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What does Lakestar invest in?
Lakestar invests most often at Seed and Series A (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Decentralization, HR and Hiring.
Lakestar highlights
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40 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 50% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $6.7M
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2 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Lakestar is the investment firm founded by Dr. Klaus Hommels in 2012. It has over $6 billion in assets under management, on a platform that spans institutional venture capital funds and personal investments across stages and geographies.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $70M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- DecentralizationHRHiring
- Based in
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first168 appearances
- 2026
31 rounds
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- 2025
31 rounds
- Dec
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named
RJRobert JonesDirector of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 28 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
4+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Who backs their funds
3 LPs on record in Lakestar's funds
- Funds
- 1
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.
Rancilio Cube1 fundFund Vintage Committed Lakestar - - 
Axel Springer Digital Ventures1 fundFund Vintage Committed Lakestar - - 
Id4 Ventures1 fundFund Vintage Committed Lakestar - -
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all
Maker StudiosBought by The Walt Disney Company$500MMar 2014
Maker StudiosBought by Disney$450M2014
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.