Simon Leicht

General Partner

2024

We invest - 100k € tickets - in product centric founders - solving big problems - at the frontier of technology. For 2024, we are particularly excited about opportunities unlocked by web3, AI and SynBio as core technology platforms. ___ We are Simon & Daniel, two former operators and entrepreneurs who have collectively backed over 100 founder teams. Founders we've worked with have called us the best early stage sparring partners out there. Our core value add to founders is fundraising support and help with finding product market fit. Our collective is a tightly knit network of around fifty successful founders, angels, PE and VC partners, industry veterans, family entrepreneurs and sports celebrities. We believe start-ups and technology are great ways to solve our generation’s biggest problems. 👋 If this resonates with you, reach out: daniel@sdac.io simon@sdac.io ____ Some of the founders, we've backed: - Application layer: Sorare, KnowUnity, PreMatch, Qatalog, Cardino, ProductLane - DeepTech: MarvelFusion, Orbem, Molecule, Yuri, ToZero, Tromero, Skyflow Some of the investors, we've coinvested with: Index, Accel, Creandum, Benchmark, Bessemer, LaFamiglia / General Catalyst, EQT, 50Y, BlueYard, YC, Seedcamp

General Partner

2020 - 2023

Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact people and the planet in pre-seed and seed. Built the first two Microfunds (Vintage 2020 and Vintage 2022) as founding GP. Invested in Sorare, ImmutableX, Molecule, Avi Medical, Orbem, Yuri Gravity, Epoch Bio, Enveda Biosciences, MarvelFusion, KnowUnity and many more. Invested alongside Benchmark, YC, Accel, 50Years, Bessemer, LaFamiglia, EQT, Balderton, BlueYard, General Catalyst and many more

Angel Investor, Syndicate Lead, Crypto Investor

2018 - 2020

Invested > €1m of capital into early-stage technology companies Built and led angel syndicates in Meatable, Anydesk, Xolo3D, Cognigy, Beat81, Donut and many more Invested in crypto tokens and equity, amongst others early positions in Ethereum, Helium, Uniswap

Co-Founder / MD of portfolio company Alphapet

2014 - 2017

Scaled the portolio company Alphapet as part of the Co-Founder team from 5m to 50m € revenue. Lead strategy, business development and fundraising. Built a vertical D2C brand.

Restructuring Unit

2013 - 2013

Turnaround and Restructuring Project in the Chemicals / Trade Industry - Market and competitor analysis as foundation for strategic positioning within a turnaround concept - Development of a management tool for operational improvement measures within a turnaround concept Restructuring Project in the electronics industry - Revenue analysis / planning on product level - Support in the validation of the client's pricing concept - Support in validation of operational efficiency improvement measures

Business Development

2012 - 2012

Various Business Development projects Interim Operations Manager (Inbound and Outbound) in an E-Commerce Fashion Start-up

Financial Services Consulting

2011 - 2011

- Development of a stresstesting reporting process, including a senior management reporting tool within a risk management/ stresstesting project for a bank - Involvement in the development of a liquidity risk management framework for a bank

DB Research

2009 - 2010

Product Management Illiquid Assets

2009 - 2009

Internship in Product Management Closed End Funds/Illiquid Assets • Development of an Excel-model for prognostic calculations and sensitivity analysis for the evaluation and selection of products and initiators • Revision of the training guide in order to prepare the sales employees

Private Banking

2008 - 2008

Internship in Private Banking Branch Stuttgart