000° N — European technology holdings
We help great European tech companies find north.
Lodestone acquires technology companies with proven products and stalled momentum, sets their course, and owns them for the long term.
BEARING 140° · MOVE YOUR CURSOR
01 / Drift
Europe builds great products. Then they drift.
Fragmented markets
27 markets and 24 languages make every step of growth slower and more expensive than it looks on a slide.
The missing middle
Too big to bootstrap, too steady for venture, too small for private equity. Capital disappears exactly when a company needs it.
Founder fatigue
The people who built the product have spent years doing everything. The next chapter needs a different kind of energy.
Why Lodestone
Europe is full of great technology companies that have lost their bearing.
They have the product. They have the customers. What they're missing is direction: a clear course, the capital to follow it, and an owner who will still be there in twenty years.
A lodestone doesn't steer the ship. It magnetizes the needle, and the needle finds north by itself.
That's what we do. We acquire European technology companies, align them behind one course, and own them for good.
No flips. No fund clock. No surprises.
Find north.
02 / The Lodestone Method
Four bearings. One course.
First, we find out where you really are.
In the first 90 days we listen more than we change: customers, unit economics, product, people. The result is one honest map of the company.
- Customer interviews and cohort analysis
- Product and tech audit
- A written 90-day course, shared with the team
Then, one course.
Stalled companies rarely lack ideas; they have too many. We cut the list to the few that matter and point everyone the same way.
- Three priorities, not thirty
- The pricing the product deserves
- Clear owners, small teams
A force you don't build alone.
Every Lodestone company plugs into a shared platform: data, payments, infrastructure, hiring, and the playbooks that worked elsewhere.
- Shared tooling and infrastructure
- A talent network across Europe
- Lessons from every company we own
And then, we hold it.
We reinvest in the product and keep improving it, year after year. No fund clock, no exit date.
- Long-term reinvestment
- The product keeps its name
- We track customers, not just EBITDA
03 / Criteria
What we look for.
If this sounds like your company, we should talk.
Headquartered in Europe
EU, UK, Switzerland and the Nordics.
Software and digital products
B2B SaaS, vertical software, marketplaces, consumer apps.
€1M–€30M in revenue
Profitable, or close to it.
Real retention
Products people keep paying for, even when nobody is selling them.
Growth that has flattened
We like plateaus. That's where direction makes the biggest difference.
Founders ready for what's next
Retiring, moving on, or staying with a new kind of backing.
04 / Why Lodestone
A permanent home for your company.
We buy to keep.
No flips, no fund clock, no resale lined up.
Candid from day one.
We tell you what we plan to change, including the team, before you sign.
Decisions in weeks.
A short decision path. Weeks, not quarters.
Your product keeps its name.
Customers keep the product they chose.
Flexible structures.
Full or majority acquisition. Stay, step back or leave.
Built by operators.
We have founded and run technology companies in Europe ourselves.
05 / Process
From first call to first 90 days.
One point of contact, plain language, and our reasoning on the table at every step.
- 01 · WEEK 0
Conversation
A confidential founder-to-founder call. NDA if you want one.
- 02 · 2–3 WEEKS
Under the hood
We look at the numbers and the product with you, not around you.
- 03 · OFFER
A clear term sheet
Plain language, with our reasoning line by line.
- 04 · 4–8 WEEKS
Closing
One point of contact. No surprises.
- 05 · FIRST 90 DAYS
Bearing
We set the course together.
06 / FAQ
Straight answers.
Every company is different, so we won't promise a blanket answer. We will tell you exactly what we plan to change, including roles, before you sign. No surprises after closing.
No. Some founders stay to lead, some move into an advisory role, some leave at closing. We design the transition with you.
It keeps its name and its customers. We invest in the product; we don't fold it into something else.
On durable revenue, retention and cash generation, not hype multiples. We explain our numbers line by line.
Always. We're happy to sign an NDA before you share anything sensitive.
Yes. If you advise a company that fits, send us a teaser at deals@lodestone.es.
07 / Contact
Ready to find north?
Tell us about your company. A founder-to-founder conversation, in confidence.
Message received.
Thank you. One of us will reply personally within two working days.