Dragoneer Investment Group

The Dragoneer Investment Group (Dragoneer) is an American investment firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm focuses on technology investments in both public and private markets globally.[2][3]

Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC
TypePrivate
IndustryInvestment management
Founded2012 (2012)
FounderMarc Stad
HeadquartersLetterman Digital Arts Center, San Francisco, California, U.S.
Products
AUMUS$24.9 billion (2022)
Number of employees
51 (2022)
Website
Footnotes / references
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Background

Dragoneer is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2012 by Marc Stad.[3][4][5] Stad was an investment professional who had previously worked at the Investment Group of Santa Barbara, TPG Capital and McKinsey & Company.[3][4]

Dragoneer describes itself as growth-oriented investment firm with more than $17 billion in long-duration capital from institutional funds such as endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and family offices.[6]

For public markets, Dragoneer manages long-only strategy funds that invests in technology companies. [6]

For private markets, Dragoneer manages private growth equity funds that provides funding to private technology companies.[6] The firm avoids going through the traditional fundraising method and instead tries other methods such as secondary stock sales or using convertible debt notes. [7]

SPAC deals

In August 2020, Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Ticker: DGNR) raising $600 million.[8] DGNR is a SPAC which is a blank-check company.[8] On 3 February 2021, it was announced that Auto-insurance IT provider, CCC Information Services would become a listed company by merging with DGNR in a deal worth $7 billion.[9]

In November 2020, a second SPAC, Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp II was listed on the Nasdaq (Ticker: DGNS) raising $240 million.[10] On July 2021, Cvent became a listed company by merging with DGNS in a deal worth $5.3 billion.[11]

In March 2021, a third SPAC, Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp III was listed on the Nasdaq (Ticker: DGNU) raising $400 million.[12]

Funds
Fund Vintage Year
Dragoneer Global Fund 2012
Dragoneer Opportunities Fund 2014
Dragoneer Opportunities Fund II 2015
Dragoneer Global Fund II 2015
Dragoneer Opportunities Fund III 2017
Dragoneer Opportunities Fund IV 2019

Notable venture capital investments

References
  1. "FORM ADV" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 2022-05-03. pp. 6–7.
  2. "Dragoneer Investment Group Investor Profile: Portfolio & Exits | PitchBook". pitchbook.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. "Marc Stad". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. "Charting their own course to giving back". Harvard Alumni. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  5. "Marc Stad". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  6. Tan, Gillian (July 7, 2021). "Dragoneer, Altimeter Look to New Funds as Unicorns Burgeon". www.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  7. Schleifer, Theodore (2017-12-06). "Marc Stad, behind the scenes, is winning ownership stakes in Silicon Valley's hottest companies". Vox. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  8. "Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. Announces Pricing of $600,000,000 Initial Public Offering". www.businesswire.com. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  9. Scism, Maureen Farrell and Leslie (2021-02-03). "WSJ News Exclusive | CCC Information Services to Go Public in $6.5 Billion SPAC Merger". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  10. Capital, Renaissance. "Dragoneer's second SPAC Dragoneer Growth Opportunities II prices upsized $240 million IPO at $10". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  11. Niket, Nishant (2021-07-23). "Tech firm Cvent to return to public markets via $5.3 bln blank-check deal". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  12. Capital, Renaissance Capital. "SPAC Dragoneer Growth Opportunities III prices $400 million IPO". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  13. "Airbnb closes $475 million funding round". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  14. Gaffney, Mark (2021-01-25). "Best large hedge funds to clone?WhaleRock, SCGE and Dragoneer lead the pack". WhaleWisdom Alpha. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  15. Roof, Katie (25 August 2021). "Dragoneer Expected to Lead Discord Round at $15 Billion Value". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  16. "Flipkart Raises $160M From Dragoneer Investment, Morgan Stanley Investment & Others | MediaNama". www.medianama.com. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  17. "HackerOne Raises $40 Million to Make the Internet Safer for Everyone". www.businesswire.com. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  18. "Klarna raises $460 million, looks to expand its payments presence in the US". TechCrunch. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  19. Sen, Joshua Franklin, Anirban (2021-01-06). "Gaming site Roblox valued at $30 bln, plans direct listing". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-07-08.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. "Teabox Raises $6M To Grow Its Global Tea-Commerce Business". TechCrunch. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  21. "Whatfix nabs $90M to help workers onboard and get the most out of their IT stacks". TechCrunch. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
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