Lakestar

Europe HQMulti-stage platform Seed Series-A

01 · Thesis & focus

Lakestar is a European venture capital firm that invests from Seed to Growth in visionary tech entrepreneurs worldwide.

Cheque range
£100k – £70M
Stages
Seed, Series A
Avg deals / year
4.2
Leads rounds
Yes
HQ
Lakestar AG
Fund type
Multi-stage platform

02 · Recent publicly announced deals

Mindgard Series A · Aug 2026 · $41.8M total raised ↗

Mindgard offers an AI security platform that enables organizations to discover, assess, and defend their AI systems and agents against vulnerabilities.

Pit Seed · May 2026 · $16M total raised ↗

The main product is an AI platform that learns and automates business workflows, capturing how work is done to create custom software solutions.

Runware Series A · Dec 2025 · $66.5M total raised ↗

Runware offers a generative media platform delivering AI capabilities across image, video, audio, and 3D through a single API.

Auterion Series B · Sep 2025 · $192.2M total raised ↗

Auterion provides an open, software-defined autonomy platform for autonomous systems, integrating mission planning, real-time video, and fleet operations.

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