Leonard

What is Leonard?

Leonard is a Corporate VC fund with a clear focus on fostering innovation in the urban environment, specifically targeting early-stage startups that are addressing the pressing challenges of future cities. With specialties in Early Stage and Seed investments, they position themselves as a key player in shaping sectors such as construction, real estate, energy, and mobility. Leveraging an investment range that is consistently set at a maximum and minimum of 70000, they aim to be a pivotal support for ventures that have the potential to revolutionize urban landscapes.

As an integrative part of VINCI, a global player in concessions and construction, Leonard serves as the foresight and innovation platform seeking to shape the future of construction, urban mobility, and energy. Their initiatives include a comprehensive range of programs and tracks to accompany projects, with a portfolio that includes 185 projects nurtured within these structures.

Leonard also functions as a community hub, Leonard:Paris, aimed at bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders committed to the sustainable transformation of cities and territories. This commitment is reflected in their various thematic focuses such as sustainable construction, decarbonized energies, major trends, and new mobilities.

Leonard's investment strategy is informed by trend detection and analysis in these sectors, as highlighted on their website which features articles and studies devoted to understanding the transformations taking place in construction, mobility, and energy industries.

What they say:

We invest in early stage startups solving the challenges of future cities in the verticals of construction, real estate, energy and mobility