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our investment strategy

We invest in growth-stage companies globally, that pursue scalable and technology driven business models around three key impact themes that are central to building a better tomorrow: people, planet and productivity. Within these themes, we focus on key sectors that offer disproportionate value creation and positive impact opportunities in response to pressing social and environmental problems.

We have developed a theory of change for each sector, taking a view on how we can progress from the current state to a better future and identifying business model innovations that can best drive the change in a commercially viable manner.

We are entrepreneur centric and invest in businesses that leverage technology and build impact at scale to provide good returns for investors.
We take a comprehensive and innovative approach to value creation (return and impact) in our portfolio companies across strategy, capability development and fundraising.

key
investment  themes

value creation

Lightrock has an active approach to company value creation and acts as a thought partner to entrepreneurs. We focus on the key areas of value creation with a consistent and structured support approach:

1
strategy and impact
active and accountable engagement with top management on strategy and impact, also with the help of trusted senior advisors and experts
2
functional capabilities
programmatic engagement with portfolio companies in benchmarking and developing functional capabilities across: HR, Finance, IT/Technology for performance management, Governance and others
3
partnerships, financing and fundraising
leveraging our global relationships and networks for the benefit of our portfolio

selected portfolio companies

planet
Zurich, Switzerland

Global Climate Solutions platform for strategies that turn climate action into long-term business opportunities for companies, governments and organisations.

Planet
Dresden, Germany

Global leading developer and manufacturer of green hydrogen technologies, enabling the transition to sustainable hydrogen as a climate-neutral alternative to fossil fuels.

Planet
Munich, Germany

The world’s first entirely electric vertical take-off and landing jet aiming to reduce travel carbon emissions.

People
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Medical technology company offering next-gen robotic systems aiming to make minimal access surgery available for everyone who needs it.

Productivity
San Mateo, United States

Leading graph database platform that drives innovation and competitive advantage by revealing how people, processes, locations and systems are interrelated.

Productivity
New York City, United States

Centralised data platform for Everyday AI, systemising the use of data for exceptional business results.

productivity
São Paulo, Brazil

One of the fastest growing fintechs in Latin America, reinvented the lending experience with an asset-light business model and significantly decreased the high interest burden for Brazilian citizens.

planet
Nairobi, Kenya

Pioneer of one of the world's most advanced Pay-As-You-Go platforms to upgrade millions of lives in East Africa.

planet
Lagos, Nigeria

Leading technology-enabled company driven by a vision to solve the mobility challenges in Africa.

planet
Chennai, India

One of India's fastest growing Agri-Tech companies which deploys technology to reduce value loss in the value chain.

people
São Paulo, Brazil

A high-quality, affordable primary healthcare and diagnostics platform via a network of clinics to Brazil’s low to middle income population. 

planet
São Paulo, Brazil

The leading privately held provider of water sourcing and wastewater recycling in Brazil.

recent
news & updates

portfolio news
Arya.ag raises $29 million from existing investors

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portfolio news
Arya.ag raises $29 million from existing investors
company news
Ademidun (Demi) Edosomwan joins Lightrock as a Partner

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company news
Ademidun (Demi) Edosomwan joins Lightrock as a Partner
portfolio news
ComBio raises R$450 million with International Finance Corporation

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portfolio news
ComBio raises R$450 million with International Finance Corporation
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Dataiku partners with KPMG to help businesses adopt AI faster

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