Kirk Lepke

Partner at EQT Growth & ScaleUp Europe

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 13 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2025
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Board Observer
Dec 2022
An innovative hospitality management cloud that empowers the modern hotelier to improve performance, maximize revenue, and provide remarkable guest experiences.
Investor
Jun 2021
Transmit Security gives businesses the modern tools they need to build secure, trusted and end-to-end digital identity journeys to innovate and grow. CX-focused, cybersecurity-conscious leaders rely on Transmit Security’s Platform to provide their customers with smooth experiences protected from fraud across all channels and devices. Transmit Security serves many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, and other leading brands, collectively responsible for more than $3.1 trillion in annual commerce. Transmit Security was co-founded by serial entrepreneurs and investors, Mickey Boodaei and Rakesh Loonkar in 2014 with the aim of changing the security identity landscape. In 2020, Deloitte recognized Transmit Security as the 5th fastest growing company in North America. In March, we were recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Security Companies of 2022.
Board Member
Jun 2021
The collaborative, AI-powered platform for customer conversations. Trusted by more than 22,000 companies worldwide. Aircall seamlessly integrates voice, SMS, WhatsApp, and social media channels into a single platform, with bi-directional syncing across 200+ essential business apps. Imagine your CRM and Helpdesk data flowing effortlessly into every customer interaction, empowering your team to deliver smarter, more personalized experiences. Trusted by over 22,000 businesses globally, Aircalls AI-powered platform supercharges sales and support. We automate the busywork—optimizing call routing, automating repetitive tasks–while simultaneously delivering actionable insights from across every customer interaction. As a result, your teams are free to focus on what truly matters: building and maintaining customer relationships. Aircall is where your tech stack unites and your teams excel. We transform customer interactions into strategic opportunities, fueling growth and turning conversations into satisfied customers. With Aircall, every connection counts.
Board Observer
May 2020
Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company with a mission to bring joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. Wolt develops a local commerce platform that connects people looking to order food, groceries, and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) in 2022. Together, we operate in more than 30 countries today.
Board Member
Jul 2019
Lightricks is an AI-first company best known for creative products like Facetune and LTX. Our mission is to bridge the gap between imagination and realization - and we’re doing that by building world-class AI models, the infrastructure to deploy them, and the applications that bring them to millions of creators and businesses. At the foundation is LTX-2, our open-source generative video model - already recognized as one of the top performers in the world.
Board Observer
Aug 2017
Redis is the worlds fastest data platform. We provide cloud and on-prem solutions for caching, vector search, and more that seamlessly fit into any tech stack. With fast setup and fast support, we make it simple for digital customers to build, scale, and deploy the fast apps our world runs on.
Board Observer
Jan 2017
AppsFlyer is the Modern Marketing Cloud that helps businesses transform complex data into clarity and growth. A foundation for unified, measurable, autonomous marketing, AppsFlyer breaks down silos across measurement, deep linking, data collaboration, and autonomous AI workflows. For more than a decade, AppsFlyer has been the leader in mobile attribution, trusted by over 15,000 businesses worldwide. To learn more, visit www.appsflyer.com
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2025
Board Member
Apr 2025
ReliaQuest exists to Make Security Possible, allowing security teams to detect, contain and respond to threats within minutes—anytime, anywhere. Our GreyMatter platform empowers enterprise security teams to leverage their current or future technology stack to drive greater visibility and automation without the need to centralize data or standardize tools. Built on over a decade of experience, ReliaQuest is the only cybersecurity technology company at scale, at the enterprise, that provides optionality and modularity—making the customer the platform. With over 1,000 customers worldwide and 1,200 teammates across six global operating centers, ReliaQuest delivers security outcomes for the most trusted enterprise brands in the world.  .
2024
Board Member
Jul 2024
CluePoints is the premier provider of RBQM and data quality oversight software. We’re leveraging the potential of AI using advanced statistics and ML to determine the quality, accuracy, and integrity of clinical trial data both during and after the study. Aligned with guidance from the FDA, EMA, ICH, and MHRA, CluePoints supports central and on-site monitoring, medical review, and quality risk management to drive a holistic risk-based strategy. Coupled with thought leadership and consulting expertise to aid risk assessment and solution implementation, the result is positive clinical development outcomes, increased operational efficiency, lower costs, and reduced regulatory submission risk as part of the industry paradigm shift to RBQM. To learn more about CluePoints, visit CluePoints.com.
2023
Partner
Jun 2023
A global private markets firm. 30+ years of unlocking returns and growth for investors beyond public markets.
Partner
Jun 2023
EQT Growth explores thematic growth opportunities at the point companies are ready to scale, investing in a range of technology and technology-enabled businesses. We partner with founders and management teams of market leading companies across Europe, unleashing their growth potential and establishing them as sustainable market leaders. Our highly-experienced team is united by a passion for technology and an absolute commitment to sustainability, driven by the belief that doing good is good business. EQT Growth is powered by Motherbrain, EQT’s proprietary AI-based Investment Platform designed for better and more efficient decision making. To find out more, visit our website: https://eqtgroup.com/private-capital/growth
2022
Board Observer
Dec 2022
An innovative hospitality management cloud that empowers the modern hotelier to improve performance, maximize revenue, and provide remarkable guest experiences.
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