Russians invested $151M in Groupon

Mail.ru Group and DST Global invested $151M in Groupon and received 7% of company’s shares. Market value of the stack may reach $1,5B.

In April, 2010 Mail.ru Group (which at that moment was called Digital Sky Technologies (DST) bought 3,1M privileged class F shares for $100M. In January, 2011 DST Global acquired 1,6M privileged class G shares for $51M.

As a result, Mail.ru Group will own about 6,2% of Groupon, and DST Global – 1%.