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Dec. 1996	D.A.Consortium Inc. was established through joint investment by HAKUHODO Inc., ASATSU INC. (now ADK Holdings Inc.), Daiichi Kikaku (now ASATSU-DK INC.), Digital Garage Inc., YOMIKO ADVERTISING Inc., I&S (now I&S BBDO Inc.) and TOKUMA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD.
Jan. 1998	Relocated headquarters to Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Mar. 1998	Daiko Advertising, Inc. and Nikkeisha, Inc. joined the Consortium's agency network.
Dec. 1999	Relocated headquarters to Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Dec. 2000	Opened the Kansai Office.
Jul. 2001	Listed on NASDAQ Japan (now the JASDAQ).
Oct. 2001	Opened the New York Office.
Jul. 2002	TOKYU AGENCY INC. joined the Consortium's agency network.
Dec. 2003	spicebox, inc., consolidated into an equity-method affiliate, opened for business.
Jul. 2004	Made an investment to Ergo-Brains, inc., and consolidated into an equity-method affiliate.
Dec. 2004	Established ADPRO inc.
Mar. 2005	Relocated headquarters to Yebisu Garden Place Tower. (current address)
Oct. 2005	Established a company in China named 北京迪愛慈商務諮詢有限公司(now 北京迪愛慈広告有限公司)
Mar. 2006	Consolidated Ergo-Brains, inc. as a subsidiary.
Mar. 2006	Consolidated Interspire, Inc., as a subsidiary.
Jan. 2007	Opened the Kyushu Office.
May. 2007	Started "AD-Visor® NEXT", a media plannning support system.
Jul. 2007	Started "ad-meister™", an ad operation management solution to media.
Nov. 2007	北京迪愛慈商務諮詢有限公司(DAC Beijing) gets the advertising license in China.
Dec. 2007	Joint partnership with IREP Co., Ltd. to establish Relevancy-Plus Inc.
Feb. 2008	Third-party allotment of shares to major TV stations in Tokyo and Nikkei Digital Media, Inc.
Jun. 2008	Opened the Chubu Office.
Jun. 2008	Became exclusive selling partner in Japan for NewsGator Technologies Inc.’s Widget Services Platform.
Jun. 2008	Became exclusive selling partner in Japan for Digital Envoy Inc.’s IP Location Service.
Feb. 2009	Carried out a third-party allotment of shares to HAKUHODO Inc., making D.A.Consortium a consolidated subsidiary of Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.
May. 2009	Ergo-Brains, Inc. absorbed Interspire, Inc., and was renamed to SPiRE, Inc.
Jun. 2009	Launched “MarketOne®”, an online ad marketplace open to ad agencies.
Jun. 2009	IREP Co., Ltd. became an equity-method affiliate.
Nov. 2009	Partnered with Kaltura Inc. to deliver Online Video Platform in Japan.
Jul. 2010	Concluded capital and operating alliance with Members Co., Ltd., .
Dec. 2010	Consolidated IREP Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.
Feb. 2011	Established Platform One Inc.
Apr. 2011	Started "YIELD ONE®",an online ad exchange platform to media.
Nov. 2011	Partnered with Adnetik Inc. to provide "Trading Desk Services" that will allow strategic operations for online marketing.
Dec. 2011	Consolidated Torchlight Inc. as a subsidiary.
Mar. 2012	Consolidated the ngi group, Inc. (motionBEAT Inc.) as a subsidiary.
Apr. 2012	Started "ADFlow™", a creative management system.
May. 2012	Established DAC ASIA PTE. LTD.
Jun. 2012	Concluded capital and operating alliance with Innity Corporation Berhad, and consolidated into an equity-method affiliate.
Jul. 2012	Became exclusive selling partner in Japan for CrispMedia, Inc.’s Mobile Rich Media Platform.
Jul. 2012	DAC ASIA PTE. LTD. and Innity Corporation Berhad established the joint venture I-DAC PTE. LTD.
Dec. 2012	motionBEAT Inc. and SPiRE Inc. merged, with corporate name changed to UNITED Inc.
Feb. 2013	Partnered with TubeMogul Inc. to take its First Step into Video RTB Market in Japan.
Apr. 2013	Started "AudienceOne®", a data management platform.
Jan. 2014	Decision to proceed with an investment to “WiL Fund I,L.P.”
Jan. 2014	Announced establishment of "DAC Venture United Fund No.1" with Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. and UNITED, Inc.
May. 2014	Started "FlexOne® Elephant",a next generation ad serving platform.
May. 2014	Started "FlexOne® Responsive", a next generation ad serving platform.
Jun. 2014	Started "EffectiveOne", a 3PAS Platform.
Jul. 2014	Started "FlexOne® Standard", a next generation ad serving solution.
Dec. 2014	Started "DialogOne", a communication management tool.
Jan. 2015	Entered partnership with YuMe Inc., a Multi-screen Video Advertising Company in US.
Feb. 2015	Partnered with Jibe Mobile K.K. to launch "DialogOne Agent", an Interactive Conversation Tool.
Mar. 2015	Partnered with Cxense ASA to provide Content Recommendations and Targeted Marketing to increase digital revenue for publishers.
Aug. 2016	Established D.A.CONSORTIUM TAIWAN INC.
Oct. 2016	Established D.A.Consortium Holdings Inc. with IREP Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2017	Consolidated DAC Tech Vietnam JOINT STOCK COMPANY as a subsidiary.
Mar. 2017	Concluded capital and operating alliance with Evixar Inc.
Feb. 2018	Concluded capital and operating alliance with EverySense Japan,Inc.
Mar. 2018	Concluded capital and operating alliance with Revolver, Inc.
Oct. 2018	D.A.Consortium Holdings Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.
Dec. 2018	Concluded capital partnership with repohappy inc.
Jan. 2019	Consolidated DAC DATA SCIENCE VIETNAM COMPANY LIMITED as a subsidiary.
Feb.2019	Opened the Niigata Office.
Apr. 2019	DAC Merged with Hakuhodo DY digital Inc.
Jul.2019	Formed exclusive strategic partnership with iClick Interactive Asia, China’s largest independent data marketing solutions compan.
Jun.2020	Opened the Fukuoka Technology Lab.
April 2021	Jointly established cross-company strategic organization HAKUHODO DX_UNITED with Hakuhodo and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners.
Apr.2021	Started supporting the Japanese market entry of “Firework” as a Loop Now Technologies strategic partner.
June 2021	Concluded a partnership agreement with Treasure Data KK.
Jun.2021	Jointly established MediaMath Japan KK with the U.S. company MediaMath.
October 2021	Established DAC DATA TECHNOLOGY VIETNAM JOINT STOCK COMPANY.
May 2022	Formed a strategic alliance with a major Southeast Asian EC enabler SELLinALL.
May 2022	Formed an alliance with Super League Gaming to sell metaverse ads (Roblox etc.) for the first time in Japan.
August 2022	Launched H+, a strategic group to support clients’ marketing and media activities in the APAC region joitly with Hakuhodo.
September 2022	Became an official club partner of Albirex Niigata.
December 2022	Consolidated Info Cubic Japan Co., Ltd as a subsidiary.
July 2023	Became an official club partner of Albirex Niigata.
August 2023	Established ARROVA.inc,a company specializing in game, metaverse and XR media operations.
April 2024	DAC and Irep merge to form a new company, Hakuhodo DY ONE Inc.