Union Square Ventures
USV only invested less than $5 million in Zynga, but today is holding around $300 million worth of Zynga shares. This is on top of an earlier $45 million buyback and $22 million generated via the IPO.
Foundry Group
Foundry invested less than $5 million in Zynga, but today is holding around $345 million worth of Zynga shares. This is on top of an earlier $22.58 million buyback and $25 million generated via the IPO.
Avalon Ventures: million
Avalon invested $5.3 million into Zynga, and its current stake is worth $340 million. It also sold $25 million via the IPO and another $20.89 million via an earlier share buyback.
Reid Hoffman
The LinkedIn (LNKD) founder and Zynga board member invested around $166,000 into Zynga nearly four years ago, and currently holds over $38 million worth of shares.
Other significant shareholders include Google (GOOG) and Silver Lake Partners, which each sold 1.69 million shares and still hold 23.3 million shares. Russia's DST Group holds 23.4 million shares (its Mail.ru affiliate owns another 10.4 million) while Tiger Global holds around 7.6 million shares.