On 28 August 2013, DGL Group has started a strategic alliance partnership with SIP Financial Group of Japan, in which the two companies will cross-invest in each other’s portfolio companies and nurture them into successful pan-Asia Pacific companies, including helping them to raise capital, assisting them in business expansion as well as in providing coaching to their CEO and leadership teams. The plan is to eventually set up a pan-Asia Pacific investment fund jointly for the above purpose.