# Yuri Milner

> Yuri Milner is a seed investor at DST Global backing Software and Financial Services. See 73 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DST Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sky-technologies-fo)
- Location: Los Altos Hills, United States
- Total investments: 73
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://ru.linkedin.com/pub/yuri-milner/10/b59/3b2/en
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yuri_milner
- Website: https://yurimilner.com

Yuri Milner is a seed investor at DST Global in Los Altos Hills focused on Software and Financial Services. Yuri Milner started investing in Internet in 1999 and in 2009 founded DST Global, one of the leading Internet investment firms globally with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, and London. Yuri has a degree in theoretical physics and attended the Wharton MBA program. Foundations that he established are celebrating outstanding achievements inscience and supporting fundamental research in physics, mathematics and life sciences.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $650k–$5M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$30M |
| Series B | $10M–$65M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 11% |
| FinTech | 7 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 10% |
| Apps | 6 | 8% |

128 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 26 | 36% |
| Series B | 15 | 21% |
| Series A | 9 | 12% |
| Series C | 5 | 7% |
| Angel | 4 | 5% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 39 | 53% |
| China | 7 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| India | 2 | 3% |
| France | 2 | 3% |

12 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 |  |
| H Company | Holistic AI provides artificial intelligence models within the technology sector and helps in data analysis. | $100M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| HiNOTE | Hinote is a unique, expressive method of mobile communication for people who enjoy flexing, staying still, and delighting. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2023 |  |
| Flexport | Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.The platform arranges goods to be transported and tracks the inventory in real-time in orders carried by ocean, air, and road freight, enabling logistics companies to optimize transportation routes andinventory management. It is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its freight service includes an online dashboard for businesses to easily understand, purchase, manage, and track the services required for global trade. Its team of logistics experts lets focus on core business by ensuring goods arrive at fulfillment/distribution centers on time and at the lowest cost. Flexport's mission is to fix the user experience in global trade and bring the world free trade through technology.The company was founded in 2013 by Ryan Petersen and is based in San Francisco, California. | $935M | Series E | Feb 07, 2022 |  |
| DoNotPay | DoNotPay is an online robot lawyer that allows anyone to automatically claim asylum in the U.S, U.K, and Canada for free. | $10M | Series B | Aug 01, 2021 |  |
| BeReal. | Your friends for real. | $30M | Series A | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| XiaoBangGuiHua | XiaoBangGuiHua is an intelligent investment advisory service platform. Through intelligent robot algorithm and advanced asset allocation model, it provides investors with scientific and systematic financial management solutions, including small help investment app, Bin Xu said investment series, love said finance and economics |  | Series B | Jan 26, 2021 |  |
| Lori Systems | Lori is a venture-backed start-up building cutting-edge logistics infrastructure for trucking in Africa. The start-up is tackling a massive issue - $180 billion is spent annually on haulage across Africa, which means that up to 75% of a product’s cost is due to logistics (compared to 6% in the US).Lori’s tech-enabled and operations-drivenmarketplace efficiently connects transport to cargo. The supply chain management system brings transparency and has pushed for significantly improved flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (savings of upwards of 18%).The company has experienced 30% month-over-month compounded growth since its product launch in May 2017. The market demand for Lori’s platform is increasing exponentially. To continue this pace of growth, Lori recently closed a landmark raise from globally leading institutional and strategic investors. The company won Techcrunch Battlefield Africa. | $30M | Series A | Nov 08, 2019 |  |
| Waterdrop | Waterdrop is an insurance platform that plans to solve the problem of high medical fees faced by most patients, especially those with a critical illness. Shuidihuzhu offers three products: mutual insurance, crowdfunding and commercial insurance. All their services are conducted through the platform’s official WeChat account, where users could postcrowdfunding campaigns, buy insurances, or claim indemnities according to their policies. | $74M | Series B | Mar 27, 2019 |  |
| Flexport | Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.The platform arranges goods to be transported and tracks the inventory in real-time in orders carried by ocean, air, and road freight, enabling logistics companies to optimize transportation routes andinventory management. It is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its freight service includes an online dashboard for businesses to easily understand, purchase, manage, and track the services required for global trade. Its team of logistics experts lets focus on core business by ensuring goods arrive at fulfillment/distribution centers on time and at the lowest cost. Flexport's mission is to fix the user experience in global trade and bring the world free trade through technology.The company was founded in 2013 by Ryan Petersen and is based in San Francisco, California. | $1B | Series D | Feb 21, 2019 |  |

10 of 73 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Start Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/start-fund) — VC Fund, 5 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 Yuri Milner invest in?

Yuri Milner invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 73 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yuri Milner's check size?

Yuri Milner typically joins rounds of $650k–$5M at Seed, $2.5M–$30M at Series A and $10M–$65M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yuri Milner participates in.

### When did Yuri Milner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yuri Milner closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 73 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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