DFR Asia is a digital media braintrust.  Drawing on substantial on-the-ground industry experience in Greater China and Japan we focus on:

• Ground-up creation of new digital media and technology ventures
  
• Structure and formation of cross-border strategic partnerships in media and media technology
  
• International licensing and exploitation of content and media assets
• Early-stage venture financing and institutional fundraising

Examples of our results include:

• Launching China's first social media advertising network
• Structuring content strategy and acquisition for Japan's leading mobile social networking service, a portfolio company
• Setting up a new ISP-centric online media and advertising joint venture with Softbank and Dentsu
• Leading syndication for the sale of Tower Records Japan (ultimately purchased by NTT Docomo)
• Closing dozens of mobile content licensing deals to exploit  new music formats across all three Japanese carriers
  
• Launching operations in Korea and Japan for the world's largest independent music label
  
• Completing one of the first licensing deals to bring Japanese mobile content to the US
• Backing IPOs by portfolio companies in Japan and Hong Kong