22 February 2021 ECOSYSTEM Lakestar Spac I SE listed at Frankfurt Stock Exchange Our founder Klaus Hommels provides European growth companies an alternative route to public markets Read More
19 February 2021 GROWING INTERNATIONALLY Make the leap: how start-ups can enjoy success in Going Global Insights on best practices and pitfalls for start-ups looking to expand internationally Read Full
18 February 2021 BLOCKCHAIN.COM Blockchain.com raises a $120m strategic growth round The company is well positioned to further fuel the rapidly growing crypto currency ecosystem Read More
18 February 2021 PUBLIC.COM Public.com raises $220m Series D funding The company reached 1 million users and is now valued at about $1.2 billion Read More
3 February 2021 HOLDED Holded raises €15m Series B financing Holded plans to further expand internationally, opening up France as a key market this year Read More
26 January 2021 RHINO Rhino raises $95m funding round The security deposit insurance pioneer is seeing stellar growth and is now valued at $500m Read More
19 January 2021 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Five themes for investors to consider when assessing the impact of Covid-19 on the world How lessons from history can help us to look at the macroeconomic context Read Full
14 January 2021 SENNDER Sennder raises $160m in Series D funding round The digital freight forwarder plans to further drive European expansion Read More
12 January 2021 ECOSYSTEM Report: The year of Deep Tech We are proud to see five of our portfolio companies featured among Europe's deep tech pioneers. Read More
4 January 2021 WEBINAR How to develop a winning channel partnership strategy As B2B Sales go digital during COVID, channel partnerships become a powerful tool for driving Sales Read Full
23 December 2020 EXIT Congratulations to Opendoor for being listed on Nasdaq! Our portfolio company Opendoor has been listed on Nasdaq! Read More
22 December 2020 ECOSYSTEM Klaus Hommels on the Midas List Europe 2020 We are proud to see our founder on the Midas List Europe as one of the top venture capitalists Read More
17 December 2020 Oscar Health Congratulations to our portfolio company Oscar Health for raising $140M We’re proud to continue our journey with founders Mario Schlosser, Joshua Kushner, and Oscar team Read More
15 December 2020 OneFootball OneFootball has announced the acquisition of DUGOUT! Lucas, founder and CEO at OneFootball says “This move will benefit the whole football ecosystem" Read More
14 December 2020 Isar Aerospace Isar Aerospace raises Europe’s largest SpaceTech funding round Isar Aerospace raised $90m Series B to develop next-gen rockets for sustainable access to space Read Full
11 December 2020 AGLET Aglet raises a $4.5M seed round Aglet is a game for sneakerheads who walked 8.4B steps in the real world wearing virtual sneakers Read More
30 November 2020 CRYPTO ASSETS The EU is hoping to create one of the most innovation-friendly regimes for blockchain In September 2020, the European Commission proposed a comprehensive legislative package for crypto… Read Full
23 November 2020 Streetbees How Streetbees is shaking up a $75bn market Human intelligence platform Streetbees is driving change in the customer research market Read Full
9 November 2020 PORTFOLIO UPDATE Lakestar AGM and entrepreneurs’ experiences We produced 3 films to discus the 2020 and what the future holds with our fantastic Entrepreneurs Read Full
30 October 2020 GETYOURGUIDE GetYourGuide raises €114M in convertible note financing COVID-19 pandemic hit tourism hard, but forecasts predict that 2021/22 will feature a huge rebound Read More
28 October 2020 COMPANY UPDATE Streetbees joins our portfolio and raises $40m in their Series B financing round Streetbees measures the offline behaviour of more than 3.5m users in 120 global markets in real-time Read More
12 October 2020 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Strategy in the age of digital disruption Disruption is a popular topic in management theory and features heavily in INSEAD’s business courses Read Full
25 September 2020 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Best Practices in Public Relations The first step companies need to take in thinking about the right PR strategy is to ask themselves… Read Full
21 September 2020 LAKESTAR INSIGHTS APIs are transforming businesses APIs are behind many of the digital transformations in tech innovation and growth Read Full