DST Global Uncovers High-Growth Companies Earlier with Crunchbase’s Predictive Intelligence

"Crunchbase has been invaluable in helping us identify promising companies earlier. The heat scores and Funding Predictions ensure we’re focusing on the right opportunities at the right time."

Senior Leader, DST Global

About DST Global

DST Global is an investment firm focused on funding late-stage ventures in the internet industry. Headquartered in the Cayman Islands, the firm specializes in sourcing new investment opportunities, evaluating companies, and supporting its portfolio across global markets.

The Challenge

Before adopting Crunchbase, DST Global faced hurdles in quickly identifying promising companies and assessing their momentum. They spent significant time gathering fragmented data from multiple tools, making it difficult to spot signs of company growth in potential investments.

The Solution

The team at DST Global knew they needed a more efficient way to understand private company growth and streamline their investment research. They turned to both Crunchbase Business and the Crunchbase API – giving them a single source of truth for private company data while also enriching their existing tools to avoid the need to switch between multiple platforms.

By tapping into Crunchbase’s private company predictions — including Growth and Funding Predictions — they instantly gained a faster, more reliable way to surface opportunities and support portfolio companies with timely insights. They also were able to quickly gauge market interest in a company with Crunchbase’s Heat Scores, and prioritize those generating traction.

Overall, this comprehensive set of analyses, data, and predictions helped the DST Global team surface promising companies earlier, accelerate their research and due diligence, and guide their portfolio strategy.

Results

With Crunchbase, DST Global has:

• Reduced evaluation time by up to 25%, helping the team act with greater speed and confidence when assessing high-potential investment opportunities.
• Saved hours each week previously spent on manual company  research — freeing up time to focus on higher-conviction investments and engage earlier with breakout companies.
• Eliminated the need for expensive platforms like Harmonic and PitchBook, while gaining deeper insight into investor activity, deal flow, and startup momentum in one place.

"Crunchbase stands out for its ease of use, the efficiency of its Chrome plugin, and the comprehensiveness of its private company data and predictions — making it an indispensable tool in our investment workflow."

Senior Leader, DST Global

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