| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.12.2024 | Databricks Secures USD 10 Bn in Series J Funding, Valuing the Firm at USD 62 Bn Thrive Capital led the round, with co-leaders Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, Insight Partners, and WCM Investment... | San Francisco-based data analytics and AI firm Databricks has raised USD 10 billion in a landmark Series J funding round, pushing its valuation to an impressive USD 62 billion.
This financing, one of the largest in venture capital history, ... |
| 18.12.2024 | Databricks raises $10B in Series J round at $62B valuation
Recommended Stories For You | Data analytics and AI firm Databricks has raised $10 billion in Series J financing, valuing the company at $62 billion. The round is led by Thrive Capital, with co-leaders Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, Insight Partners, and WCM Inve... |
| 17.12.2024 | Databricks is Raising $10B Series J at $62B Valuation | Databriks, a San Francisco, CA-based data and AI company, is raising $10B in Series J funding, at $62B valuation.
The company has completed $8.6 billion to date. The round was led by Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, Ins... |
| 17.12.2024 | Databricks Announces $10 Billion (Series J) Funding At $62 Billion Valuation | Data and AI company Databricks announced a Series J funding round today. The company is raising $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and has completed $8.6 billion. This funding values Databricks at $62 billion, and Thrive Capital... |
| 17.12.2024 | Databricks raising mammoth $10B funding round at $62B valuation
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One click below supports our mission to provide free, dee... | Cloud data platform provider Databricks Inc. today announced that it’s raising a very late-stage $10 billion funding round at a $62 billion valuation.
The Series J investment doesn’t come as a surprise. Reports that Databricks is in the pro... |
| 17.12.2024 | Databricks is Raising $10B Series J Investment at $62B Valuation | Funding led by new investor Thrive Capital
Company expects to cross $3B in revenue run rate and achieve positive free cash flow in fourth quarter
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announ... |
| 17.12.2024 | AI startup Databricks hits $62 billion valuation in record VC round | :Databricks has secured a $62 billion valuation after raising $10 billion in one of the largest venture capital funding rounds in history, underscoring the unprecedented appetite for fast-growing private companies that has seen accelerated ... |
| 17.12.2024 | Databricks is Raising $10B Series J Investment at $62 Billion Valuation | Funding led by new investor Thrive Capital Company expects to cross $3B in revenue run rate and achieve positive free cash flow in fourth quarter
Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced its Series J funding. The company is rais... |
| 14.12.2024 | Илья Суцкевер заявил об изменениях в обучении ИИ | Соучредитель OpenAI и бывший главный научный сотрудник Илья Суцкевер, который теперь возглавляет собственную компанию Safe Superintelligence Inc., заявил на конференции по нейронным системам обработки информации (NeurIPS) в Ванкувере, что с... |
| 05.12.2024 | poolside and AWS announce strategic agreement to enable secure, customized generative AI for software engineering on Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) | New offering will make it easier for customers to run poolside in their existing AWS environment
poolside software engineering foundation models are now available on Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) and coming soon to Amazon Bedrock
pools... |
| 11.11.2024 | Equal Raises USD 10 Mn Series A Funding Led by Prosus Ventures The round was led by Prosus Ventures, Tomales Bay Capital, and Keshav Reddy himself, resulting in a post-money valuation of USD 80 millio... | Equal, a data-sharing platform founded in 2022 by Keshav Reddy and Rajeev Ranjan, has raised USD 10 million in its Series-A funding round. The round was led by Prosus Ventures, Tomales Bay Capital, and Keshav Reddy himself, resulting in a p... |
| 11.11.2024 | Equal raises $10M in Series A funding round at $80M valuation | Identity and data-sharing platform Equal has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by PayU investor Prosus Ventures, Zupee-backer Tomales Bay Capital, and founder Keshav Reddy.
Blume Ventures, DST Global, Quona VC, and notable industry... |
| 11.11.2024 | Equal Raises US$10M in Series A Funding | Equal, a Hyderabad, Telangana, India-based provider of a data sharing platform, raised US$10M in Series A funding, at a post-money valuation of US$80M.
The round was led by Prosus Ventures, Tomales Bay Capital and its founder, Keshav Reddyi... |
| 28.10.2024 | Udaan's Bold Move: Securing ₹300 Crore to Fuel Growth | Udaan, the Bengaluru-based B2B platform, has struck gold again. On October 28, 2024, it announced a fresh debt financing round, raising approximately ₹300 crore from prominent investors like Lighthouse Canton, Stride Ventures, InnoVen Capit... |
| 28.10.2024 | Udaan raises Rs 300 Cr in debt funding from Lighthouse Canton, Stride Ventures and others | eB2B platform Udaan on Monday said it closed a Rs 300 crore debt financing round from Lighthouse Canton, Stride Ventures. InnoVen Capital, and Trifecta Capital.
Bengaluru-based Udaan plans to use the funds to expand its geographical footpri... |
| 14.10.2024 | Прогноз: ИИ захватывает рынок венчурных инвестиций | Финансирование стартапов в сфере искусственного интеллекта составило примерно треть всего венчурного капитала как во втором, так и в третьем кварталах. ИИ проявляет ненасытный аппетит к данным — и к венчурным капиталам.
Почти два года прошл... |
| 04.10.2024 | IPO-bound Swiggy launches 10-minute food delivery with Bolt | Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Swiggy’s Food Marketplace, shared the news on LinkedIn, stating,, “Iconic food brands have been built on the axis of time, taste and convenience. And today a few cities will enjoy the first trial of a unique (and hopefu... |
| 03.10.2024 | Стартап Poolside привлекает $500 млн на разработку программного обеспечения для кодирования ИИ | Раунд возглавила Bain Capital Ventures, а также в него вошли средства от DST Global, StepStone Group, Citi Ventures и HSBC Ventures, как говорится в заявлении Poolside. Новое финансирование дает стартапу оценку в $3 млрд.
«В мире насчитывае... |
| 24.09.2024 | Harmonic's Bold Leap into Mathematical Superintelligence | In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Harmonic has emerged as a beacon of ambition. The Palo Alto-based startup recently secured $75 million in Series A funding, pushing its valuation to a striking $325 million. This fu... |
| 24.09.2024 | Harmonic Raises $75M in Series A Funding | Harmonic, a Palo Alto, CA-based artificial intelligence platform for the development of mathematical superintelligence (MSI), raised $75M in Series A funding at a $325M post-money valuation.
The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with partic... |
| 19.09.2024 | Eye On AI: Thrive Capital’s Busy Year | 1 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here.
While reports have been swirling for weeks now, it is still somewhat difficult to wrap one’s head around OpenAI’s re... |
| 14.09.2024 | The AI Gold Rush: Billions Flow into OpenAI and New Ventures | The world of artificial intelligence is a high-stakes game. The players are bold, and the investments are staggering. OpenAI, the brain behind ChatGPT, is at the center of this whirlwind. Recently, reports surfaced that the company is negot... |
| 13.09.2024 | AI Startup World Labs Launches With $230M From Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia’s Venture Arm | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Spatial intelligence AI startup World Labs launched Friday with more than $230 million in total funding.
The funding was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, NEA and Radical Ventures. Other investors inclu... |
| 11.09.2024 | Стоимость американского ИИ-стартапа Glean достигла $4,6 млрд | Компания Glean Technologies заявила, что направит привлеченные средства на создание своей корпоративной платформы ИИ и глобальное расширение.
Компания также анонсировала новые функции автоматизации и интеграции с Zendesk Inc. и Salesforce I... |
| 10.09.2024 | Glean Raises Over $260M in Series E Funding at $4.6 Billion Valuation | Glean, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a Work AI platform for enterprises, raised over $260M in Series E funding at a $4.6 billion valuation.
The round was led by Altimeter and DST Global, with participation from new investors Craft Ventu... |
| 05.09.2024 | The Rise of Safe Superintelligence: A New Era in AI Investment | In the bustling world of artificial intelligence, a new player has emerged, capturing the attention of investors and tech enthusiasts alike. Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, has raised a staggering $1 billion in j... |
| 05.09.2024 | The Dawn of Safe Superintelligence: Ilya Sutskever's Bold New Venture | In the world of artificial intelligence, the stakes are high. Ilya Sutskever, a name synonymous with AI innovation, has embarked on a new journey. His latest venture, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), has raised a staggering $1 billion. This fu... |
| 05.09.2024 | OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever's latest AI venture Safe Superintelligence Inc raises $1B
Recommended Stories For You | OpenAICo-founder and former Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever's latest AI venture Safe Superintelligence Inc has secured $1 billion in funding. The investment was led by NFDG, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, and SV Angel.
Sa... |
| 05.09.2024 | Стартап SSI соучредителя OpenAI Суцкевера привлек $1 млрд | Источники, близкие к компании, говорят, что проект оценен в $5 млрд, а инвесторы готовы ставить на талантливых людей, которые работают над фундаментальными исследованиями в области искусственного интеллекта. Инвесторами стали крупные венчур... |
| 05.09.2024 | Бывший сотрудник OpenAI привлек $1 млрд на создание «безопасного сверхинтеллекта» | Стартап Safe Superintelligence (SSI), соучредителем которого является бывший главный научный сотрудник OpenAI Илья Суцкевер, привлек $1 млрд инвестиций, в результате чего оценка компании достигла $5 млрд. В число инвесторов вошли такие изве... |
| 05.09.2024 | OpenAI Co-Founder’s Safety-focused AI Startup Raises $1 Billion | OpenAI’s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has raised $1 billion (£759.4 million) for his new AI startup, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), which will work to develop advanced AI systems with safeguards built in, what the startup calls ‘the... |
| 05.09.2024 | Safe Superintelligence: $1 Billion Raised To Create Secure AI | Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a company founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in funding. This funding was provided by Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, SV Angel, and NFDG. NFDG is an investment ... |
| 04.09.2024 | Ex-OpenAI co-founder’s new Safe Superintelligence startup raises $1B in three months | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Ilya Sutskever’s incredible journey from OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist to alleged attempted coup ringlead... |
| 04.09.2024 | Sutskever strikes AI gold with billion-dollar backing for superintelligent AI | Enlarge / Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI Chief Scientist, speaks at Tel Aviv University on June 5, 2023.
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On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a new AI startup cofounded by O... |
| 15.07.2024 | Swiggy launched $65 M ESOP liquidity program prior to its IPO | A $65 million ESOPs liquidity program has been announced by Swiggy. Since 2018, Swiggy has had five ESOP liquidity events. All of its employees, regardless of rank or function, will be able to obtain secondary liquidity for their ESOPs.
Aft... |
| 15.07.2024 | Ahead of IPO, Swiggy rolls out ESOP liquidity program worth $65 Mn | Food delivery and quick commerce decacorn Swiggy has announced an ESOPs liquidity programme worth $65 million. This marks its fifth ESOP liquidity event at Swiggy since 2018. Its staff across levels and functions will have the option to rec... |
| 24.06.2024 | История Brex — финтех-компании стоимостью $12,3 млрд | Содержание: Чем занимается компания Brex Кто основал компанию На чем зарабатывает Brex Привлеченные инвестиции В чем уникальность компании Чем занимается компания Brex
Brex — это финтех-компания, предлагающая кредитные карты и решения по уп... |
| 16.04.2024 | Reka AI launches multimodal language model to rival Google’s Gemini | Artificial IntelligenceNews
Lokesh Choudhary · 6h ago · 2 min readReka AI launches multimodal language model to rival Google’s Gemini
Reka Core ranks second in the ELO rating system / Photo credit: Reka AI
AI company Reka AI has launched Re... |
| 08.02.2024 | France’s newest unicorn: Pennylane raises €40M from Sequoia Capital and DST Global | Read this article in:
Paris-based Pennylane, a financial management and accounting platform designed for startups/SMEs, announced that it has secured €40M in a Series C round of funding.
With this round, the company has attained the ‘unicor... |
| 19.11.2023 | With Amo, the founder of Zenly wants to make social apps social again | In 2018, I wrote a TechCrunch article stating that 2018 was “the year social networks were no longer social.” Reflecting on that article, I’m not sure that 2018 was the turning point. But the premise of the article still holds up well.
At s... |
| 04.08.2023 | Austrian edtech GoStudent raises $95M to expand into DACH region | Austrian edtech GoStudent raises $95M to expand into DACH region
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| 19.07.2022 | Startup building software that helps airlines upsell customers raises $25M | From left: Linda Bryndísardóttir, VP Business Development; Stephen Grabowski, co-founder and CEO; Joe Aarre, co-founder and CTO; Reed Gilbert, VP Operations. (Jonathan Wu Photo)
Gordian Software, which builds tech that helps airlines and tr... |
| 13.06.2022 | Masteos rings up €40 million for rental real-estate investments | Paris-based Masteos has raised €40 million in a Series A investment round, just 9 months since bringing home €15 million in a seed round provided by Daphni. The new figures on the balance sheet are slated to be used to further fuel the comp... |
| 08.06.2022 | And the money train keeps on a’rollin’ for Sweden’s Juni as the fintech rakes in $206 million | Swedish integrated payment solution platform Juni has raised $206 million, $100 million in equity via a Mubadala Capital lead, and $106 million in debt funding via TriplePoint Capital.
The new capital will be used primarily to drive Juni’s ... |
| 07.06.2022 | Upwork co-founder launches Ergeon, a startup that builds fences | If you had told me that this week I’d learn about a fence-building company that employs 350 people and raised a total of $53 million, I’d ask you to pass the bong, because I want some of what you’re smoking. But that’s exactly what Ergeon h... |
| 17.05.2022 | Moonfare – PE Investments for Private Investors by Alexander Gornyi | The post was originally published in Russian on Startup of the Day. Alexander kindly agreed to republish what we think is of great value to our readers.
A guy launches a startup in his garage and some crazy people invest in it. The project... |
| 17.01.2022 | South Korean HR automation platform flex raises $32M Series B at a $287M valuation | South Korea-based human resources management platform flex announced today it has closed a $32 million Series B round at a valuation of $287 million. The latest funding, which brings its total raised to $42 million, was led by Greenoaks, wi... |
| 22.09.2021 | sunday Raises $100 Million in Series A Financing Five Months After Launch to Accelerate Growth | ATLANTA, Sept. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- sunday, the fastest restaurant payment solution co-founded in April 2021 by Atlanta tech leader and e-commerce veteran Christine de Wendel, today announced $100 million in Series A equity financin... |
| 22.09.2021 | Crypto asset management platform Cobo bags $40M Series B | Cobo, a Singapore-based crypto asset management platform, raised a $40 million Series B to accelerate the development of decentralized finance as a service (DFaaS).
The round was co-led by DST Global, A&T Capital and IMO Ventures.
The c... |
| 02.09.2021 | Xepelin secures $230M in debt and equity round co-led by Kaszek Ventures and DST Global, and with Cathay Innovation & Seaya Ventures’ first joint investment in Latin America | 02/09/2021
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XEPELIN SECURES $230M IN DEBT AND EQUITY, BECOMING CATHAY INNOVATION & SEAYA VENTURES’ FIRST JOINT INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA.
Santiago de Chile. Xepelin, the Chilean FinTech looking to give Latin American’s... |
| 07.07.2021 | Swedish fintech Juni raises $21.5 million just four months since launch | Swedish integrated payment solution platform Juni has raised $21.5 million. The fintech was founded in 2020, and officially launched barely four months ago. The service integrates with thousands of banks and major payment providers and auto... |
| 29.06.2021 | Global payments aggregator raises $12M to expand across Europe and beyond | |
| 29.06.2021 | Global payments aggregator raises $12M to expand across Europe and beyond | In addition to DST Global, Imburse attracted its existing investors Addition capital, Lakestar, Guidewire Software, Post Finance, SixThirty Ventures and Backbone Ventures. Additionally, Accenture Ventures, Gramercy Ventures, and individual ... |
| 09.06.2021 | India-based financial services platform Refyne obtains US $20.1M investment | Refyne, an India-based financial service platform, secured a sum of US $16 million in a Series A funding round announced on June 9, 2021. Leading the round are partners of RTP Global and DST Global. Refyne also disclosed raising a sum of US... |
| 30.04.2021 | Travelperk cierra una ronda de $160M (€132M) liderada por Greyhound. Acuden también los ya accionistas DST, Kinnevik, Spark Capital, Felix Capital, LocalGlobe y Target Global, entre otros | 30/04/2021
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TRAVELPERK CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $160M PARA EXPANDIRSE EN ESTADOS UNIDOS EN UNA RONDA LIDERADA POR GREYHOUND CAPITAL.
La compañía líder del sector de viajes de negocios Travelperk, startup con sede en Barcelona, h... |
| 29.04.2021 | Dublin-based Manna drone delivery service raises $25 million in Series A round | Dublin’s drone delivery service Manna has raised $25 million in a Series A round and is pushing ahead with trials of its service in Galway, Ireland.
The round was led by Draper Esprit, and saw participation from Lukasz Gadowski’s Team Europ... |
| 21.04.2021 | Belgium based startup Deliverect raises US$ 65 million in series C | Deliverect, a Ghent (Belgium) based startup, announced on 21st April 2021 that it has raised US$ 65 million in its series C funding round. The round was led by DST Global and Redpoint Eventures along with participation from OMERS Ventures, ... |
| 31.03.2021 | Brief: Chinese e-grocer Nice Tuan raises $750m in Alibaba, DST-led round | Chinese e-grocery platform Nice Tuan — also known as Shi Hui Tuan — has raised $750 million funding in a round co-led by tech giant Alibaba and internet investment firm DST Global.
Other investors to participate in the round include DE Shaw... |
| 26.03.2021 | Berlin-based on-demand delivery service Gorillas scores $290 million in series B round, becomes fastest European unicorn ever | Berlin-based ultra fast delivery service Gorillas has raised $290 million and become Europe’s fastest unicorn to date.
The round was led by Coatue Management, DST Global and Tencent, with participation from Fifth Wall, Greenoaks and previou... |
| 17.03.2021 | Austria based digital assets platform Bitpanda secures US $ 170 million in Series B | Bitpanda, a Vienna based digital assets platform that facilitates cryptocurrency transactions, announced that it has raised US $ 170 million in its Series B round. The round was led by Valar Ventures along with participation from DST Global... |
| 10.03.2021 | London based insurtech company Zego raises US $ 150 million in Series C round | Zego, a London based insurtech company, announced early in March 2021 that it has secured US $ 150 million in its Series C round of funding. The round was led by DST global. |
| 17.10.2020 | TOP 10 FoodTech Startups of Europe | Founders: Greg Orlowski and William Shu |
| 25.09.2017 | Internacional: Deliveroo cierra una ronda de $385M liderada por T.Rowe Price y Fidelity, acuden inversores ya existentes | 25/09/2017
INTERNACIONAL: DELIVEROO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $385 MILLONES LIDERADA POR T. ROWE PRICE Y FIDELITY, ACUDEN INVERSORES YA EXISTENTES.
Deliveroo ha cerrado una ronda de $385 millones liderada por T. Rowe Price y por Fidelity. A la ... |
| 12.01.2017 | SMB lending platform Funding Circle raises $100 million from Accel and several investors | Lending platform Funding Circle has raised $100 million (£82 million) in a fresh funding round led by Accel along with several other investors.
Investors in the round include Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rock... |
| 19.05.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Precision Ag Startups from Outside the US Raise Seed Funding, more | Avrio Capital Completes Three Investments
Avrio Capital has now deployed C$15 million of capital from its $110 million Fund III. The investments include poultry and swine health data analytics startup Intelia Technologies Inc. frozen fruit ... |
| 04.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 4, 2016 | Scholar Rock received $36M; DeePoon landed $30M; SilverCar raised $28M Series C funding
Japan-based startup news media The Bridge today announced raising an undisclosed amount of funding from Fuji Startup Ventures and PR Times. Founded in 2... |
| 23.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 23, 2015 | ColorChip raised $25M; Quizlet secured $12M; Sportpursuit received $14.4M funding
South Korean apartment cleaning service WaHome has received $1 million in a seed investment from Sparklabs Global Ventures, Mashup Angels, Fast Track Asia and... |
| 18.11.2015 | India: Ola raises $500m from China’s Didi Kuaidi, 5 others; Total funding in ride hailing firm exceeds $1.3b | Premium
India’s largest cab hailing service Ola said on Wednesday that the company has raised $500 million in fresh funds from investment management firm Baillie Gifford, China’s largest taxi hailing service company Didi Kuaidi and existing... |
| 18.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 18, 2015 | Ola bagged $500M; Joyable raised $8M; Test IO landed $5M
TestCloud, a self-service crowdtesting platform for app and Web developers, has a new name and a big new round of funding, the company announced on Wednesday, all to facilitate a big ... |
| 05.08.2015 | DST Global Raises $1.7 Billion for Fund V | Growth investment firm DST Global has raised $1.7 billion for its latest fund.
According to an SEC filing, DST Global V 56 LPs participated in the raise of DST Global V, L.P, which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
It is unknown if the... |
| 05.03.2013 | Meet 8 of Russia’s top VC firms | Being a part of the Russians doesn’t mean you get a free bottle Russki Standard at tech events. Unfortunately. But what it does mean, is that you join a massive group of incredibly talented programmers and hackers and recently business-savv... |
| 05.03.2013 | Meet 8 of Russia’s top VC firms | Being a part of the Russians doesn’t mean you get a free bottle Russki Standard at tech events. Unfortunately. But what it does mean, is that you join a massive group of incredibly talented programmers and hackers and recently business-savv... |
| 28.09.2012 | Winners of Investor AllStars Awards 2012 announced | GP Bullhound and Vitesse Media reveal winners of prestigious awards, including the Investor of the Decade
LONDON, UK; 28th September 2012 – The winners of the Investor AllStars Awards 2012 were revealed last night in a ceremony at the Park ... |
| 10.11.2011 | Identified: What kind of recruiting tool have Eric Schmidt, the Drapers and DST invested in? | Launching publicly today, Identified is a professional social network for adults younger than 30, that’s built on top of Facebook and backed by $5.5 million from Google’s Eric Schmidt, Tim and Bill Draper and Alexander Tamas of DST.
What Id... |
| 10.11.2011 | Identified: What kind of recruiting tool have Eric Schmidt, the Drapers and DST invested in? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Launching publicly today, Identified is a profess... |
| 27.10.2011 | Allegations of past and present Internet crime haunt Airbnb co-founder | Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk was one of world’s top spammers when he was a Harvard student, alleges his college roommate, Aaron Greenspan, in a blog post. The angry first-hand account also accuses Airbnb and Facebook of violating fe... |
| 27.10.2011 | Codecademy raises $2.5M to make you a coding master | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s something about Codecademy that made inve... |
| 27.10.2011 | Codecademy raises $2.5M to make you a coding master | There’s something about Codecademy that made investors plunk down $2.5 million dollars today to help the Y Combinator startup teach more people to code online. Codecademy uses game mechanics to make JavaScript instruction fun and engaging f... |
| 25.07.2011 | Airbnb Receives $112M in Series B Financing | Airbnb, a San Francisco, California-based community marketplace that allows users to discover and book spaces around the world, has received $112m in Series B financing.
Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, and General Catalys... |
| 14.01.2011 | All You Wanted To Know About Digital Sky Technologies | Facebook. Zynga. Groupon. Rumor has it that Twitter may soon make the list. This is the company Digital Sky Technologies (DST) keeps. DST just invested $500 million along with Goldman Sachs in Facebook; this is besides DST's $200 million ch... |
| 16.12.2010 | Groupon seeking to raise funds | After turning down Google, Groupon is looking to raise funds that would value it at under $6B
A mere two weeks after Groupon snubbed Google’s $6 billion acquisition offer, the daily deals site is rumored to be looking to raise “several hund... |
| 17.11.2010 | Rumors swirl over Twitter funding — but who’s getting a piece of the pie? | White-hot microblogging startup Twitter has tongues wagging again, as rumors continue to swirl that the startup will soon lead a new round of financing with an estimated valuation of around $3 billion.
TechCrunch first reported the story. A... |
| 25.10.2010 | Facebook, Groupon And Zynga Investor Mail.ru (aka, DST) Shoots For $5.7B Valuation In IPO | Mail.ru Group, formerly known as Digital Sky Technologies and notable investor in Internet sensations Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, among others, has filed for a $876 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange that would value the investment f... |
| 14.07.2010 | Naspers Buys 28.7% Of Facebook, Zynga Investor And ICQ Owner DST | A unit of international media group Naspers, namely its subsidiary Myriad International Holdings, is to buy a 28.7% stake in Digital Sky Technologies (DST), the Russian firm behind investments in notable Internet companies like Facebook, Gr... |
| 28.04.2010 | Russian investor DST buys AOL’s ICQ for $187.5M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies ... |
| 28.04.2010 | AOL's Total Revenue Drops To $664 Million For The First Quarter | AOL just released its financial results for the first quarter of 2010, reporting another drop in total revenues.
If revenue dropped 17% year-over-year in the last quarter of 2009 compared to the same period a year before, its total revenues... |
| 28.04.2010 | Russian investor DST buys AOL’s ICQ for $187.5M | Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has agreed to buy AOL’s ICQ instant messaging service for $187.5 million.
ICQ is the largest instant messaging service in Russia and a number of other markets, with more than 32 million uniqu... |
| 23.04.2010 | And Groupon makes three. What’s Russian firm DST’s secret sauce? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Moscow-based Digital Sky Technologies has come ou... |
| 23.04.2010 | And Groupon makes three. What’s Russian firm DST’s secret sauce? | Moscow-based Digital Sky Technologies has come out of nowhere to become the investment firm du jour, beating out other investors to win the hands of Facebook, Zynga and Groupon in the past year.
The firm bought $200 million in Facebook pref... |
| 19.04.2010 | Groupon Raises $135M | Groupon, a social commerce site, has raised $135m in a financing round led by DST, a global Internet investment group.
A portion of the investment will be used to fuel the company’s global expansion. The rest will be used to facilitate liqu... |
| 12.04.2010 | Russia, China to Silicon Valley: We own you | Tencent, the Chinese social gaming company worth $38 billion, invested $300 million in Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies, the firm best known for helping Facebook and Zynga put off initial public offerings through its capital infusions.
Tal... |
| 12.04.2010 | China's Tencent Invests $300 Million In Russian Facebook And Zynga Backer DST | Today is a big day in Asia’s Internet industry. Earlier today, Korea’s NHN said it will buy major Japanese portal Livedoor, and now Tencent, China’s largest Internet company, has announced [PDF] it plans to invest $300 million in cash into ... |
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Tencent, the Chinese social gaming company worth ... |
| 17.03.2010 | Social games company Nival Network raises $7m from DST, 1C and Sergey Orlovskiy | [Russia] The Moscow-based social games company Nival Network, part of the Nival Group, has raised $7 million in new funding from DST, 1C Company and Nival Group founder & CEO Sergey Orlovskiy, according to a report (russian) in the Vedo... |
| 09.03.2010 | From Russia With Love: Chatroulette Founder Wants to be an American | Say you're a Russian teenager about to flunk out of high school, running a website out of your parent's apartment. Suddenly, your site gets huge. Moscow's Internet kingpin sends a limo to your door, and asks you to name your price for 10% o... |
| 07.03.2010 | Chatroulette Creator Coming to America? | It seems the 17-year-old truant who created Chatroulette has applied for a visa.
The youngster, be he lucky or brilliant, has indicated he might want to transition to the American scene at some time in the near future. With all the media at... |
| 08.02.2010 | Poland's 'Facebook' Is Up For Grabs In A Central European Roll-Up | It looks like some major consolidation is about to go down in the Central European Internet market, and in particular Poland.
According to local newspaper reports, the largest Internet group in the region, Naspers/MIH Group, is conducting d... |
| 08.02.2010 | Central European asset roll-up as Naspers looks to buy Forticom | It looks like some major consolidation is about to go down in the Central European Internet market, and in particular Poland.
According to local newspaper reports, the largest Internet group in the region, Naspers/MIH Group, is conducting d... |
| 17.12.2009 | Report: Russia’s DST raises stake in Facebook past 5 percent | Digital Sky Technologies, the Russian investment firm that has sunk its teeth into both Facebook and social gaming company Zynga, is reportedly raising its stake in the social network past 5 percent.
The Russian newspaper Kommersant reporte... |
| 17.12.2009 | Russian Investment Group DST Ups Its Facebook Stake To 5%+, Wants More | Digital Sky Technologies, the Russian investment group founded by Yuri Milner and Gregory Finger, has increased its stake in social networking leader Facebook to more than 5% of the American company, Russia’s leading business newspaper Komm... |
