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141Portfolio Exits
23Funds
4Partners & Customers
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Latest Lakestar News
Jun 27, 2022
£10.5m seed funding for warehouse AI robots startup BotsAndUs, which aims to achieve ‘zero-error warehousing operations’, backed by Lakestar and other leading VCs Share: Intelligence and robotics company BotsAndUs has secured £10.5 million in seed funding to expand its logistics-disrupting solution globally. The London company collects real-time insights using fully autonomous, mobile robots to quickly process pallets at every stage in their journey throughout a warehouse. Triggered by the arrival of goods, the robots capture the volume and condition as they enter and leave the warehouse. The same robots scan goods on shelves and record their location and quantity. Lakestar led the round, with participation from Maersk Growth, Kindred Capital, and Capnamic. “BotsAndUs is already paving the way for artificial intelligence and robotics to completely transform logistics,” said co-founder and CEO Andrei Danescu. “Our integrated AI and robotics platform is helping companies boost their performance and unlock their full potential. We’re confident we can make our vision a reality: transforming logistics on a global scale with real time data to eliminate errors and enhance performance across all steps.” BotsAndUs has already won key customers across various industries. In addition to Maersk and Huboo, BotsAndUs works with Menzies Aviation, the air cargo company that services more than 200 airport locations, including at Europe’s largest airport, London Heathrow. The company recently entered into a partnership with Maersk – the global integrator of container logistics, to collaborate with Maersk’s warehousing and contract logistics division, initially in one of their warehouses, exploring automating inventory management and acceptance processes, and with time to improve customers’ visibility and access to inventory across facilities. With the fresh capital, BotsAndUs is targeting markets including Germany, France, Nordics, USA, and Canada and driving product development. “More than 80% of warehouses have no automation at all. With warehouses expected to grow by 50% by 2025 and labour shortages of over 30%, automation clearly holds the key to ensuring logistics operations are as optimised as possible,” said Lakestar partner Christoph Schuh. “Logistics is an industry that always faced margin pressures and little means to invest into digital infrastructure. BotsAndUs real-time data capture abilities create this infrastructure and the basis for long term automation of warehousing operations. “We’re delighted to join the stellar team on their journey to transform logistics and enable companies to perform at their best.”
Lakestar Investments
141 Investments
Lakestar has made 141 investments. Their latest investment was in BotsAndUs as part of their Seed VC - II on June 6, 2022.
Lakestar Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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6/23/2022 | Seed VC - II | BotsAndUs | $13M | Yes | 2 | |
6/21/2022 | Seed VC - II | Validio | $15M | Yes | 2 | |
6/9/2022 | Seed VC | Graswald | $1.33M | Yes | 2 | |
5/5/2022 | Series E | |||||
4/12/2022 | Series C |
Date | 6/23/2022 | 6/21/2022 | 6/9/2022 | 5/5/2022 | 4/12/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC - II | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Series E | Series C |
Company | BotsAndUs | Validio | Graswald | ||
Amount | $13M | $15M | $1.33M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Lakestar Portfolio Exits
23 Portfolio Exits
Lakestar has 23 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was PlusDental on May 20, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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5/20/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
4/13/2022 | Corporate Majority | 2 | |||
4/12/2022 | Acquired | 6 | |||
Date | 5/20/2022 | 4/13/2022 | 4/12/2022 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Corporate Majority | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Lakestar Fund History
4 Fund Histories
Lakestar has 4 funds, including Lakestar Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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2/25/2020 | Lakestar Fund | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $735M | 1 |
12/5/2018 | Lakestar Growth I | ||||
8/23/2015 | Lakestar II | ||||
7/2/2013 | Lakestar I |
Closing Date | 2/25/2020 | 12/5/2018 | 8/23/2015 | 7/2/2013 |
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Fund | Lakestar Fund | Lakestar Growth I | Lakestar II | Lakestar I |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | |||
Status | Closed | |||
Amount | $735M | |||
Sources | 1 |
Lakestar Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Lakestar has 1 strategic partners and customers. Lakestar recently partnered with Crypto Valley on May 5, 2018.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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5/14/2018 | Partner | Switzerland | Through its partnership with Lakestar , the Crypto Valley Association will greatly benefit in its work as an independent , nonprofit association building one of the world 's leading blockchain and cryptographic ecosystems . | 2 |
Date | 5/14/2018 |
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Type | Partner |
Business Partner | |
Country | Switzerland |
News Snippet | Through its partnership with Lakestar , the Crypto Valley Association will greatly benefit in its work as an independent , nonprofit association building one of the world 's leading blockchain and cryptographic ecosystems . |
Sources | 2 |
Lakestar Team
5 Team Members
Lakestar has 5 team members, including current Chief Technology Officer, Investment Partner, Stephen Nundy.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Klaus Hommels | Founder | Current | |
Stephen Nundy | Chief Technology Officer, Investment Partner | Current | |
Mika Salmi | Accel, The Raine Group, CreativeLive, Sequoia Capital, Viacom, Getty Images, RealNetworks, Sony Music Entertainment (USA), EMI Group, Marcus & Millichap, and Bankers Trust | Managing Partner | Current |
Felix Zipse | Chief Financial Officer | Former | |
Mark Schmitz | General Partner | Former |
Name | Klaus Hommels | Stephen Nundy | Mika Salmi | Felix Zipse | Mark Schmitz |
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Work History | Accel, The Raine Group, CreativeLive, Sequoia Capital, Viacom, Getty Images, RealNetworks, Sony Music Entertainment (USA), EMI Group, Marcus & Millichap, and Bankers Trust | ||||
Title | Founder | Chief Technology Officer, Investment Partner | Managing Partner | Chief Financial Officer | General Partner |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Former | Former |
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