Venture Capital KLAUS HOMMELS | LAKESTAR Founder & 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 is a global venture capital company, with offices in Zurich, Berlin, New York and Office Locations Berlin, New York, London London. Founded 2012 We invest in highly disruptive technology companies across all stages of their lifestyle – seed to growth – and across consumer and B2B business models. Most importantly, Lakestar has No of Employees 14 been a preferred partner for US entrepreneurs considering international expansion, as well as European entrepreneurs wanting to go global. Active Markets Global one of the top European investors appointed to Selected investments include Spotify, Facebook, Airbnb, Kind.com, Skype, Oscar Healthcare, Recent Milestones the Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors in Harry’s Shaving, Maker Studios, SoFi, Cadre, Zalando, Avito, Algomi, Klarna, Teralytics, 2013 and 2014 Taulia, as well as many earlier stage companies across the US and Europe. Target Criteria nternet companies in seed and early stages that can achieve global scale quickly Key Portfolio Algomi, Taulia, Sofi, Onefootball Companies Notable Exists Facebook, Spotify, Skype Fund Size $339m Ownership Limited Partnership Website lakestar.com 82