BDA is a Beijing-based investment advisor founded in 1994.
Over the past three decades, BDA has built a reputation for high caliber advice that is wholly independent and expeditiously delivered.
Our clients include some of the world’s largest and most successful financial institutions – venture capital, private equity,
hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds – and selected multi-national corporations.

We assist our clients to make profitable investment decisions through independent research.


Our geographic focus is China and neighboring markets, including North East Asia (Japan and South Korea), South East Asia (principally Indonesia and Vietnam) and South Asia (India).

Our sector focus is principally internet/technology, consumer goods & services, education and healthcare.

We also have experience advising on investment in the clean tech, agriculture and industrial sectors.

  • History

    BDA was founded in 1994, initially focusing on China’s fast-growing telecom sector. By 1999, BDA became recognized also as the leading advisory firm in China’s Internet sector, following early work for the founders of Alibaba, Netease and Sina. From 2003, BDA started to expand its private equity client base. As China’s e-commerce market took off, BDA became increasingly active advising on investments in China’s consumer sector, today our most active area.

    We also expanded our activities to include selected other Asian markets, although China remains our core focus today.