200 Million Dollars from Russia to Facebook

200 Million Dollars from Russia to Facebook


An investment company internet home infuse capital Russia has 200 million U.S. dollars (Rp2, 1 trillion) in the company so that the Facebook social network has reserve funds during the recession and tuni stabilizing valuasinya on the number 10 billion U.S. dollars (Rp105 trillion).

Digital Sky Technologies, which invest in several major Internet providers such as Russia and Mail.ru Vkontakte.ru, akan over 2 percent of Facebook in the form of stock shares special, said the two companies, on Tuesday.

Valuasi this new lower 5 billion U.S. dollars (Rp52, 5 billion) than in 2007 when Microsoft Corp. sink 240 million U.S. dollars (Rp2, 52 trillion) in capital to Facebook to get a 1.6 percent share of social networking is.

Asked about valuasi lower this, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Microsoft has been investing at the time jejering social conditions that are in the right in the market at peak performance.

Based on the context and circumstances of the economy lately, Zuckerberg rate agreement the two companies diatara fair enough and good valuasinya.

Facebook does not actually intend to increase additional funds, but the warm welcome the investment fund Digital Sky as cash reserves that will make the company is comfortable, said Zuckerberg.

The other potential investors queuing, plus Zuckerberg and Facebook have been holding discussions with several groups interested in the capital embed this company.

Sky Digital because the founders Yuri Milner and Gregory Finger highly experienced companies to operate the internet in Eastern Europe and Russia, because in addition to a very deep understanding of technology, social networking, Zuckerberg said.

Since then, the social networking site where people can create their own home, send pictures and exchange messages with friends online they, grow melesak.

Facebook now has more than 200 million active members, up to double the number of years ago in August. About 70 percent of the members that are outside the United States.

Critics Facebook to get the most income from the ad, is that the company was still not prepared to think the model of sustainable income (as ordinary companies generally).

But the company says has been in relnya increase in revenue to 70 percent from year to year and have a "cash flow" positive until 2010.

Digital Sky leader Yuri Milner is a graduate of Wharton Business School and CEO mail.ru Russian web portal, states that the company hopes can transmit expertise print money pages of the operation, to Facebook.

"This expertise is very easy to apply in a way what we've learned from parts of the world to the Facebook," he said while adding that he feel comfortable with the Facebook valuasi now reach 10 billion U.S. dollars (Rp105 trillion).

Digital Sky also plans to buy at least 100 million ordinary shares Facebook's shareholders who have, by the adequacy of liquidity to meet the present and for the retirees of the company's shareholders Facebook.

Founded in 2005, Sky Digital has been increasing and infuse capital approximately 1 billion U.S. dollars (Rp10, 5 billion) in more than 30 companies, an official of the company.

New investment that will also give Faceboook flexibility to pursue strategic options, despite the company this far is not too greedy.

Weeks ago, Zuckerberg said at the Reuters Global Technology Summit that he hopes, will ultimately bring company "go public" but he does not want to do it in a hurry.