Lakestar Continuation Fund

About Lakestar Continuation Fund

Growth Tech, SaaS, Fintech, Deeptech, Portfolio Secondaries focused fund

Investment Focus

Location / RegionSwitzerland

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Deep Tech

Fintech

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep tech founders solving European defence cost asymmetry

defence tech

European deep tech

dual-use

hardware

national security

Bullish Signals

UK gov contract: Cambridge Aerospace interceptorsexternal

Portfolio co deployed in weeks post-contractexternal

18 months founder-to-contract trajectoryexternal

Missiles + launchers arriving May 2025linkedin

Gulf partner sales alongside UK contractlinkedin

Multi-office EU presence post-contractlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Heavy focus on defence — niche LP baseexternal

Founder Do's

Build cost-asymmetric defence solutions

Target government contracts early

Show rapid path to deployment

Focus on European security gaps

Pursue multi-geography (EU + Gulf) traction

Founder Don'ts

Ignore unit economics vs. incumbent cost

Skip government partnership strategy

Overlook European defence market

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€265M

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Key People

Klaus Hommels, Oliver Heimes, Akis Bratsos, Stephen Nundy, Christoph Schuh