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Lakestar

Venture capital firm · Founded 2012 · Active in 2026

Lakestar is a venture capital firm based in Switzerland, founded in 2012. The page below shows 36 Power Law outcomes from Lakestar's portfolio — 30 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Health Tech & Medtech; top portfolio geographies are USA · Germany · UK. Lakestar ranks #167 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

36 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #167 · Global · 36 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 36% 5y
30
Decacorns → 0% 5y
3
Thoroughbreds ↑ 91% 5y
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01 · Exits

Sequoia’s biggest exits.

Sequoia portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

IPO · 1999
Entered SeedNow $5.2T
IPO · 2004
Entered Series ANow $4.6T
IPO · 1980
Now $4.5T
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $306B
$214B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $20.1B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series ANow $207B
$82.0B IPO · 2019
Now $153B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $103B
$95.0B IPO · 2020
Entered SeedNow $69.1B
$93.9B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $58.4B
$24.0B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $73.3B
$39.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $67.6B
$32.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $67.5B
$41.5B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $64.4B
$60.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $28.0B
$55.5B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $55.5B
$52.8B IPO · 2018
Entered Series ANow $49.6B
IPO · 2013
Now $45.0B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $39.4B
IPO · 2002
Entered SeedNow $39.1B
$32.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Seed
$12.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $29.5B
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $28.6B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $28.2B
03 · Portfolio analysis

The 36 Lakestar Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA14
  2. Germany10
  3. UK6
  4. Sweden2
  5. Hong Kong1
  6. Spain1
  7. Switzerland1
  8. France1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech9
  2. eCommerce & Marketplaces9
  3. Health Tech & Medtech5
  4. AI3
  5. Other B2B Software3
  6. Biotech & Life Sciences1
  7. Energy1
  8. Robotics1
  9. Space1
  10. Cybersecurity1
  11. Transportation1
  12. Other1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+17
  2. Series A13
  3. Seed4
Estimated holdings

Lakestar’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of Lakestar’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 10 companies where Lakestar is a named shareholder, worth about $1.4B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 Blockchain.comFintech · Unicorn 8% $7.0B $560M
  2. 2 SennderTransportation · Unicorn 9.5% $2.1B $201M
  3. 3 CedarHealth · Unicorn 6% $3.2B $192M
  4. 4 AlanHealth · Unicorn 2.5% $5.5B $138M
  5. 5 Isar AerospaceSpace · Unicorn 8.5% $1.1B $94M
  6. 6 OnefootballSports · Unicorn 7% $1.0B $70M
  7. 7 3.5% $2.0B $70M
  8. 8 6.5% $1.0B $65M
  9. 9 2.5% $1.1B $28M
  10. 10 4.96% $250M $12M

4 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Lakestar’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Lakestar also appears inside investor groups in Public, Revolut, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

Lakestar’s biggest exits.

Lakestar portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

$29.5B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $97.3B
$8.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $18.1B
$18.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $4.7B
$9.0B IPO · 2025
Entered Series B+Now $7.3B
$2.5B acquisition · 2022
Entered Series B+
$1.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $2.5B
$1.4B acquisition · 2019
Entered Series A
$1.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $229M
04 · Portfolio market map

Lakestar's 36 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
36 of 36 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does Lakestar stack up?

Lakestar in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns
Performance window All-time → 2026

Stage focus

Companies by selected outcome stage

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Beyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds

% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.
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Entry stage
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

107 founders across the 36 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Rocket Internet are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States40
Germany28
Spain5
Russia4
United Kingdom4
Sweden3
France3
Ukraine1
Denmark1
Netherlands1
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UniversityCount
Stanford University7
Bocconi University5
University of St.Gallen4
University of Freiburg3
SDA Bocconi School of Management3
London School of Economics and Political Science3
Columbia Business School3
University of Southern California3
Stanford University Graduate School of Business3
Copenhagen Business School2
+52 more →
Origin companyCount
Rocket Internet6
Alphabet | Google3
Home243
Nvidia2
Broadcom2
Revolut2
SoFi2
Spotify2
TrueCar1
Apple1
+51 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Lakestar

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Lakestar on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about Lakestar

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Lakestar — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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