INVESTORS Premium Partner Global Venture Capital Firm SPEAKER PROFILE KEY INVESTORFACTS • Klaus Hommels is the founder of Lakestar, a Zurich- Key Corporate Facts Key Portfolio Companies based firm with offices in Berlin, London, New York Headquarters Zurich, Switzerland and Hong Kong • Hommels was an early investor in King. com, Skype Founded 2012 and Spotify, and also invested in Facebook as an angel investor Funds Raised $534m • He's also an investor in Harry's, OpenDoor and Oscar Health in the U.S. Current Fund Size $385m • Hommels earned his MBA and PhD in finance from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland Employees 11-25 Klaus Hommels Founder & CEO • "The first thing a VC should have to be is a believer," Active Markets Global he says NOAH Content Lakestar at NOAH Website lakestar.com INVESTORPROFILE LAKESTAR @ NOAH Doing Business @ NOAH Main Presentation Topics • Lakestar is a global venture capital company, with offices in Zurich, Berlin, and London Present your business proposal through Panel discussion with • Company identified highly disruptive technology companies across all stages of NOAH Connect app their lifestyle – seed to growth – and across consumer and B2B business models. Most importantly, Lakestar has been a preferred partner for US entrepreneurs considering international expansion, as well as European entrepreneurs wanting to go global • Lakestar & its GPs have historically invested in Skype, Facebook, Klarna, Airbnb, King.com, Maker Studios, Lovefilm. Current portfolio includes: Spotify, Attendees @ NOAH Harry’s, GoEuro, Algomi, Taulia, Oscar, Opendoor Klaus Hommels, General Partner 70
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