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14 February 2020

Founders Stories

Limehome: A new concept for hotels

Limehome is a new digital hotel concept, which operates designer apartments with the quality standards of a four-star hotel. Situated in prime locations in Germany, technology enables Limehome to operate with no staff on-site, which drives margins and has the potential to disrupt the highly complex hotel industry. Co-Founder Josef Vollmayr talks about his aim of building a mass-market hospitality brand.

11 February 2020

Lakestar in the press

We are happy to announce that Impala has raised $20 million in a second funding round, just four months after raising an $11 million Series A round

22 January 2020

Lakestar in the press

We are happy to announce that scoutbee has raised $60 million in a second funding round

13 January 2020

Lakestar in the press

We are happy to announce that Soul Machines raises $40 million in Series B

10 January 2020

Lakestar in the press

We are happy and proud to find our portfolio companies sennder and scoutbee under the top startup’s to watch in 2020

20 December 2019

Lakestar in the press

Congratulations to our portfolio company Glovo and its founders Oscar Pierre and Sacha Michaud for raising 150 million euro in their latest funding round

16 December 2019

Lakestar in the press

The German Startups Association announced its new executive set up and wants to turn the startup association upside down.

2 December 2019

Lakestar in the press

Forbes Announces Third-Annual Midas List Europe

16 November 2019

Lakestar in the press

„Deutschland verliert den Anschluss“

14 November 2019

Lakestar in the press

Announcing our lead investment in Eigen Technologies $37M Series B

26 October 2019

Lakestar in the press

Financing for Innovation

24 October 2019

Lakestar in the press

"Alle würden sagen: 'Da wird Rentengeld verzockt'"

24 October 2019

In conversation with

Tech entrepreneurs in Israel will benefit from making closer links with European investors

16 September 2019

In conversation with

Cleaning up chaotic property data to power up the industry

8 August 2019

Thought leadership

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

22 July 2019

Lakestar in the press

Lakestar leads $70M round in sennder

6 June 2019

In conversation with

Social networks for neighbours

17 May 2019

Lakestar in the press

The travel booking platform ‘Get Your Guide‘ collects 484 million dollars

7 May 2019

In conversation with

A close shave at a fair price

1 May 2019

Lakestar in the press

Lakestar is happy to announce its lead investment in Glovo’s €150M Series D funding.

24 April 2019

Lakestar in the press

Lakestar is happy to announce its lead investment in Holded’s €6M Series A funding.

15 April 2019

Lakestar in the press

Forbes Midas list 2019

21 March 2019

Lakestar in the press

Opendoor raises $300M on a $3.8B valuation for its home marketplace

20 March 2019

Lakestar in the press

Tech-Investor Klaus Hommels: „Das Geld für Start-ups kommt von den Falschen“

6 March 2019

In conversation with

Secure open source software to power commercial drones

20 February 2019

Lakestar in the press

EF raises $115M new fund, aiming to create another 300-plus startups in the next three years

14 February 2019

Lakestar in the press

GoEuro rebrands as Omio to take its travel aggregator business global

5 February 2019

Lakestar in the press

A Music Startup Is Paying Artists For Their Future Royalties

1 February 2019

Lakestar in the press

Vielleicht sind wir einfach zu schüchtern, Industriepolitik zu machen

2 January 2019

Lakestar in the press

Auterion: Hoch hinaus mit Drohnen

14 December 2018

In conversation with

The next generation of robots

6 December 2018

Lakestar in the press

HomeToGo raises total capital to over $150 million and acquires largest US competitor

4 December 2018

In conversation with

The future of software development

13 November 2018

Lakestar in the press

Moving healthcare 'Forward' with AI and tech

7 November 2018

Lakestar in the press

SoftBank's Deepcore invests in UK start-up Engineer.ai

6 November 2018

Lakestar in the press

Five AI: "We need an industry wide safety certification framework for autonomous vehicles"

5 November 2018

In conversation with

Nurturing start-ups the Entrepreneur First way

5 November 2018

Lakestar in the press

The Midas List - Europe 2018

9 October 2018

Lakestar in the press

The coolest people in the UK tech industry

8 October 2018

Lakestar in the press

FIVE AI: The UK firm hoping to take on Google's driverless cars

21 September 2018

In conversation with

Techinvestor Klaus Hommels über Europas wachsende Abhängigkeit von China und den USA

6 September 2018

Lakestar in the press

Crosslend holt sich 14 Millionen Euro von Investoren

4 September 2018

Lakestar in the press

Open source drone software startup Auterion lands $10M seed funding

3 September 2018

In conversation with

Consumer websites show how to improve billing for medical treatment

21 August 2018

In conversation with

A tech revolution in US health insurance

14 August 2018

Lakestar in the press

FiveAI CEO Stan Boland on winning the driverless car race in Europe

19 July 2018

Lakestar in the press

Lakestar Offers Advisory Services To Fintechs Following Successful Marley Spoon IPO

25 June 2018

Lakestar in the press

Hospital billing platform Cedar secures $36M in venture capital