Leitmotif
leitmotif.vc Direct investor
Leitmotif is an independent venture capital firm anchored by a $300 million commitment from European industrial interests, with investors in Palo Alto and Munich. Its first fund focuses on decarbonization, leans later stage, and invests in hard tech.
Leitmotif is a venture capital firm, founded in 2023. It invests directly in companies, from Series C and later to growth, in decarbonization, hard tech, energy storage and circular materials. 16 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Our first fund focuses on decarbonization and leans later stage. We have a soft spot for hard tech.”
— Leitmotif, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- US, Europe
- Sectors
- decarbonization, hard tech, energy storage, circular materials, robotics, industrial AI, fusion, climate tech
- Founded
- 2023
- Portfolio
- 16 companies
Team, as Leitmotif publishes it
- Ryan Bayliss Partner
- Philipp Emig Partner
- Alex Rohregger Partner
- Matt Trevithick Managing Partner
- Jens Wiese Managing Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on leitmotif.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 72 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Prelude Ventures 3 shared companies: lunarenergy.com, xcimer.energy, rhoda.ai
- Lowercarbon Capital 3 shared companies: pacificfusion.com, xcimer.energy, zapenergy.com
- UVC Partners 2 shared companies: proximafusion.com, deepdrive.tech
- DCVC 2 shared companies: lunarenergy.com, pacificfusion.com
- Gigascale Capital 2 shared companies: xcimer.energy, rhoda.ai
- Wireframe Ventures 2 shared companies: xcimer.energy, sorafuel.com
- AQAL Capital 1 shared company: proximafusion.com
- Balderton Capital 1 shared company: proximafusion.com
- DeepTech & Climate Fonds 1 shared company: proximafusion.com
- East Innovate 1 shared company: proximafusion.com
and 62 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Leitmotif publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://leitmotif.vc/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, description, portfolio_count, people, status, confidence, stage_min
- https://leitmotif.vc/team/matt-trevithickfounded, people
- https://leitmotif.vc/team/ryan-baylisspeople
- https://leitmotif.vc/team/philipp-emigpeople
- https://leitmotif.vc/team/alex-rohreggerpeople
Record 8881 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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