Klaus Hommels is one of Europe's earliest super angels who personally backed Skype, Facebook and Spotify before founding Lakestar, and he has positioned himself as both investor and policy advocate focused on helping Europe build its own global tech champions to avoid becoming a digital colony of the U.S. or China. Unlike most VCs, he spends significant time lobbying for European innovation reforms and recently committed substantial personal capital to European defense and dual-use technologies, while maintaining a founder-centric investment style that emphasizes concentrated support over portfolio diversification.