Stake Purchase • Internet Software and Services

DST Global Invests In Free-lance.ru

On September 18, 2007, DST Global invested in internet software and services company Free-lance.ru

Investment Context
  • This is DST Global’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is DST Global’s 1st transaction in Russia.

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Investment Summary

Date September 18, 2007
Target Free-lance.ru
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) DST Global
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target Company

Free-lance.ru

Russia
Free-lance.ru is a web based service offering its users a search engine for remote jobs and project contractors. This is the biggest remote job market on the Russian Internet.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

DST Global

Moscow, Russia

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Digital Sky Technologies (DST) is a global private investment group focused on investing in or acquiring internet software/service businesses. DST will consider opportunities in social networking and communications, e-payment solutions, online marketplaces, social games, and vertical specific websites. The Firm is willing to be a majority or minority investor and can handle investments from as little as $1 million to as much $200 million (with a typical deal size of $10 to $100 million). DST generally prefers profitable companies. DST was formed in 2005 and is based in Moscow with an additional office in London.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector: Internet Software and Services 2 of 6
Type: Stake Purchase 1 of 2
Country: Russia 1 of 1
Year: 2007 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-01 QIWI

Nicosia, Cyprus

QIWI is a provider of next generation payment services in Russia and the CIS. It has an integrated proprietary network that enables payment services across physical, online and mobile channels. Qiwi was founded in 2007 and is based in Nicosia, Cyprus.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-24 Facebook

Menlo Park, California, United States

Facebook is a social utility company that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family, and coworkers. Facebook develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. Facebook was founded in 2004 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

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