started to co-invest with our investors into various deals, becoming principals in each of the transactions.

Today, the primary purpose of Aginsky Capital Group is seeking out unique investment opportunities, conducting due diligence on those, sourcing capital to deploy into those opportunities, which includes our own capital and that of other investors, followed by the ongoing management of assets acquired. Our expertise spans commercial real estate, private equity, and small to medium size businesses. We are also experienced in the EB-5 process, venture capital, and structured debt instruments. Our A-to-Z service suite allows us to build a deep understanding of our investors’ goals and investment needs. We can provide expert advisory services on company formation and structuring, transactions and brokerage services, and various aspects of operational management, while also partnering with other experts who can offer legal and tax advice, thus taking a rigorous approach to investment decision-making. Meeting our clients’ unique objectives is the definition of our investment philosophy.

Alexander Aginsky

Alex Aginsky is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and seasoned executive with decades of experience in FinTech, alternative asset investment structures, commercial real estate, and cross-border M&A.

Mr. Aginsky always has multiple ventures under his management at any one time, the last of which was a unique commercial real estate crowdfunding platform. He has previously managed a complex commercial real estate portfolio of assets for global investors including the development of two major hotels.

Prior to that, Mr. Aginsky advised high-profile private companies in the U.S. and abroad concerning multi-million dollar debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, new market entries and other cross-border business transactions. Mr. Aginsky holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and is a graduate of the OPM Program at Harvard Business School.

ACG Advisory Board

Jay Zollinger

GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL
Mr. Zollinger is a practical, business minded lawyer who leverages legal skills honed over years of law practice at the highest levels to…

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Roger Gale

MEDTECH & BIOSCIENCE
Currently Mr. Gale is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Sedia Biosciences Corporation and Director of…

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Adam Matar

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION
Adam Matar is the co-founder of Inception Property Group, a holding company and award-winning real estate developer…

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Roman Milakin

PRIVATE EQUITY AND PRIVATE DEBT
Mr. Milakin has spent most of his early career in Russia’s natural resource sector, working for over a decade for one of Russia’s leading…

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Nitin Khanna

VENTURE CAPITAL
Mr. Khanna has been CEO of MergerTech since 2009. Prior to becoming CEO of MergerTech, Mr. Khanna was the founder, Chairman and CEO…

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Travis Pearson

MANUFACTURING, SECURITY, STAFFING
Travis Pearson is President & CEO of The DPI Group, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2021. Under his leadership, DPI Group has…

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Jay Zollinger

GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL
Mr. Zollinger is a practical, business minded lawyer who leverages his legal skills to help clients achieve their business goals. Currently, he offers start-up and growth-stage companies corporate legal advice and business counsel through his law firm, Outside General Counsel Services, P.C.

Before opening his own firm, Mr. Zollinger served as General Counsel to Saber Software, Inc., Oregon’s fastest growing company in 2007. During this two and a half year tenure, Mr. Zollinger managed all company legal affairs, building the firm’s legal department and serving on Saber’s management team. It was in this context that Mr. Zollinger developed a deep understanding of how to address a company’s legal needs without detracting from its business goals. In December 2007, Mr. Zollinger and the rest of Saber’s management team finalized the sale of Saber to EDS. One year later, Mr. Zollinger began his own law practice.

Prior to this, Mr. Zollinger was a partner at Perkins Coie. At Perkins, Mr. Zollinger’s primary focus was business and contract disputes; he also gained extensive experience in product liability, corporate governance and securities regulation, and employment law. This experience is frequently called upon to help his clients avoid liability and focus on growth.

Mr. Zollinger joined Perkins Coie in 1997 after graduating from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Theory from the University of Utah and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Philosophy, and Film Studies from Boston University.

Roger Gale

MEDTECH & BIOSCIENCE
Currently Mr. Gale is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Sedia Biosciences Corporation as well as the Director of Starnorth Enterprises.

Prior to this, between 2006-2008, Mr. Gale served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and as the Chief Executive Officer of  Calypte Biomedical Corporation, a U.S. publicly listed company headquartered near Portland, Oregon. Before this, from 2001-2006, Mr. Gale acted as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Wavecrest Group Enterprises Limited, a communications services provider. Prior to this time, from 1999-2001, Mr. Gale was the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder of End2End Wireless Limited, a wireless communications services provider.

From 1996 to 1998 Mr. Gale was Chief Executive Officer for AIG-Brunswick Capital Management, a U.S. $300 million, OPIC-sponsored Russian investment fund. Between 1988-1995, Mr. Gale worked at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), including a stint as Chief of the IFC’s Resident Mission in Russia (1991-1995). Mr. Gale spent an additional nine years with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and taught economics at the University of New England in Australia and Lincoln College in New Zealand.

Mr. Gale holds a diploma from The Royal Agricultural College and a Master of Economics degree from the University of New England.

Adam Matar

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

Adam Matar is the co-founder of Inception Property Group, a holding company and award-winning real estate developer. Adam focuses on large value add and opportunistic real estate, deep value lower middle market businesses, and deep value SME.

Adam has been recognized as a Forty Under 40 by the Portland Business Journal and as an Emerging Leader by Globe St. for his work in delivering healthcare facilities in under-served communities. Additionally, his ground up 250,000 square foot downtown Los Angeles medical campus received the top award by the LA Business Journal in 2020 for medical developments.

Adam’s works have been the subject of stories in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, the business journals, Bisnow, Globe St, and Health Facilities Management Magazine for their innovations.

Adam has managed real estate portfolios cumulatively adding up to over seven million square feet nationally, including during his tenure as a senior leader in Kaiser Permanente’s real estate department.

In addition to his investment endeavors, Adam is an engaged member of the Portland community. Most notably, he is a former appointed Planning Commissioner in Beaverton, where autonomous vehicles, 5G technologies, and multi-modal transportation have been a regular part of the conversation for one of the most innovative cities in the country.

Other prior local community leadership roles include:

Board member on Urban Land Institute’s Portland Chapter
President of the ULI’s Portland Chapter Young Leaders Group
Board member on the Lloyd District Transportation Management Association
Committee member of the Portland Streetcar Citizen’s Advisory Committee

Adam is part of Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Advanced Management Development Program class of ’21 for real estate executives. He is also an alumnus of Marquette University. Adam lives in Beaverton with his wife, Liz, and their three young boys.

Roman Milakin

PRIVATE EQUITY AND PRIVATE DEBT

Mr. Milakin has spent most of his early career in Russia’s natural resource sector, working for over a decade for one of Russia’s leading metallurgical mining company, one of the largest in the world, Norilsk Nickel (LSE: MNOD). Mr. Milakin oversaw all of the company’s import operations internationally before leaving the company to embark on his entrepreneurial pursuits, which included ventures in high tech startups, sports and entertainment, and commercial real estate investments.

Mr. Milakin has since amassed global commercial real estate portfolio that spans from Europe to North America and has been an avid investor in both existing and new development projects from New York to California. He has continued to make venture investments into various in e-commerce, travel, and real estate related startups.

Mr. Milakin graduated from Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation, one of the leading universities in Russia, with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in finance. He later earned a PhD from the same institution. Mr. Milakin is continuing his educational persuits at Harvard Business School.

NITIN KHANNA

VENTURE CAPITAL

Mr. Khanna has been CEO of MergerTech since 2009.

Prior to becoming CEO of MergerTech, Mr. Khanna was the founder, Chairman and CEO of Saber Software, Inc., one of the largest providers of state government solutions in the country. Mr. Khanna co-founded Saber in July 1998 and helped grow it to 1200 employees and over $120MM in revenue by 2007 when it was sold to EDS for $460MM. Mr. Khanna then assumed leadership of EDS’ government business operation that included Saber; eight months later when he departed EDS (after HP’s acquisition of EDS) the company had $300MM in revenue and 1500 employees. Mr. Khnna led 8 M&A transactions at Saber, and that experience allows him to provide both operational, strategic, and M&A advice to our clients.

Nitin sits on the boards of Vendscreen, Freewire Broadband, TiE Oregon (non-profit) and the Classic Wines Auction (non-profit), and in addition advises over half a dozen companies in the mobile, social, and cloud spaces.

He holds Master’s and Bachelor’s of Engineering degrees from Purdue University.

Travis Pearson

MANUFACTURING, SECURITY & STAFFING

Travis Pearson is President & CEO of The DPI Group, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2021. Under his leadership, The DPI Group has expanded its footprint and lines of business, and its mission has evolved from employing people with disabilities to employing those with any barrier(s) to employment. The organization now includes nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries that employed nearly 2,200 people in fiscal year 2019 and brought in $32 million in revenue.

Travis joined DPI in 2004 as an Employment Specialist and has held leadership roles in nearly every branch of the organization. He helped to grow DPI’s security business from a public sector provider to a diversified organization with private sector clients in various industries. Under his watch, DPI’s staffing services expanded in Oregon and into Washington, Arizona, Maryland, Idaho, Minnesota, Delaware and New Jersey. DPI Staffing now has 10 branch offices around the country. Travis stewarded the development of an infant formula and nutritional product manufacturing business that has products on the shelves in the United States, Africa and the Middle East. He also grew a single AbilityOne combat knife assembly contract into a diversified tactical tools division with multiple sales channels, all supporting the employment of veterans with disabilities.

Travis is a veteran of the US Marine Corps and the US Coast Guard and has a background in intelligence and security; he worked for various federal agencies during his time in the service as a security and intelligence analyst. Travis is a graduate of American Military University and earned an MBA in finance from Washington State University.

Travis is active in a variety of nonprofit, social enterprise and manufacturing organizations, and has presented at the Alternative Staffing Alliance and SourceAmerica national conferences. His professional accomplishments and community service led him to be named one of the Portland Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 in 2016.