INVESTORS Premium Partner Global Venture Capital Firm SPEAKER PROFILE KEY INVESTORFACTS • Klaus Hommels is the Founder of Lakestar Key Corporate Facts Key Portfolio Companies • He has been involved in the early days of investments Headquarters Zurich, Berlin, London such as Skype, Xing, King, Facebook, Spotify and Airbnb Founded 2012 • Klaus started his career at Bertelsmann, before joining AOL Germany in 1995 as a Board Member. He was Funds Raised $550m also a venture partner of Benchmark Capital Europe. He earned his PhD in finance from the University of Current Fund Size $400m Fribourg in Switzerland Klaus Hommels • He was ranked as one of the top Europe-based venture Employees 11-25 capital investors in the global Midas List 2013, 2014/ 2015 and in 2017/2018 became third best European Active Markets Global Founder & CEO investor in the first European list of the same ranking • Klaus has a strong voice in the European Tech NOAHContent Lakestar at NOAH Ecosystems which he supports passionately with various initiatives, eg. the 'Internet Economy Website lakestar.com Foundation' 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 Opening Keynote • Lakestar 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, Founder Manu Gupta, Partner Dharmash Mistry, Partner Stephen Nundy, CTO Christoph Schuh, Partner Ninja Struye de Swielande, CCO 71
