Russell Dreisenstock
Head of International Investments @ Prosus & Naspers
San Francisco, United States
Russell Dreisenstock is a Series C investor at Prosus & Naspers in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Analytics. Global technology investor, M&A & finance business leader with over two decades of experience across several industries and geographies.Led investments in several companies worldwide including Flipkart, redBus and Goibibo in India; Dubizzle and Souq.com in the Middle East; Movile and iFood in Brazil; SimilarWeb and Twiggle in Israel;Udemy, Codecademy and Brainly (Poland) in the US; and Tokobagus and Sulit in South East Asia.Currently at Naspers Ventures responsible for identifying exceptional entrepreneurs and disruptive platforms, charting the course for Naspers to build leading technology companies globally.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 83%
Last updated:
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Industries Russell Dreisenstock invests in
Stages Russell Dreisenstock invests in
Countries Russell Dreisenstock invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 1 (17%)
- Analytics 1 (17%)
- E-Commerce 1 (17%)
- Market Research 1 (17%)
- Information Services 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series C 2 (33%)
- Series D 1 (17%)
- Series E 1 (17%)
- Series H 1 (17%)
- Series I 1 (17%)
Country
- Brazil 1 (17%)
- United States 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Movile
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Movile is a Brazilian mobile commerce platform that operates in Latin America, the USA, and France. The company works with people who are completely passionate to achieve this dream, empowered to build new businesses with global potential, and driven to take risks to learn as fast as it grows. Movile invests in content distribution platforms andOnline-To-Offline (O2O) applications in the segments of children's education and other mobile content, food delivery, ticketing, and cloud logistics. Movile is supported by Naspers, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest technology investors in the world and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2008, and by Innova Capital, a global Venture Capital and Private Equity firm focused on long-term value creation and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2014. | $124M / Series I / Jul 12, 2018 | |
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Movile
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Movile is a Brazilian mobile commerce platform that operates in Latin America, the USA, and France. The company works with people who are completely passionate to achieve this dream, empowered to build new businesses with global potential, and driven to take risks to learn as fast as it grows. Movile invests in content distribution platforms andOnline-To-Offline (O2O) applications in the segments of children's education and other mobile content, food delivery, ticketing, and cloud logistics. Movile is supported by Naspers, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest technology investors in the world and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2008, and by Innova Capital, a global Venture Capital and Private Equity firm focused on long-term value creation and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2014. | $82M / Series H / Dec 07, 2017 | |
Similarweb
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SimilarWeb offers an AI-based market intelligence platform that helps monitor web and mobile app traffic. The company gives a global multi-device market intelligence to understand, track, and grow digital market share. It allows the user to gain insight into any website's statistics and strategy.SimilarWeb was founded in 2007 andheadquartered in New York, it has offices in Israel, the UK, France, Japan, and Australia. | $25M / Series E / Oct 26, 2015 | |
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Similarweb
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SimilarWeb offers an AI-based market intelligence platform that helps monitor web and mobile app traffic. The company gives a global multi-device market intelligence to understand, track, and grow digital market share. It allows the user to gain insight into any website's statistics and strategy.SimilarWeb was founded in 2007 andheadquartered in New York, it has offices in Israel, the UK, France, Japan, and Australia. | $15M / Series D / Nov 25, 2014 | |
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Similarweb
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SimilarWeb offers an AI-based market intelligence platform that helps monitor web and mobile app traffic. The company gives a global multi-device market intelligence to understand, track, and grow digital market share. It allows the user to gain insight into any website's statistics and strategy.SimilarWeb was founded in 2007 andheadquartered in New York, it has offices in Israel, the UK, France, Japan, and Australia. | $18M / Series C / Feb 24, 2014 | |
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Movile
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Movile is a Brazilian mobile commerce platform that operates in Latin America, the USA, and France. The company works with people who are completely passionate to achieve this dream, empowered to build new businesses with global potential, and driven to take risks to learn as fast as it grows. Movile invests in content distribution platforms andOnline-To-Offline (O2O) applications in the segments of children's education and other mobile content, food delivery, ticketing, and cloud logistics. Movile is supported by Naspers, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest technology investors in the world and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2008, and by Innova Capital, a global Venture Capital and Private Equity firm focused on long-term value creation and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2014. | Series C / Mar 01, 2010 |
Co-Investors
About Prosus & Naspers
ProSus is an agricultural company of pigs that produces and distributes fresh meats and packaged meat products.
Prosus & Naspers Contacts
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Don Eriksson
Member of the Board of Directors
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Nolo Letele
Member of the Board of Directors
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Rachel Jafta
Non Executive Director
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Russell Dreisenstock
Head of International Investments
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Aileen O'Toole
Group Human Resources Officer
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FAQ
What does Russell Dreisenstock invest in?
Russell Dreisenstock invests primarily in Mobile, Analytics and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series C and Series D stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Russell Dreisenstock last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Russell Dreisenstock closed in Jul 2018. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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