DST Partners

Total investments

5

Average round size

60M

Portfolio companies

3

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetFinancial ServicesRetailFinanceMobile AppsSocial MediaE-Commerce PlatformsConsumer Lending

Summary

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, E-Commerce Platforms. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Khatabook, Meesho. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

The typical startup value when the investment from DST Partners is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The real fund results show that this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 partakers. Despite the DST Partners, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Venture Highway, SAIF Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Venture Highway, Shunwei Capital, Sequoia Capital India. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Facebook, Venture Highway, Shunwei Capital.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
5
Lead investments
1
Exits
1
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Social Media (2)
  • E-Commerce Platforms (2)
  • Mobile Apps (2)
  • Internet (2)
  • E-Commerce (2)
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Investments by region
  • India (2)
  • Indonesia (2)
Peak activity year
2019
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
26
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1B
Group Appearance index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Meesho 05 Nov 2018 E-Commerce, Internet, Retail, Mobile Apps, Social Media, E-Commerce Platforms Late Stage Venture 50M Karnataka, Bengaluru, India
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