Steven Jacobs

Steven Jacobs is a Venture Partner at Lakestar, where he leads the Deep Tech investing team. He has over a decade of experience in product management, design, and development, having worked with notable companies such as Apple, HP, Facebook, and Google. Jacobs has also founded and exited his own startup and holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, along with dual Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.34

In addition to his role at Lakestar, Jacobs serves on the board of constellr, a startup focused on space-based agricultural water monitoring solutions. He joined the constellr board following the company's successful €10 million seed funding round aimed at enhancing global food security through advanced satellite technology. Jacobs emphasizes the importance of scalable monitoring solutions to combat climate change and improve agricultural resilience.125