Venture Capital DR. KLAUS HOMMELS | LAKE STAR Founderand CEO SPEAKER BIO Klaus is one of the leading European business angels and is or has been involved in numerous successful internet investments including QXL/Tradus, Skype, Facebook, king.com, StarDoll, Xing and spotify. He invests in promising start-ups that have the potential to become major players in the internet space. Klaus started his career at Bertelsmann. He joined AOL Germany in 1995 where was as board member responsible for business development, content and advertising sales. He was also involved in the establishment of Freenet, worked for Apax Partners and was a partner of Benchmark Capital before founding Hommels Holding. KEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Zurich, Switzerland Lakestar invests in Internet companies, with a specific focus on business models that can achieve global scale quickly. Lakestar has had tremendous success investing early in marquee brand names, such as Facebook, Spotify, and Skype. No. of Employees 10 In addition, Lakestar has invested at the founding stages of over 25 early stage companies. In each of these companies Lakestar takes an extremely hands-on, or entrepreneurial, approach to investing alongside stellar management teams. Lakestar strongly believes that the key to successful investing is Active Markets US, Europe not just in finding the next marquee Internet brand – but in helping create it. Target Criteria Internet companies in seed and early stages that can achieve global scale quickly Key Investments Algomi, Taulia, Sofi, Onefootball Notable Exits Facebook, Spotify, Skype Fund Size $399m Website lakestar.com 64