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Digital Sky Technologies

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Digital Sky Technologies is a growth focused investment company specializing in late-stage, high-growth, private companies in the global Internet industry.

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.

The company was founded by Yuri Milner, and after building Mail.ru Group, DST gained international prominence through its investments in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.

Milestones

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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Klarna. (12/9/11)
  Posted 12/8/11 at 11:43pm via techcrunch.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Spotify. (6/17/11)
  Posted 6/17/11 at 8:07pm via thealarmclock.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Forticom. (1/1/09)
  Posted 5/26/09 at 5:10pm
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Facebook. (5/26/09)
  Posted 5/26/09 at 8:57am via techcrunch.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Zynga. (11/4/09)
  Posted 12/15/09 at 10:31pm via venturebeat.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Nival. (3/17/10)
  Posted 3/30/10 at 1:11pm via quintura.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Airbnb. (7/25/11)
  Posted 5/30/11 at 5:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Facebook. (1/21/11)
  Posted 1/23/11 at 8:35pm via prnewswire.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Groupon. (1/11/11)
  Posted 12/30/10 at 8:05am via finsmes.com
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  Digital Sky Technologies invested in Groupon. (4/18/10)
  Posted 4/18/10 at 8:18pm via techcrunch.com

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1. Tencent Invests $300 Million In Facebook And Zynga Backer Digital Sky Technologies (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. Naspers To Buy 28.7% Stake In Digital Sky Technologies (dailymarkets.com) [edit]
3. European Payment Service Klarna Raises A Whopping $155 Million From DST And General Atlantic (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Airbnb Bags $112 Million In Series B From Andreessen, DST And General Catalyst (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Euro Music Service Spotify Raises $100M at $1B+ Valuation (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
6. Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion (prnewswire.com) []
7. Groupon Completes $950M Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
8. techcrunch.com [edit]
9. http://blog.quintura.com/2010/03/16/dst-1c-and-sergey-orlovskiy-invest-7-million-in-nival-network/ (blog.quintura.com) [edit]
10. Social game maker Zynga raises $180M from Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies (games.venturebeat.com) []
11. Facebook Takes That $200 Million Investment From The Russians At A $10 Billion Valuation. (techcrunch.com) []
12. Citation Needed [add]