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Florian Leibert
General Partner at 468 Capital
Florian Leibert is a prominent figure in the tech industry, best known for co-founding 468 Capital and serving as the CEO of Mesosphere for over 6 years.
During his tenure at Mesosphere, now known as D2iQ, he successfully raised a significant sum of $252M in capital from reputable investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, T Rowe Price, and Two Sigma.
Mesosphere, the company he led, is renowned for making groundbreaking technology more accessible, contributing to significant advancements in the industry.
Florian Leibert completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the International University in Germany, laying a solid foundation for his career.
Apart from his role at Mesosphere, Florian Leibert has been actively involved in various organizations, serving as a board member at Synthesis AI, garden.io, ramblr, QuestDB, CUSTOMCELLS®, and Iterative, among others.
He also demonstrated his acumen as a seed investor in companies like Activeloop and contributed his expertise as an investor in ventures such as Worldcoin, woom, Bardeen, Planetly, Klima, Rapid Robotics Inc, tonies® - Boxine GmbH, Vectornator by Linearity, Blueland, Away, and Cockroach Labs.
Florian Leibert's multifaceted engagement in entrepreneurship and investment is further underscored by his prior role as the General Partner at 468 Capital.
His profound insights, strategic mindset, and extensive experience in the tech and investment landscape position him as a key figure in driving innovation and fostering growth within the industry.
Highlights
I think a lot of Americans don’t realize that in Germany someone paid for by you and appointed by the government reads out your entire contract in front of you before you’re allowed to enter into contract and charges you a % of the perceived contract value.
Welcome to the 21st century. Europe is closed for business (we’re also shortening our hours of operation to one hour per week over the next 21 holidays).
Tesla used to lead UI and UX but by now it’s pretty bad every big company seems to become complacent at same point in time…
