We come from the industry and blend financing processes with technology
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.
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.
Maximilian Ulrich
Director of Business Development
Former Capital Markets Professional at AUCTUS Capital Partners
Edward Herman
Director of Business Development Americas in New York
More than 15 years of experience in financial services, spanning investment banking, private equity, and enterprise software sales to financial institutions.
Jan Ratzlaff
Operations & Business Development
Former AVP Leveraged Finance at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Dimitri Kaninda
Business Development Manager UK
Former Account Executive at Datasite and Relationship Manager at Referment, with extensive experience in financial services sales and client management
Natalia Ceballos
Key Account Manager U.S.
Former Senior Operations Specialist with international client services experience in the financial sector.
Laura Duque
Key Account Manager & Sales U.S.
Former Treasury Business Partner with international experience in the financial sector.
Peiyao Wang
Manager HR / Organisational Development
Former Executive Assistant to the Managing Director in Automotive Industry
Douglas Trafelet
Sales Advisor UK
Former Managing Director at PitchBook Data and Chief Commerical Officer at Dealroom.co
Mustafa Dincer
Senior Advisor
Founder and a partner of MD Advisors and former Executive Director at Rothschild and Morgan Stanley
Join the team
We are growing and are always looking to further strengthen our team with great colleagues. Please do not hesitate to contact us directly should you be interested in working with Leverest.
Leverest rated top 2024 company
“Great team with a lot of responsibility and a steep learning curve”
“A fantastic place to work with a great culture”
“Working on the future of investment banking, private equity, and leveraged finance, and truly making a difference!”
Our Advisory Board
Alexander Argyros
Co-Founder and former Co-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.
Our offices
New York
215 Park Avenue South,
12th fl,
New York 10003
London
1 Poultry,
London EC2R 8EJ
Frankfurt
Bockenheimer Landstraße 31,
60325 Frankfurt am Main
San Francisco
149 New Montgomery St,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Berlin
Leverest GmbH,
c/o lindenpartners,
Friedrichstraße 95,
10117 Berlin
Düsseldorf
Speditionstraße 15A,
40221 Düsseldorf
Our Vision & Values
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.