Lakestar
lakestar.com Direct + LP
Lakestar is an investment firm founded in 2012 by Dr. Klaus Hommels, managing over $6 billion in assets. It focuses on venture capital and personal investments across stages and geographies, with a particular emphasis on European technology companies and resilience.
Lakestar is a venture capital firm headquartered in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2012. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to growth, in technology. Over $6 billion under management, as it reports.
“We invest with that responsibility in mind.”
— Lakestar, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- Europe
- Sectors
- technology
- Founded
- 2012
- Assets under management
- over $6 billion
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Lakestar publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.lakestar.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, aum, status
- https://www.lakestar.com/fundsstage_min, stage_max
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Record 174 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence medium
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