Christopher Steinau Overview

  • Firm
  • Lightrock

  • Primary Position
  • Partner & Invest...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 1

  • Med. Deal Size

Christopher Steinau General Information

Biography

Mr. Christopher Steinau serves as a Partner & Investment Team Member at Lightrock. He serves as a Board Member at Distribution. He is a former entrepreneur turned investor having founded, scaled, and exited Uncover the app to discover and book London's most desirable restaurants. Prior to joining Lightrock, he served as a Principal at Northzone, where he invested in several successful scale-ups like Personio, Forto, Tier Mobility, Infogrid, and Flink. Through his work with such businesses, he witnessed first-hand the power of founding teams with a strong sustainability mission, which he is now backing at Lightrock, where he led the investment in Alasco. His focus areas are the future of work, property tech, mobility/logistics as well as food tech. He holds an MBA from London Business School and a Diplom-Kaufmann from the EBS, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Partner & Investment Team Member, Lightrock
Education
London Business School, MBA (Master of Business Administration)
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Diploma Kfm
Gender
Male
Email
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Address
  • 1 Eagle Place
  • 2nd Floor
  • London SW1Y 6AF
  • England, United Kingdom

Christopher Steinau Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Lightrock Investor Partner & Investment Team Member London, United Kingdom Impact Investing

Christopher Steinau Board Seats (1)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Distribusion Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Berlin, Germany

Christopher Steinau Lead Partner on Deals (3)

Christopher Steinau has been the lead partner on 3 deals. Their latest deal was with Katana (Tallinn), a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 13-Oct-2022.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Katana (Tallinn) 13-Oct-2022 Later Stage VC (Series B) Completed Business/Productivity Software Tallinn, Estonia
Distribusion 04-Mar-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software Berlin, Germany
Alasco 11-Jan-2022 Completed Financial Software Munich, Germany

Christopher Steinau Network (26)

Board Members (6)

Name Company Representing Location From
Lars Michalak Distribusion Liquid Partners (Berlin) Berlin, Germany
Schuster Tanger Distribusion TQ Ventures Berlin, Germany
Distribusion Self Berlin, Germany
Distribusion Distribusion Berlin, Germany
Distribusion Creandum Berlin, Germany

Portfolio Executives (20)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Gristel Tali Katana (Tallinn) Chief Product Officer 13-Oct-2022 Tallinn, Estonia
Ben Hussey Katana (Tallinn) Co-Chief Executive Officer 13-Oct-2022 Tallinn, Estonia
Katana (Tallinn) Chief People & Culture Officer, Vice President of People & Culture 13-Oct-2022 Tallinn, Estonia
Katana (Tallinn) Chief Operating Officer & CMO 13-Oct-2022 Tallinn, Estonia
Katana (Tallinn) Chief Marketing Officer 13-Oct-2022 Tallinn, Estonia

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    Mr. Christopher Steinau serves as a Partner & Investment Team Member at Lightrock.

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    Christopher Steinau’s primary position is Partner & Investment Team Member.

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    Christopher Steinau holds a board seat in Distribusion.

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