# Lufthansa

> Lufthansa is a VC fund in Frankfurt backing Travel and Aerospace. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Germany
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lufthansa
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Lufthansa_DE
- Website: https://www.lufthansa.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lufthansa

Lufthansa is a VC fund in Frankfurt focused on Travel and Aerospace. Deutsche Lufthansa AG is an airline with operations all over the world. It operates its core business of passenger transport through Lufthansa Passage Airlines (incl. Lufthansa Regional), Austrian Airlines, SWISS, and Germanwings and through affiliates Brussels Airlines and SunExpress. Its other business fields are logistics, engineering, cateringand IT services. Deutsche Lufthansa AG has the management and supervisory structures typical for companies in Germany. The Executive Board is responsible for managing the Company and defining its strategic direction. In doing so, the aim is to increase Company value sustainably. The Supervisory Board appoints, advises and supervises the Executive Board. Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the parent company and the largest single operating company in the Lufthansa Group. The individual business segments are run as separate Group companies, with the exception of the Lufthansa Passenger Airlines. They have their own profit and operating responsibility and are monitored by their respective supervisory boards, in which members of Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Executive Board are also represented.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 3 | 50% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 17% |
| Search Engine | 1 | 17% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 17% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 17% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 33% |
| Italy | 1 | 17% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Schlaubitz | VP, Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-schlaubitz |
| Carsten Spohr | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carsten-spohr |
| Ivonne Engemann | IT-Projektmanager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ivonne-engemann |
| Joerg Hennemann | SVP Automated Sales, Pricing & Distribution | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joerg-hennemann |
| Stefan Kapactsis | Director Digital Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-kapactsis |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SQUAKE | Fast. Scalable. Secure. SQUAKE is the industry solution for sustainable travel and logistics, today. A single API plug-in to power precise carbon calculations for all types of activity (e.g. air, road, sea, accommodations, warehousing…) according to national and international standards, and to automate carbon reduction and/or compensationalong the purchase flow, from vendor selection (SAF, DAC, ecological restoration…), to inventory management, invoicing and credit retirement. | $3.8M | Seed | Jun 21, 2023 |  |
| ITA Airways | ITA Airways is the flag carrier and national airline of Italy. It is much leaner than the group that was rescued and privatized in 2008. It has a younger fleet, its cost base is better than that of Air France, and long gone are the perks its staff enjoyed, such as being picked up by taxi from home. The company operates 52 aircraft (7 wide bodyand 45 narrow body), but our goal is to reach, in 2025, a fleet of 105 new generation Airbus aircraft, more efficient and greener, with an overall reduction of 750,000 tons of CO2. | $348.6M | Corporate Round | May 25, 2023 |  |
| SQUAKE | Fast. Scalable. Secure. SQUAKE is the industry solution for sustainable travel and logistics, today. A single API plug-in to power precise carbon calculations for all types of activity (e.g. air, road, sea, accommodations, warehousing…) according to national and international standards, and to automate carbon reduction and/or compensationalong the purchase flow, from vendor selection (SAF, DAC, ecological restoration…), to inventory management, invoicing and credit retirement. |  | Seed | Dec 20, 2021 |  |
| SQUAKE | Fast. Scalable. Secure. SQUAKE is the industry solution for sustainable travel and logistics, today. A single API plug-in to power precise carbon calculations for all types of activity (e.g. air, road, sea, accommodations, warehousing…) according to national and international standards, and to automate carbon reduction and/or compensationalong the purchase flow, from vendor selection (SAF, DAC, ecological restoration…), to inventory management, invoicing and credit retirement. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Nov 20, 2021 |  |
| Yilu | WYilu is a smart travel platform with a broad partner ecosystem that enables seamless and reliable travel experiences. Its goal is to revolutionize the entire travel process, from the point of departure to the final destination, to provide customers with a connected, convenient and enjoyable experience while creating new growth opportunities fortravel companies. To achieve this, the company is developing a smart end-to-end travel platform that connects selected travel, mobility, and service providers along the travel chain. |  | Series A | Jun 23, 2018 |  |
| Vayant Travel Technologies | Vayant Travel Technologies Inc. is a world leader in airfare search innovation and provides the global travel industry with airfare search solutions that enable truly inspirational shopping experiences. Other providers talk about inspirational travel shopping, but only Vayant delivers it with cost-effective, efficient and fast-to-deploysolutions that enable airlines, online travel sellers and internet booking engines (IBEs) to get closer to their customers with targeted offers and promotions, presented intuitively across every online channel. |  | Series B | Jul 14, 2014 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BackBone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backbone-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Neosfer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/main-incubator-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Neosfer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neosfer) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Commerzbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerzbank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rivus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rivus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Schenker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/schenker-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Lufthansa invest in?

Lufthansa invests primarily in Travel, Aerospace and Search Engine startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Lufthansa?

The team at Lufthansa includes Alexander Schlaubitz (VP, Marketing), Carsten Spohr (Chief Executive Officer) and Ivonne Engemann (IT-Projektmanager), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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