# Christopher Steinau

> Christopher Steinau is a Series B investor at Lightrock (London) backing Software and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lightrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightrock)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophersteinau/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chrissteinau
- Website: https://x.com/chrissteinau
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.steinau

Christopher Steinau is a Series B investor at Lightrock in London focused on Software and Mobile. Christopher Steinau is the Growth Investor at Lightrock.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 75% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Tourism | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 75% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Makersite | Product life cycle management involves making design decisions based on multiple criteria including cost, compliance, sustainability, and risk. Unfortunately, the data and expertise required to make these decisions are siloed. This protracts the process of innovation and increases its complexity. Today, the market solves this problem withvertical applications like PDM, ERP, CAD, EHS, SCM, etc. These mostly remain siloed due to the enormous costs of integration and keeping data synchronized. Therefore, analyses typically require exporting data to aggregation tools e.g. BI or excel before being used for analyses in specialist decision support applications. Results are typically delayed, some taking as much as 9 months, and therefore provide little support during the design process. Makersite provides results instantly and simultaneously across key product criteria.Makersite combines external and internal data sources to create a digital twin of a product in design. Artificial intelligence and our graph-based data model allow for ingesting, representing, and connecting heterogeneous data easily. Its native applications use ground-breaking algorithms to support analysis and decision making based on multiple criteria simultaneously including should-costs, regulatory compliance, life cycle impacts (LCA), supply chain risk, etc. Our API-first architecture allows for easy integrations into existing IT infrastructures thereby supporting systems and processes with richer, fresher, and more timely product data.This allows engineers to understand and improve their designs from the perspective of their regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply risk, and cost of production, simultaneously. Companies can get results up to 40x faster than traditional methods while making their products better. | $70.4M | Series B | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Distribusion Technologies | Distribusion is the leading provider of technology solutions in ground transportation. Distribusion connects thousands of bus, rail, ferry and public transport providers worldwide to a global network of travel retailers including Google, Booking.com, Alipay, Trainline and Amadeus. The largest ground transportation carriers from Amtrak, DeutscheBahn, National Express, Comporte to Vietnam Railways already rely on Distribusion’s technology. Distribusion’s standardisation layer enables online retailers to sell tickets for any carrier through a single API, eliminating the need for individual contracts or technical efforts. Distribusion provides carriers with advanced retailing technology to increase sales and margin. Find out more at www.distribusion.com. | $80M | Series C | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Distribusion Technologies | Distribusion is the leading provider of technology solutions in ground transportation. Distribusion connects thousands of bus, rail, ferry and public transport providers worldwide to a global network of travel retailers including Google, Booking.com, Alipay, Trainline and Amadeus. The largest ground transportation carriers from Amtrak, DeutscheBahn, National Express, Comporte to Vietnam Railways already rely on Distribusion’s technology. Distribusion’s standardisation layer enables online retailers to sell tickets for any carrier through a single API, eliminating the need for individual contracts or technical efforts. Distribusion provides carriers with advanced retailing technology to increase sales and margin. Find out more at www.distribusion.com. | $31.3M | Series B | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Alasco | Alasco supports project controllers and developers through automated workflows and the availability of financial data placed in a central information source. This increases the productivity of the participants. This method also decreases the probability of errors, assures comprehensive transparency, and faster decision-making. | $40M | Series B | Jan 11, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lgt-lightstone) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hitachi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hitachi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KOMPAS VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kompas-fe2f) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lightrock

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Lightrock is a global growth capital platform that backs purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Lightrock invests in companies that pursue scalable and tech-driven business models around the key impact themes of people, planet, and productivity/tech for good. Lightrock’s portfolio includes more than 90high-growth companies across Europe, US, Latin America, India and Africa, supported by more than 100 Lightrock professionals based in 6 global offices. Lightrock is backed by LGT, the international private banking and asset management group, and other leading global institutions.For more information, please visit www.lightrock.com.

5 contacts available at Lightrock.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Steinau | Growth Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-steinau |
| Kevin Bone | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-bone-27a9 |
| Marcos Wilson Pereira | Partner, Head of Latin America | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcos-pereira |
| Pal Erik Sjatil | Global Managing Partner and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pal-erik-sjatil |
| Umur Hursever | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umur-hursever |

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## FAQ

### What does Christopher Steinau invest in?

Christopher Steinau invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Travel startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Christopher Steinau last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Steinau closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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