Firms

Lakestar
Zurich, CH
Lakestar is a European venture capital firm that invests in visionary tech entrepreneurs from seed to growth stage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Zurich, the firm focuses on deep tech, AI, healthcare, and fintech, with a commitment to Europe's digital sovereignty and innovation ecosystem.
- Founded
- 2012
- Type
- Venture capital
Funds4
Lakestar Resilience I$300M
USD300M closedoversubscribed, Europe/NATOdefenceanddualuse, earlyandscale. Platformholdings notnecessarily assignedtothisvehicle.
Lakestar Continuation Fund I$265M
ClosedUSD265M/EUR228M continuationsecondaryvehicle fromfourfunds, LPliquidity/portfolio support; notnewprimaryearlystagefund.
Lakestar Early IV—
Two separatefunds closedapproxUSD600M combined/EUR552M equivalent; standaloneallocation unverified. NotUSD600M each.
Lakestar Growth II—
Two separatefunds closedapproxUSD600M combined/EUR552M equivalent; standaloneallocation unverified. NotUSD600M each.
Team
![]() Steven Jacobs Lakestar, partner | $5M$100K – $70M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Anja Gradl Lakestar, investor | $1M$100K – $5M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Christoph Schuh Lakestar, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Enrico Mellis Lakestar, venture_partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Julian Wokoeck Lakestar, senior_associate | $1M$100K – $5M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Mathias Haniel Lakestar, principal | $1M$100K – $5M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Navid Meyer Lakestar, venture_partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Nina Feussner Lakestar, analyst | $1M$100K – $5M | Berlin, Germany |
![]() Michael Stuenkel Lakestar, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Hong Kong |
![]() Akis Bratsos Lakestar, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | London |
![]() James Dawson Lakestar, managing_director | $1M$100K – $5M | London |
![]() Stephen Nundy Lakestar, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | London |
![]() Aline Vedder Lakestar, principal | $1M$100K – $5M | Munich, Germany |
![]() Raza Jack Rizvi Lakestar, unknown | $1M$100K – $5M | Singapore |
![]() Sam Gyimah Lakestar, venture_partner | $1M$100K – $5M | United Kingdom |
![]() Zornitsa Zheleva Lakestar, senior_associate | $1M$100K – $5M | United Kingdom |
![]() Lukas Leitner Lakestar, investor | $1M$100K – $5M | United States |
![]() Klaus Hommels Lakestar, managing_partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Zurich, Switzerland |
![]() Mika Salmi Lakestar, managing_partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Zurich, Switzerland |
![]() Nicolas Brand Lakestar, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Zurich, Switzerland |
![]() Ninja Struye de Swielande Lakestar, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Zurich, Switzerland |
![]() Oliver Heimes Lakestar, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | Zurich, Switzerland |
![]() Stavros Papadopoulos Lakestar, venture_partner | $500K$250K – $750K | Berlin, Germany |
Gilad Novick Lakestar, partner | $0$0 – $0 | |
Dr. Klaus Hommels Lakestar, Investor | —— – — |
Co-investing
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