Everyone wants to spot Europe’s next extraordinary tech entrepreneur.

Someone already has.

Venture capital for the world's tech entrepreneurs

Airbnb
Getyourguide
Glovo
Harrys
Hometogo1
Klarna
King
Omio
Opendoor
Oscar
Revolut
Sennder
Skype
Sofi
Spotify
Welend
Taulialogo

Lakestar operates in early and growth-stage ventures by partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs worldwide, focusing on internet and technology companies that can quickly achieve global scale.

Founded by Klaus Hommels, one of Europe’s leading venture capitalists, Lakestar has invested in many of the companies that define today’s digital economy, including Facebook, Spotify and Skype, and more recently Opendoor, Omio (formally GoEuro), Glovo and Revolut.

Lakestar has a presence in Zurich, Berlin, London, New York and Hong Kong.

8 August 2019
Thought Leadership

The next generation of founders and their vital impact on Europe’s future

How Lakestar works hand-in-hand with Europe’s top technical universities to help power the progress of venture capital investments in Europe.
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22 July 2019
Lakestar in the press

Lakestar leads $70M round in sennder

sennder GmbH, Europe’s fastest growing digital freight forwarder, optimises the logistic industry with its versatile tech platform to connect enterprise shippers directly with trucking companies. Congratulations to the founders David Nothacker, Nicolaus Schefenacker and Julius Koehler.
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6 June 2019
In conversation with

SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR NEIGHBOURS

Nebenan is Germany’s hyper-local neighbourhood community, the largest in Europe and part of Good Hood which has also created similar communities in France, Italy and Spain. Our aim is to build social networks all over Europe that connect people living in the same neighbourhoods.
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