We come from the industry and blend financing processes with technology

Leverest is a fintech-platform designed to facilitate financing transactions by applying advanced technology. Coming from the industry, we thrive in connecting borrowers (companies & private equity investors) and their advisors with the right lending partners, thus providing a best-in-class financing experience by applying advanced technology and facilitating to superior financing outcomes.

Team members priorly worked at these institutions:

Our Team

Teamwork is at the heart of how we operate and our combined strength comes from our diverse backgrounds and complementary skill-sets. Our team members have backgrounds in private equity, investment banking, consulting, software development, and technology. We understand your needs and can build superior tech-enabled solutions.

Oliver Broszat, Leverest Product and Development

Oliver Broszat

CTO
Former lead developer at codecentric
Felix Schwöppe, Leverest Business Development

Felix Schwöppe

Business Development
Former M&A advisory at BDO and Financial Institutions & Corporate Banking at OLB
Maximilian Ulrich, Leverest Business Operations

Maximilian Ulrich

Operations & Business Development
Former Financing Specialist at AUCTUS Capital Partners & Financial Restructuring at KPMG Deal Advisory
Michael Victore, Leverest Senior Fullstack Developer

Michael Victore

Senior Fullstack Developer
20 years of experience in software development, including the financial and automation industries
Sarah Nelke, Leverest Manager HR / Organisational Development

Sarah Nelke

Manager HR / Organisational Development
Former Executive Assistant to the CEO at Fondsdepot Bank
Yasin Korkut Leverest Business Operations

Yasin Korkut

Operations & Lender Education (M&A)
Former Investment Team (Stryze Group) & Investment Banking (Falkensteg, Berenberg)

Our Advisory Board

Alexander Argyros

Founder and former CEO of private equity startup, Moonfare. Previously at KKR and JP Morgan.

Jens Alsleben

Founding partner of H.I.G. Capital in Europe – now executive coach with focus on positive leadership. Holds various advisor- and supervisory board positions at private equity companies.

Gerd Bieding

Former MD at GCA Altium (now Houlihan Lokey) with >20 years debt advisory experience. Gerd also built up the debt advisory and financial restructuring business of Close Brothers (now DC Advisory) and was a lending banker at Royal Bank of Scotland, BHF-Bank, and the development finance institution DEG.

Alex Bierhaus

Former CTO & MD at Compeon (scaled Compeon from 7 to 140 employees). Tech advisor providing tech due diligences for leading private equity firms.

Dr. Hauke Hansen

MD of Lakeside Invest and senior advisor to Triton Partners (PE). Former Amazon and Cimpress executive and McKinsey alumni who successfully founded / co-founded nine technology / software companies.

Dr. Martin Heuber

Partner & credit lawyer at Mayer Brown leading the Banking & Finance practice. Also lecturer for corporate finance / acquisition finance law at University St. Gallen.

Dr. Ralf Köster

Former CEO of BARTEC Group awarded „Entrepreneur Of The Year” in 2015. Holds various advisor- and supervisory board positions at industrial companies and tech-startups.

Dirk Pieper

Investment Manager at BMH with focus on scaling start-ups and >50 successful investments.

Berlin

Jägerstraße 32,
10117 Berlin

Düsseldorf

Speditionstraße 15A,
40221 Düsseldorf

Frankfurt

Bockenheimer Landstraße 31,
60325 Frankfurt am Main

Our offices

Our Vision & Values

We believe that the financing industry has been slow in adapting to technology and it is our mission to become a technology thought-leader in the corporate finance & private equity space.

We envision a world where technology supports investment processes, leading to superior financing outcomes and facilitating capital- and resource allocation which adds value for companies, investors and lenders as well as their stakeholders and ultimately society.

At Leverest we work on our commonly aligned goals with our values in mind:

Honesty, candor, integrity: We value open communication, honest feedback & full transparency at any time.

Mutual respect: We respect each other and positively seek to understand diverging views & ideas.

Team ethics: We support each other, enhance each other’s qualities and value diversity.

Customer = Team member: We work as ONE team with our customer to achieve superior financing solutions.

Results focus: We aim for excellence and work customer-centered on commonly aligned goals.

Digital solutions: We creatively develop efficient digital solutions that improve corporate finance processes and the working-lives of our customers.

Growth mindset: We continuously improve (incl. ourselves) and bravely innovate.

Ownership & responsibility: We are proactive entrepreneurs and we take ownership & responsibility.

Sustainability mindset: We work sustainably and offer our employees flexibility & freedom to achieve superior long-term performance.