Fund profile / Switzerland

Lakestar Continuation Fund

Geography: Switzerland
Stage: Growth
Fund size: €265M
Focus: Deep Tech, FinTech and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Lakestar Continuation Fund

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

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionSwitzerland

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Deep Tech

FinTech

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European deep tech founders solving critical sovereignty + geopolitical needs

defence tech

European deep tech

critical technology

European sovereignty

geopolitical resilience

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

$6B AUM platform spans multi-stage investmentwebsite

Advisory board: UK General, Secretary Pompeo, Baroness Lane Foxwebsite

Concentration thesis: fewer bets, full commitment modelwebsite

New Resilience fund for European sovereignty techwebsite

Philosophy: patient, principled, founder-centricwebsite

Trust as true currency, relationships outlast valuationswebsite

Less noise, more commitment, more founder timewebsite

Neutrality is no longer strategy: sovereignty essentialwebsite

Europe's future depends on sector-defining global companieswebsite

Long-term advantage: great companies built across cycleswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Heavy focus on defence — niche LP baseexternal

Long-term thesis vs. quarterly venture normwebsite

Founder Do's

Build cost-asymmetric defence solutions

Target government contracts early

Show rapid path to deployment

Focus on European security gaps

Embrace geopolitical reality in product strategy

Founder Don'ts

Ignore unit economics vs. incumbent cost

Skip government partnership strategy

Assume technology neutrality matters

27 signals on Lakestar Continuation Fund

16 bullish · 2 contrarian · 5 pitch do's · 3 don'ts · 1 GP profile, each with its source. From €9/month, cancel anytime.

See a signal free View Plans Browse all Signal Profiles →

Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€265M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

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

Dr. Klaus HommelsFounder

N°04 / See also

Related Funds

VI Partners Venture Fund (2026)

Fund size€161M

Location: Switzerland
Stage: Seed
Focus: Enterprise Software, Ai Ml, Manufacturing, Biotech, Med Tech, Digital Health, Fintech
Manager: VI Partners

Seed

Enterprise Software

Ai Ml

Manufacturing

Biotech

Med Tech

Digital Health

Fintech

Capital Dynamics

Fund size$1.1B

Location: Switzerland
Stage: Series A
Focus: Saas, Climate Sustainability
Manager: Constantinos Economou, Markus Langner

Series A

Saas

Climate Sustainability

Ufenau VIII Asset Light SLP

Fund size€2100M

Location: Switzerland
Stage: Pre Seed
Focus: Saas
Manager: Ralf Flore, William Clegg

Pre Seed

Saas