Venture Capital THOMAS STAFFORD | DST GLOBAL Partner SPEAKER BIO Thomas Stafford is a Partner at DST Global, an internet focused investment firm with a global focus. He has previously worked in Goldman Sachs as an Executive Director. TomgraduatedfromTrinity College, Dublin in Ireland. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters HongKong, Hong Kong DST Global (Digital Sky Technologies) is a growth focused investment company specializing in late-stage, high-growth, private companies in the global Internet industry. Office Locations Worldwide Founded 2005 The company has pioneered a model to provide liquidity to founders, employees and early investors through mixed primary and secondary transactions. These transactions are often Active Markets Worldwide referred to as DST type deals in the Internet world. Business Overview Late-stage internetinvestment firm The company was founded by Yuri Milner, and after building Mail.ru Group, DST gained KeyPortfolio international prominence through its investments in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. Companies AUTO1 Group, Slack, Xiaomi, Flipkart Website dst-global.com 23