Robert Frech
Managing Director
Rob is a Managing Director at Raine, where he focuses on advisory and principal investing across the music, media, and entertainment sectors.
Throughout his time at Raine, Rob has advised a wide range of companies and investors on strategic transactions across buy-side and sell-side M&A and capital raises. His experience includes working with leading music and media strategics and platforms, including Gamma, Downtown, Quality Control, Alamo Records, Warner Music Group, CD Baby, FUGA, Vydia, IMGN Media, Hitco Entertainment, among others.
He has also helped lead Raine’s principal investments in Firebird Music and SoundCloud.
Prior to his current role, Rob served as a senior executive at a private-equity backed music platform, Gamma, where he led corporate development and strategy, including M&A, strategic partnerships, and capital markets activity, and worked closely with the company’s board and institutional investors, including Apple, Eldridge, and Alpha Wave.
Earlier in his career, Rob spent nearly a decade at Raine.
Rob holds a B.A. in Music and Financial Economics from Columbia University.