{"id":7669,"date":"2022-06-28T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T11:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koehlergroup.com\/investment-in-lakestar-growth-ii-und-lakestar-early-iv\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:43:57","slug":"investment-in-lakestar-growth-ii-and-lakestar-early-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koehlergroup.com\/en\/news\/investment-in-lakestar-growth-ii-and-lakestar-early-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment in Lakestar Growth II and Lakestar Early IV"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7669\" class=\"elementor elementor-7669 elementor-1420\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d0ee8a e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base layout-small container-pt e-21d0ee8a-6276323 \" data-id=\"21d0ee8a\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"21d0ee8a\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"21d0ee8a\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a9d865d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a9d865d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following our successful investment in Lakestar Growth I in 2018, we have now invested in Lakestar Growth II and Lakestar Early IV. 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