Backing a New Generation of Activist Entrepreneurs:

Backing a New Generation of Activist Entrepreneurs

About

We are a team of founders, operators and optimists. We support climate-fighting entrepreneurs to accelerate our path to net-zero. We support climate-fighting entrepreneurs to accelerate our path to net-zero.

Approach

We put founders first and place impact at our core. This philosophy is reflected in everything we do.

Founders are at the center of our investment approach. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we have deepest admiration for founders, working tirelessly on innovative solutions for a better tomorrow. Knowing the demands of the entrepreneurial path, we take great pride in supporting you along this journey.

Blue Impact is set up as an evergreen vehicle, meaning that all returns are automatically re-deployed to support new cohorts of entrepreneurs. With this structure, invested capital is multiplied, short term incentives are eliminated, and a full commitment to our philosophy is built in.

Portfolio

We are proud investors and supporters of the trailblazing companies that have placed their trust in us.

Portfolio

We are proud investors and supporters of the trailblazing companies that have placed their trust in us.

Focus

We embrace risk and uncertainty, backing companies at pre-seed and seed stages across five key decarbonisation themes.

Blue Impact invests in five themes:

  • Decarbonising our energy system
  • Enabling emission free transportation
  • Transforming industry
  • Producing sustainable food
  • Constructing smart buildings.

We focus on pre-seed and seed stage investments, with no geographic restriction - climate change is a problem without borders. Reinventing our economy requires massive infrastructure change and so we lean into the solutions that both hardware and software can provide.

Team

We are a team of company builders and investors, passionate about supporting climate centric entrepreneurs.

Lawrence Leuschner
Lawrence Leuschner

Lawrence Leuschner

Founder

As an impact entrepreneur, Lawrence is committed to fighting climate change by building businesses with a sustainable vision. Beginning his entrepreneurial journey at the age of nine on the local flea markets, Lawrence went on to found ReBuy,. Europe’s largest electronics refurbishment platform, and TIER Mobility, the largest micro-mobility company and one of the fastest-growing unicorns in Europe. In 2020, Lawrence pledged his entire share in TIER to Blue Impact to ensure that all proceeds would go towards supporting a new generation of climate entrepreneurs.

Lawrence Leuschner

Founder
Hendrik Hoelzer
Hendrik Hoelzer

Hendrik Hoelzer

Partner and Co-Investor

After growing up in 5 countries across 3 continents, Hendrik moved to the UK to pursue a Bachelors in Economics from Oxford and a Masters in Urban Planning from Cambridge. He perfected his spreadsheet skills at the investment bank Morgan Stanley in London before joining the TIER rocketship in Berlin to lead Growth.

Hendrik Hoelzer

Partner and Co-Investor
Andrej Henkler
Andrej Henkler

Andrej Henkler

Supporter and Co-investor

Andrej is a serial entrepreneur and active business angel. From 1997 until 2004 he founded and sold several companies in the Media space (tv miles, H42, Blue Sky Entertainment). Since 2005 Andrej has acted as an entrepreneurial early stage investor funding mainly deep-tech companies in the US and Europe. He is currently managing a portfolio of over 100 companies (e.g. Palantir Technologies, Zipline, Qualia, Robinhood, Taulia, Open Door). He is also an LP in over two dozen of the leading Silicon Valley and European Venture Capital Funds.

Andrej Henkler

Supporter and Co-investor
Friederike v. Waldenfels
Friederike v. Waldenfels

Friederike v. Waldenfels

Supporter and Co-Investor

Friederike founded and built a profitable e-commerce platform in the special interest markets (horse riding, fishing, farming, health) in Switzerland and internationally. Since 2020, she has dedicated her time to creating a positive impact by investing and supporting climate tech companies. She is active on several boards and drives the Net Zero Agenda at the Association of Commerce in Switzerland. Friederike is currently expanding her knowledge in Climate Science at the ETH Zurich and she runs a podcast about sustainable solutions in retail SustainNow.

Friederike v. Waldenfels

Supporter and Co-Investor
Kai Hansen
Kai Hansen

Kai Hansen

Supporter and Co-Investor

Kai is a serial entrepreneur and launched his first startup whilst at university. Ultimately, this venture failed but in 2008 Kai co-founded the major German food delivery platform, Lieferando which was listed with Just Eat in 2016. Following the IPO, Kai incubated several companies and has focussed on angel investments. His portfolio includes over 50 global tech startups, including several unicorns and an increasing number of impact-ventures.

Kai Hansen

Supporter and Co-Investor

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