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What does Leitmotif invest in?
Leitmotif invests most often at Series C and Series A (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Decarbonization and Hard Tech.
Leitmotif highlights
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4 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series C and Series A: 83% of its rounds
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Led 1 rounds
What they do
Leitmotif is an independent venture capital firm anchored by a $300 million commitment from European industrial interests.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Growth
- Sectors
- DecarbonizationHard Tech
- Based in
- Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances
- 2026
3 rounds
- Mar
- Mar
- Jan
- 2025
4 rounds
- Nov
- Jun
- Jan
- Jan
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named
BRBenjamin Robert PainterCFOiForm ADV
JUJens Ulrich Wolfgang WieseManaging MemberiForm ADV
MDMatthew Durban TrevithickManaging MemberiForm ADV
We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$329Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Leitmotif Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 329025