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DST Global

Investment firm · Founded 2008 · Active in 2026

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127 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #65 · Global · 127 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 36% 5y
124
Decacorns → 0% 5y
33
Thoroughbreds ↑ 91% 5y
86
Featured in #65Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026Top 0.5%

DST Global is an investment firm based in UK, founded in 2008. The page below shows 127 Power Law outcomes from DST Global's portfolio — 124 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · AI; top portfolio geographies are USA · China · India. DST Global ranks #65 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 127 DST Global Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA51
  2. China23
  3. India10
  4. UK8
  5. France5
  6. Brazil3
  7. Germany3
  8. Mexico3
  9. Sweden3
  10. Hong Kong3
  11. Austria2
  12. Belgium2
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech41
  2. eCommerce & Marketplaces29
  3. AI18
  4. Other9
  5. Other B2B Software6
  6. Transportation6
  7. Edtech5
  8. Marketing4
  9. Health Tech & Medtech3
  10. Cybersecurity2
  11. Energy1
  12. Food1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+109
  2. Series A14
  3. Seed2
01 · Portfolio market map

DST Global's 127 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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127 of 127 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where DST Global's founders come from — and where they study.

370 founders across the 127 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Harvard University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States84
China69
India38
France30
Colombia11
Germany11
Finland10
Turkey9
Australia8
Nigeria6
+28 more →
UniversityCount
Harvard University15
École Polytechnique - IP Paris10
Berkeley9
Stanford University8
Peking University7
Aalto University6
Ghent University6
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi6
Tsinghua University5
Stanford University Graduate School of Business5
+160 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google27
Microsoft11
Meta10
Google DeepMind9
Yahoo!8
Amazon7
Uber6
Groupon5
Booking.com5
Rocket Internet4
+99 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at DST Global.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does DST Global stack up?

DST Global in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about DST Global

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about DST Global on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about DST Global

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