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Lone Star Funds

Investor type

VC / PE

Founded

1995

AUM

$95 000 M

Location

Hamilton, Kansas, United States

Investment Ticket

$50-100 m

Investment Stage

Series B Seed Series A

Region of investment

North America Europe
Investor profile last updated: 21 January, 2026

Profile

Lone Star is a leading investment firm advising funds that invest globally in private equity, credit and real estate. Highly disciplined and value-driven, the firm has been successfully navigating complex situations for 30 years and as an experienced value investor, we seek opportunities in situations that are in flux or complicated by specific structural or financial factors, regardless of the prevailing market environment.

Lone Star is comprised of seasoned professionals who embrace the complexity and challenges inherent in our search for value through the investment cycle. We are a group of dedicated and thoughtful individuals that apply a disciplined approach as we work together across a dynamic global investment platform. As an organization, we bring to bear a culture of collaboration, rigor and risk management as we seek to identify investments, drive value and, ultimately, deliver for our investors every day.

Since the establishment of its first fund in 1995, Lone Star has organized 25 funds with aggregate capital commitments totaling approximately $95 billion.

This information on this page is for informational purposes and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or to provide investment advisory services. Lone Star is not responsible for any content posted by third parties on these pages.

Industry

Fintech Food and Beverage Media and Entertainment Real Estate Travel Retail Energy Financial Services SaaS Transportation Foodtech

Lone Star Funds Funds

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Lone Star Real Estate Fund V
Fund of funds
Financial Services
Fintech
Real Estate
Retail
SaaS
Transportation
Travel
Energy
Seed
Series A
Series B
North America
Europe
$5-10 m
$5900 M
April 2016
Lone Star Funds X
Private Equity (PE)
Financial Services
Fintech
Food and Beverage
Foodtech
Real Estate
Retail
Energy
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
Europe
$5-10 m
$5600 M
November 2016
Lone Star Value-Add Fund I
Fund of funds
Financial Services
Fintech
Food and Beverage
Foodtech
Real Estate
Retail
Energy
Seed
Series A
Series B
North America
Europe
$5-10 m
$759 M
July 2019
Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII, L.P
Fund of funds
Financial Services
Fintech
Real Estate
Retail
Energy
Seed
Series A
Series B
North America
Europe
$5-10 m
$2700 M
September 2024

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FAQs about Lone Star Funds

Lone Star Funds is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Series B, Seed and Series A, writing tickets of $50-100 m.
Lone Star Funds is located in Hamilton, Kansas, United States.
Lone Star Funds was founded in 1995.
Lone Star Funds invests in companies and startups in Fintech, Food and Beverage, Media and Entertainment, Real Estate, Travel, Retail, Energy, Financial Services, SaaS, Transportation, Foodtech.
Lone Star Funds invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe.
Lone Star Funds invests in companies and startups at Series B, Seed, Series A.
Lone Star Funds usually invests $50-100 m on average.
Lone Star Funds has around $95 000m assets under management.
Lone Star Funds last fund was created/launched in 2024-09-10
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