Lukas Leitner

Lakestar is one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, backing groundbreaking technology companies from seed stage to scale. Founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, Lakestar has raised over €2 billion across four early-stage and two growth funds, with a mission to support exceptional founders building transformative businesses in Europe and beyond. With deep operational expertise and a hands-on approach, Lakestar partners with its portfolio on product, technology, go-to-market, talent, and regulatory strategy - supporting companies from their earliest days through to growth and exit. Current investments include pioneering companies such as Aleph Alpha, Auterion, Blockchain, Colossyan, GetYourGuide, HomeToGo, Isar Aerospace, Neko Health, Revolut, and sennder. A long-standing advocate for Europe’s digital sovereignty, Lakestar has a presence in London, Berlin, and Zurich, with a diverse team of more than 50 professionals representing 18 nationalities.

Lakestar is one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, backing groundbreaking technology companies from seed stage to scale. Founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, Lakestar has raised over €2 billion across four early-stage and two growth funds, with a mission to support exceptional founders building transformative businesses in Europe and beyond. With deep operational expertise and a hands-on approach, Lakestar partners with its portfolio on product, technology, go-to-market, talent, and regulatory strategy - supporting companies from their earliest days through to growth and exit. Current investments include pioneering companies such as Aleph Alpha, Auterion, Blockchain, Colossyan, GetYourGuide, HomeToGo, Isar Aerospace, Neko Health, Revolut, and sennder. A long-standing advocate for Europe’s digital sovereignty, Lakestar has a presence in London, Berlin, and Zurich, with a diverse team of more than 50 professionals representing 18 nationalities.

Founded in 1997 and owned by its partners, Triton is a leading European mid-market sector-specialist investor. Triton focuses on investing in businesses that provide mission critical goods and services in its three core sectors of Business Services, Industrial Tech, and Healthcare. Triton has over 150 investment professionals and value creation experts across 11 offices and invests through three complementary “All Weather” strategies: Mid-Market Private Equity, Smaller Mid-Cap Private Equity, and Opportunistic Credit.

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,200 employees in 30+ countries. As a trusted commercial advisor focused on unlocking better growth, we combine deep consulting expertise, growth specialization, and technology to scale lasting impact. We optimize every lever of commercial strategy – product, pricing, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on what customers want and value. With over 40 years of monetization experience, we are recognized as the world’s leading commercial growth and pricing specialist. (Legal notice: https://www.simon-kucher.com/en/legal-notice) -- Terms of use: Simon-Kuchers official LinkedIn page is run by Simon-Kucher & Partners Strategy & Marketing Consultants (SK). This is a public forum and we welcome your comments, thoughts and insights. However, all posts are regularly monitored and SK will remove, hide and/or delete any that are found to be abusive or deemed inappropriate for this page for whatever reason, including content that is deemed none compliant with LinkedIn’s User Agreement (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement). This includes the banning and reporting of users who are deemed to be non compliant with the above expectations of Simon-Kucher. All comments, visuals, links to other digital pages and other type of material posted by followers on this site ("User Content") do not necessarily reflect the opinions or values of SK, its employees, partners or affiliates. SK does not represent or warrant the accuracy of any statement or product claims made here, is not responsible for any User Content on this site and does not endorse any opinions expressed on this page.

Plenum Investments Ltd. is a Zurich (Switzerland) based asset management boutique, solely focused on insurance linked securities (ILS). Plenum manages investment funds (e.g. UCITS) licensed for public distribution in different countries as well as funds (e.g. AIF) and mandates (segregated accounts) for qualified/institutional investors. We have a specific focus on liquid solutions (CAT bonds) where we are known for our innovative, transparent investment strategies. As a licensed asset manager, Plenum Investments Ltd. is subject to the Swiss Collective Investments Act and supervised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Plenum is independent and majority owned by the management.