Profile

DST Global (DST) was founded by Yuri Milner in 2009 for the purpose of making minority investments in the most significant and fast growing internet companies. Today DST is one of the world’s leading technology investors and its portfolio has included some of the world's most prominent internet companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Airbb, Spotify, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Flipkart and other fast-growing internet assets.

The company has pioneered a model to provide liquidity to founders, employees and early investors through mixed primary and secondary transactions. These transactions are often referred to as DST type deals in the Internet world.