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Facebook Confirms Total $1.5B Round From DST, Goldman

By On January 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Facebook has confirmed that it has closed a $1.5 billion round of funding from Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies. This round counts the $500 million investment made earlier by Goldman and DST, so Facebook is only going to raise $1 billion from sale of Class A common private stock to a special Goldman fund [...]

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Goldman Sachs, DST Invest $500M In Facebook

By On January 3, 2011 · 1 Comment

Goldman Sachs and Russian firm Digital Sky Technologies have invested another $500 million in Facebook in a transaction that values the company at $50 billion, according to the New York Times. Goldman Sachs plans to offer its private clients chances to invest in Facebook as part of the deal, which is expected to raise another [...]

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Virtual Goods Wrap-Up For The Week Of July 30, 2010

By Chris Sherman On July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Goods News Wrap-Up for the week of July 30, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where VGN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual goods industry. DST: A Mutual Fund Of Hot Startups, With A Russian Accent: Facebook and Zynga backer DST [...]

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Naspers Invests $388M In DST

By On July 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Myriad International Holdings, a subsidiary of international media group Naspers, is to buy a 28.7% stake in Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies (DST). A Russian-based firm, DST holds significant investments in social platforms Facebook and Zynga, and recently purchased instant messaging giant ICQ for an astonishing $187.5 million. To fund the purchase, Naspers will [...]

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Tencent Invests $300M In Zynga, Facebook Backer DST

By On April 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today Chinese online gaming firm Tencent announced that it had invested $300 million in the Russian firm Digital Sky Technologies, a company known in the virtual goods space primarily for its large investments last year in Facebook and Zynga. Tencent is the largest online gaming firm in China, which reported $1.8 billion in revenue in 2009. [...]

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