Chris Steinau
Partner,
Lightrock
Chris is a Partner at Lightrock. He is a former-entrepreneur turned investor having founded, scaled, and exited a hospitality-focused technology company. Prior to joining Lightrock, he was at venture capital firm Northzone, where he invested in technology-enabled scale-ups, including European unicorns Personio, Forto, Einride, Tier Mobility, and Flink. Through this work, he witnessed first-hand the power of founding teams that place sustainability at the heart of their enterprise. His support for such founders continues at Lightrock, where he led the investments in Distribusion, Alasco, and Katana. His focus areas are climatetech, SaaS, the future of work, proptech, mobility and logistics, as well as foodtech.