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Lakestar

Zurich, Switzerland Founded 2012 lakestar.com

  • Early stage
  • Growth
  • defence
  • dual-use
  • software
  • fintech

Lakestar’s latest fund is Lakestar Resilience I: $300M, 2026, #143 of 427 firms by latest fund.

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Latest fund$300M2026
Rank by latest fund#143of 427 firms
Assets under management$6BSource
Funds with reported performance0None in tracked LP reports
Funds raised, by the year each closed
Funds raised, by the year each closedFunds raised, by the year each closed. 2025: $265M; 2026: $300M.2025 · Raised: $265M$265M20252026 · Raised: $300M$300M2026
The numbers
YearRaised
2025$265M
2026$300M

Overview

Resilience I is a thematic defence/dual-use fund; Lakestar said in Oct 2025 it would pause traditional flagship fundraising. AUM >€5.2B (~$6B) per EU-Startups. Continuation Fund I is a secondary vehicle, not new primary capital.

Funds

FundClosedSizeSource
Lakestar Resilience I2026$300M€262.2Meu-startups.com
Lakestar Continuation Fund I2025$265Mlakestar.com

LPs on the record

2 private foundations list on their latest IRS Form 990-PF, and 1 other LP reports holding Lakestar’s funds.

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Firms whose LPs overlap

The firms sharing the most LPs on record with Lakestar, relative to how many LPs each has. A peer set like this is what Find LPs ranks LPs from.

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Reported fund performance

None of the public LP reports we track (Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association (ACERA), Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), Alaska Retirement Management Board (ARMB), Andra AP-fonden (AP2), Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS), CalPERS, CalSTRS, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund (CTPF), Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (Colorado PERA), Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF), Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association (CCCERA), District of Columbia Retirement Board (DCRB), Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI), Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii (HIERS), Enterprise Ireland (Seed and Venture Capital Scheme), European Investment Fund (EIF), Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado (FPPA), Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), Illinois Growth and Innovation Fund (Illinois State Treasurer), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA), KfW Capital, Korea Venture Investment Corp. (Foreign VC Investment Fund), LACERA, Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System (LACERS), Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS), Merseyside Pension Fund, Minnesota State Board of Investment, Montana Board of Investments, NYC Board of Education Retirement System (BERS), NYC Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS), NYC Fire Pension Fund, NYC Police Pension Fund, NYC Teachers' Retirement System, Nebraska Investment Council, New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS), New Jersey Division of Investment, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (NMERB), New Mexico State Investment Council, New York State Common Retirement Fund, New York Ventures (Empire State Development), New Zealand Superannuation Fund, Norfund (Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries), North Carolina Retirement Systems (NCRS), Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS), Oregon Growth Account (Oregon Growth Board), Oregon State Treasury (OPERF), Pennsylvania PSERS, Pennsylvania SERS, Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI), Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri (PSRS/PEERS), San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association (SBCERA), San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA), South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission (RSIC), South Dakota Investment Council (South Dakota Retirement System), State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (SURS), State of Michigan Retirement System (SMRS), State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma (OTRS), Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS), Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Kentucky (TRS), Texas Municipal Retirement System, US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), UTIMCO (Permanent University Fund), University of California, Washington State Investment Board, West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF)) include this firm’s funds yet. Venture firms don’t publish returns; figures appear here when a public pension or endowment discloses them.

About this data

Fund sizes come from firm announcements, SEC filings, and press reports, converted to US dollars near the closing date. Compiled as of October 9, 2026. Notable portfolio companies are examples from public sources, not a complete list.

  1. eu-startups.com/2026/07/lakestar-closes-e262-2-million-re…
  2. lakestar.com/news/lakestar-closes-a-usd-265-million-conti…

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