Managing Partner
LeitmotifCheck size: Leitmotif does not publish a standard investment range; its first fund is anchored by a $300M commitment.
Jens Wiese invests or supports investments through Leitmotif's published strategy: Bridge US and European industrial ecosystems to help hard-technology companies move from demonstration to commercial scale, with a primary focus on decarbonization.
Capital-intensive technologies with credible technical validation, large ready markets and a path from demonstration to scaled industrial deployment.
No formal pass list is public. Pure software without industrial or decarbonization relevance and technologies lacking commercialization readiness appear less aligned.
Present the technical proof, industrial customer demand, manufacturing and capital plan, unit economics at scale, transatlantic relevance and decarbonization impact.
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Jens Wiese co-founded Leitmotif after more than 20 years in transatlantic business and dealmaking. As Volkswagen Group's Head of Corporate Development, he led major acquisitions and partnerships tied to electric mobility, including work with Northvolt, QuantumScape and Ford. Earlier, he held senior consulting roles at AlixPartners and Roland Berger focused on automotive and industrial M&A, restructuring and performance improvement.