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Lakestar
Venture capital · Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
Lakestar is an investment firm founded by Dr. Klaus Hommels in 2012 with over $6 billion in assets under management. It operates a platform spanning institutional venture capital funds and personal investments across stages and geographies, focused on supporting Europe's sovereignty and prosperity.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Your fit with Lakestar
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Or find every investor that fitsLakestar lists 34 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 39 funding rounds, 9 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 46% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (51%), Cybersecurity (11%) and Enterprise Software (9%). 30% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside D3, Accel and Expeditions.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Lakestar, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundLakestar does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 46% |
| Series A | 24% |
| Series B | 12% |
| Growth | 18% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 1 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 1 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 3 | 2 |
| '25 | 7 | 1 |
| '26 | 27 | 6 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 71th | 33 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 28 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 68th | 46% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 51% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 93th | 9 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 51% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| D3 | 5 |
| Accel | 4 |
| Expeditions | 4 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 3 |
| General Catalyst | 3 |
| HV Capital | 3 |
| Lux Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers34100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Lakestar head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Lakestar| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 12 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 9 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Series B | |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Lakestar
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Lakestar's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
34 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |||
| Antidote automates guideline checks and corrects time entries for legal billing compliance | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Ares Intelligence runs AI interviews across a company's workforce to discover inefficiencies and provide a path forward for improvement | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Auterion develops and provides an operating system and platform for autonomous systems, including drones and other vehicles. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Sept 2025Series A · 2 rounds | Funding round | |||
| Cedar provides a platform that unifies billing, payments, coverage, and support for patients and healthcare providers. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2020Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Celo Core Co. builds a digital economy | Fintech | Jun 2018Seed | Funding round | |
| Colossyan creates AI-generated training videos from various sources such as PDFs, PowerPoint, and URLs. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2024Series A | Funding round | |
| Constellr builds and operates custom satellites to deliver thermal intelligence systems | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Dominion Dynamics develops integrated autonomy, sensing, communications and command and control systems for defence, security and critical infrastructure | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Dexory provides a platform that connects every warehouse shift and site in a supply chain to a continuous view of physical reality and intelligent support to make informed decisions. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Series C+ · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Exein provides cybersecurity solutions for Physical AI systems and devices | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Fuse supplies energy to homes and businesses in the United Kingdom | EducationEducation | Sept 2024Round | Funding round | |
| Fyxer provides an AI assistant that helps with tasks such as scheduling, note-taking, and email drafting across various work tools | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Sept 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| GeneralMind automates supply chain and purchase order processes for enterprises using AI | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides omnichannel AI agents for collections and financial remediation | Fintech | Jul 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Isar Aerospace is a launch service provider for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Juo provides a subscription toolkit for e-commerce businesses to launch and manage subscription models for physical products. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Matta unifies vision, sensor data, and AI into a single system for factories to help manufacturers improve their production | Industrial & Manufacturing | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Mindgard provides AI security solutions, including red teaming and vulnerability assessment, to help companies secure their AI systems and agents. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Aug 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- lakestar.com
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 22 Jun 2018
- Companies checked
- 34
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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