Stephan Cizmar is a serial entrepreneur-turned-investor who scaled B2B software from zero to IPO at Yext (growing from ~$40M to ~$330M ARR through NYSE listing) and currently serves as both a full-time GP at Lorimer Ventures and Chief Strategy Officer at his own company Lang.ai. He focuses on thesis-driven investing in Industry 4.0 and industrial software markets, emphasizing empathy as his core decision-making framework and building an operator-led support network that treats founders as partners rather than portfolio companies.
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SaaS, Fintech, AI, Energy, Data
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Lorimer Ventures is a fund created by operators for operators, where the GP team actively holds significant operating roles while investing, positioning themselves as "operating partner first, investor second" to eliminate the distance between traditional investors and company builders. The fund focuses on Industry 4.0 and "robots/automation as a service" companies, using a deliberately architected operator network that includes potential buyers and budget owners to secure early design partners and enterprise customers for portfolio companies.
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