Yuri Milner

Bio

Founded Digital Sky Technologies Ltd (now Mail.ru Group) in 2005 to focus on Internet investments in the Russian language world. In mid-2009, launched DST Global as the primary vehicle for international Internet investments. Graduated from Moscow State University in 1985 with an advanced degree in theoretical physics and subsequently conducted research at the Institute of Physics in the Russian Academy of Sciences between 1985 and 1989. Attended the Wharton Business School MBA program between 1990 and 1992.

Career

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	Digital Sky Technologies Ltd - founder Venture capital and private equity firm that primarily invests in late-stage internet companies. Chief Executive Officer
	DST Global The investment vehicle of Silicon Valley-based Russian Internet financier Yuri Milner. N/A

Education

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	Wharton School of Business MBA in Business Administration to Dec 1992
	Moscow State University in Theoretical Physics to Dec 1985

Selected investments

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Company		Profile	Country	Date Sort descending	Funding
	23andMe Inc	DNA testing and genome sequencing firm.	United States		Series D Initial investment
	Work4 Labs Inc	Work4 Labs Incorporated	United States		Series A
	GoInstant Inc		Canada		N/A
	Mail.ru	Developer of a unified, integrated platform for communication and entertainment Internet services.	Russia	31 Dec 2000	N/A
	Grubwithus Inc	Innovative social networking company that allows you to meet new people, while dining at some of your city’s best restaurants.	United States	1 May 2011	Seed
	Mailgun Inc			1 May 2011	Venture
	OnSwipe (Lulo Ventures Inc)			1 Jun 2011	Venture
	ZeroCater		United States	1 Aug 2011	Venture
	drchrono Inc			1 Aug 2011	Seed
	Game Closure Inc	Maker of HTML5-based cross-platform game technology.	United States	1 Aug 2011	Seed
	Parse Inc	A complete backend platform for your iOS and Android applications.	United States	4 Aug 2011	Seed
	Prism Skylabs Inc	Software that analyzes what’s being recorded by retailers’ video cameras to give them actionable feedback about their customers.	United States	1 Sep 2011	Seed Initial investment
	Airtime Media Inc (Supyo)		United States	1 Oct 2011	Series A Initial investment
	Tagstand (Egomotion Corp)	Near Field Communication (NFC) platform		1 Oct 2011	Venture
	Ark.com Inc	People search engine.	United States	1 Nov 2011	Seed
	Comprehend Systems Inc		United States	1 Nov 2011	Seed
	Science Exchange Inc	Online marketplace for scientific collaboration where researchers can order experiments from the world's best laboratories.	United States	1 Dec 2011	Seed Initial investment
	Wheely Ltd	Luxury ride-hailing app allowing passengers to book a chauffeur-driven car both on-demand and in advance.		28 Dec 2011	Grant
	drchrono Inc			1 Jan 2012	Venture
	Flotype Inc	Third generation of web apps.	United States	1 Jan 2012	Seed Initial investment
	Aisle50 Inc			1 Jan 2012	Venture
	ClassDojo	Communication app that connects teachers, students, and parents.	United States	31 Jan 2012	Seed Initial investment
	Path Inc	Social networking site	United States	16 Apr 2012	Series B
	Ryzac Inc (Codecademy)	Online learning platform for technical skills.	United States	18 Jun 2012	Series B Initial investment
	Woven Inc (Prismatic)	Developer of a personalised social news discovery engine.	United States	5 Dec 2012	Series A Initial investment