About us
DST is the largest Internet investor in the Russian and Eastern European markets and one of the largest investment groups globally to exclusively focus on the Internet and Internet related companies.
We believe that the emergence of the Internet is one of the most important and fundamental trends of our time and that we are still in the early stages of this trend. In our view the next decade will be equally if not even more important than the previous decade and we want to partner with our companies to help them realise their full potential in this ever changing and dynamic business environment.
DST was founded in 2005 when Yuri Milner and Gregory Finger pooled together their individual interests in Mail.ru and funded the first investments in young market leaders in the nascent Russian Internet sector. DST is controlled by its Founding Partners.
Between 2005 and 2009 DST raised and invested more than $1 billion in over 30 companies and gained support from Russian and Western funds. In 2008, Alexander Tamas joined DST from Goldman Sachs and established a presence in London to spearhead further international efforts.
In 2009, Verdi Israelian, joined DST from Goldman Sachs SSG, to oversee its CIS operations.
In recent years DST also expanded into the Baltic region and, through its portfolio companies, also into Eastern and Western Europe, and China.
