- Raised $100M Series C, Jan 2026
About
DST Global is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner and co-founders Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford. The firm emerged as a spinoff from Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment company that later became Mail.ru Group and VK Company. DST Global focuses on large, growth-stage deployments into proven internet and technology companies, rather than early-stage ventures. The firm has invested approximately $7 billion since inception, with a majority of capital directed toward non-U.S. companies. DST Global typically deploys check sizes ranging from $100 million to $500 million, with notable concentration in Series B and Series C stage investments. The portfolio spans over 214 companies including 63 unicorns, with particular strength in consumer internet, e-commerce, fintech, enterprise applications, and travel sectors. The firm has offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong. The registered office of the DST Global funds is in the Cayman Islands. DST Global does not solicit or accept retail investors, working exclusively with institutional capital providers.
Portfolio
Investment activity
Portfolio by sector
Q&A
- What is DST Global's primary focus as an investment firm?
- DST Global is an Internet Investment Firm.
- What is DST Global's typical investment range?
- DST Global's investment range is between $1B and $2B.
- Can you name a notable portfolio company for DST Global?
- Safe Superintelligence, which develops safe AI technologies, is a notable portfolio company for DST Global.
- In which sector does DST Global show concentration in its portfolio?
- DST Global has a concentration in the Business Software sector, with one portfolio company in this area.
- When did DST Global make its most recent recorded investment?
- DST Global made a recorded investment in April 2025.
- What was DST Global's most recent new portfolio company addition?
- DST Global added Safe Superintelligence to its portfolio in September 2024.
- What type of funding rounds has DST Global participated in?
- DST Global has participated in both A Round and B Round funding stages.
- What was the funding stage and amount for Safe Superintelligence?
- Safe Superintelligence received a $3B Series B funding round.
Full data — links, identifiers, deals & radar signals (jobs, patents, research, more)
External links
| Website | dst-global.com/ |
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| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DST_Global |
| Wikidata | wikidata.org/wiki/Q27346280 |
Identifiers & details
| Founded | 2009 |
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| Wikidata QID | Q27346280 |
Radar intelligence
GitHub
| Top repos | DSTApp, DST-Platform, Lambda-Charter, SemanticDB, Lambda-Universum |
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Web history (Wayback)
| Domain | dst-global.com |
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Wikidata
| QID | Q27346280 |
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Certificate / subdomain footprint
| Subdomains | 1 |
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