About Lehnert Ventures
The venture studio team
What we're here to do
Help serious founders turn ideas into durable companies. The venture studio is the core: we originate, build, and partner on ventures. Consulting sits beside that for teams who need the same people on a defined problem: strategy, market entry, product, or growth.
We care about emerging tech, data, and markets that work in the real world, especially the US and Germany/Europe corridor. If you want a tour of what we've shipped, start with the studio portfolio.
Meet the Team
Lehnert Ventures is led by founders who have raised capital, shipped products, and rebuilt strategy when markets shifted.
Ralph Lehnert
Founder & CEO
As Founder & CEO, Ralph Lehnert anchors the strategy and direction of Lehnert Ventures. His background in AI, consumer behavior, and research analytics means this venture studio doesn't guess its way into markets. We test, learn, and build on real data. Through our portfolio companies like CapitalConnector.ai, SalesMirror.ai, and Bytient, we've built AI-powered platforms that serve 1,000+ startups. If you're curious how Lehnert Ventures approaches data analytics and AI in practice, you can dive into our data analytics and AI consulting services or explore the experiments and companies inside our venture studio portfolio.
Marco Lehnert
Partner
As a Partner at Lehnert Ventures, Marco Lehnert brings three decades of building, scaling, and fixing businesses across software, hospitality, and renewable energy. He asks direct questions on growth, pricing, and market selection. If your focus is expansion, his work on growth and market entry strategy is a common place to start.
Our Values
Short version of how we like to work with founders and partners.
Clear outcomes
We care about results you can point to: shipped product, real revenue, or a clean kill. Busy calendars do not count.
Build with, not for
We work best when we co-create with founders and partners who share both the work and the upside.
Test, then scale
We use AI, data, and product thinking to test ideas early, then put weight behind what survives contact with buyers.
Global Presence
Operating across two strategic locations to serve our global portfolio.
About FAQ
Build with us, or get unstuck
Studio partnership if you're building something new. Consulting if you already have a company and need hands-on help.
Corporate independence
Lehnert Ventures LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and Lehnert Ventures GmbH, a German Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, are separate legal entities under common ownership. Each entity independently conducts its own business activities, enters into contracts in its own name, and is responsible only for its own obligations. Neither entity acts as agent for, guarantees, or assumes the liabilities of the other unless expressly agreed in writing.