Leap435
6 partners
Meet the Team
Fares Agua
Principal
As Principal at LEAP4, Fares builds bridges between engineering, product, and venture. He has experience across consulting, startups, and a large-scale family business. He is an engineer by training with a technology management degree from TUM and CDTM.
Theresia M.R. Heinrich
Senior Investment Manager
As Senior Investment Manager at LEAP4, Theresia combines venture experience with a strong innovator network from OxBridge to the Ivy League. Her background spans investments, strategy, and high-stakes negotiation, supporting technical founders through business strategy, governance, and deal negotiation.
Dr. Jan Burgard
General Partner
As Founding Partner at LEAP4, Jan focuses on helping companies gain traction. He was a co-founder of a leading global strategy consulting firm, scaled teams across continents, and led transformations for leading OEMs. He is an economist with a PhD in business.
Dr. Tobias von Wiesentreu
Investor
Tobias is described as a serial entrepreneur and company builder who co-founded, built and scaled more than twenty startups and raised over 200m EUR. As an investor, he led more than 100 venture investments and achieved more than a dozen high-profile exits, including two unicorn IPOs.
Daniel Willenbrink
Investment Manager
As Investment Manager at LEAP4, Daniel works across startup disciplines including strategy, GTM, finance, operations and sustainability. Before joining LEAP4, he built and scaled corporate innovation with Berylls Digital Ventures, Porsche Digital’s company builder Forward31, and Plug and Play in Germany and Silicon Valley.
Dr. Matthias Kempf
General Partner
As GP at LEAP4, Matthias is described as one of Europe’s most connected minds in mobility, logistics and industry tech. Before selling a globally leading mobility strategy firm, he helped major OEMs tackle challenges and led innovation projects such as MOIA. He is an engineer by training with a PhD in economics.
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