Lakestar’s mission is to find, fund and grow disrup­tive busi­nesses – enab­led by tech­no­logy – that are foun­ded by excep­tio­nal entre­pre­neurs in Europe and beyond. Foun­ded by Klaus Hommels, the team’s early invest­ments include Skype, Spotify, Face­book and Airbnb. Since raising its first fund in 2013, Lake­star has mana­ged an aggre­ga­ted volume of over € 2 bn across three early stage funds, a growth fund and a SPAC.