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Lakestar Advisors GmbH

Bahn­hofstrasse 18, 8001 Zuerich
Phone: | Cont­act: Ninja Struye de Swie­lande · ninja@lakestar.com
www.lakestar.com

Profile

Lakestar’s mission is to find, fund and grow disrup­tive businesses –
enab­led by tech­no­logy – that are foun­ded by excep­tio­nal entre­pre­neurs in Europe and beyond. Foun­ded by Klaus Hommels, the team’s early investments
include Skype, Spotify, Face­book and Airbnb. Since raising its first fund in 2013, Lake­star has mana­ged an aggre­ga­ted volume of over € 1.5 bn across three earlys­tage funds, a growth fund and a SPAC.

Services

The team actively advi­ses and supports port­fo­lio compa­nies in marketing,recruitment, tech­no­logy, product deve­lo­p­ment and regu­la­tory insight,accompanying foun­ders from seed to early stage to growth stage or exit.

Participation

Type of participation
Minority stake (5%-20% ownership), direct equity or convertibles
Funding Stages
Early/Growth Stage + Angel/Seed Programme
Minimum investment
€ 100,000
Investments
Revolut, Spotify, Blockchain.com, SoFi, Opendoor, GetYourGuide, Oscar, Public.com, Glovo, OneFootball, Solarisbank, sennder, Isar Aerospace, Rhino, Omio, Pitch, among others
Capital Managed
€ 1.5 bn

Company

Management
Klaus Hommels (Founder & Chairman) · Mika Salmi (Managing Partner) · Ninja Struye (Partner & CCO) · Andreas Klukas (CFO) · Natalia Neuman (COO & General Counsel)
Foundation
2012
Team size
55
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