# John Lindfors

> John Lindfors is a Series A investor at DST Global (Hong Kong) backing E-Commerce and Eyewear. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DST Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sky-technologies-fo)
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnlindfors/
- Website: https://stoicvc.com.au

John Lindfors is a Co-Founder of DST Global. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs as the head of tech and media investment banking in the EMEA region before transitioning to Digital Sky Technologies in 2010.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4.4M |
| Series A | $8.2M–$48M |
| Series D | $162M–$162M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 22% |
| Eyewear | 2 | 11% |
| Internet | 2 | 11% |
| Education | 2 | 11% |
| Communities | 2 | 11% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 33% |
| Seed | 4 | 22% |
| Series D | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 6 | 33% |
| South Korea | 3 | 17% |
| Sweden | 1 | 6% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 6% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 6% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qutwo | Europe’s next-generation AI lab for a quantum world. | $29.3M | Angel | May 05, 2026 |  |
| IXI | IXI was founded in 2021 in Espoo, Finland, with a simple premise: to create eyewear that provides optimal vision in every situation. Using cutting-edge technology, IXI glasses intelligently adapt to your eye movements, automatically focusing to help you see more—sharper—all within beautifully designed frames. Their first-generation product iscurrently in development, with more details to follow closer to launch. Sign up for early access here: https://ixieyewear.com | $36.5M | Series A | Apr 28, 2025 |  |
| Yolk.fm | Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| MarqVision | MarqVision helps global brands remove counterfeits from online marketplaces. | $20M | Series A | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| VIDA | VIDA is an IT company that develops customized digital platforms to enhance compliance and security services. | $47.7M | Series A | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Karrot Market | Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace. Karrot supports an eco-friendly lifestyle and local economy by promoting buying and selling secondhand goods locally. Since its launch in 2015, Karrot has become South Korea's largest second-hand marketplace and second-biggest e-commerce company. Karrot is currentlyavailable in select cities in four countries outside the home country, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Japan. As of March 2021, Karrot runs one of the largest and fastest growing consumer-to-consumer (C2C) mobile marketplace, receiving 14.5 million monthly unique visitors. | $162M | Series D | Aug 17, 2021 |  |
| Danggeun Market | Danggeun Market is the developer of an app-based marketplace that facilitates second-hand goods transactions online. Its platform provides an online GPS service where buyers and sellers of goods can connect directly through the portal. It enables users to locate and buy their desired product as per their location. | $162M | Series D | Aug 17, 2021 |  |
| Market Kurly | Market Kurly is an online premium grocery service that compares quality and price when looking for good ingredients for foreign goodies.Market Kurly is a food delivery and logistics platform that enables users to order food via the website and receive it the following morning. The company delivers fresh high-end desserts, bread, milk, bottledwater, condiments such as flour & salt, processed foods, and more.The company was founded in 2015 and based in Seoul, South Korea. | $200M | Series F | Jul 09, 2021 |  |
| Market Kurly | Market Kurly is an online premium grocery service that compares quality and price when looking for good ingredients for foreign goodies.Market Kurly is a food delivery and logistics platform that enables users to order food via the website and receive it the following morning. The company delivers fresh high-end desserts, bread, milk, bottledwater, condiments such as flour & salt, processed foods, and more.The company was founded in 2015 and based in Seoul, South Korea. | $196.8M | Series F | Jul 09, 2021 |  |
| IXI | Pixieray modernizes traditional eyeglass optics by introducing a pioneering adaptive solution giving anyone perfect vision. | $4.4M | Seed | Jun 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aspex Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspex-management) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bragiel Brothers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bragiel-bros) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Firstminute Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstminute-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hillhouse Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hillhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Illusian Founder Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/illusian-family-office) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Maki.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maki-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About DST Global

VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong

DST Global is an investment firm that focuses on late-stage ventures in the Internet sector. The firm has invested in several rapidly growing companies. Its offices are in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner, Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford.

5 contacts available at DST Global.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Lindfors | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lindfors |
| Kriti Bansal | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kriti-bansal |
| Rahul Mehta | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rahul-mehta |
| Saurabh Gupta | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saurabh-gupta |
| Tom Stafford | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-stafford |

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## FAQ

### What does John Lindfors invest in?

John Lindfors invests primarily in E-Commerce, Eyewear and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is John Lindfors's check size?

John Lindfors typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.4M at Seed, $8.2M–$48M at Series A and $162M–$162M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds John Lindfors participates in.

### When did John Lindfors last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Lindfors closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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