Lawrence Leuschner
Meet Our Founder
Environmentalist | Entrepreneur | Investor
Berlin, Germany
Lawrence is a pioneering entrepreneur and environmental investor with a powerful track record in sustainable business and impact-driven ventures. As founder of Capacity.eco, Lawrence aims to make biodiversity a global priority, building a network where activists, scientists, and investors unite to fund and create moonshot missions together. His prior achievements include co-founding TIER Mobility, revolutionizing sustainable urban transport across Europe, and reBuy, a leader in electronics re-commerce that has extended the life of over 100 million products.
Through his investment fund, Blue Impact, Lawrence invests into climate-positive startups, empowering “climate activist” founders who are changing industries for the better. Through his work as a Venture Partner at AENU, Lawrence supports investment in biodiversity and nature-based solutions, focusing on scaling ventures in these essential areas.
His dedication to sustainability is matched by his influence in scaling unicorns, managing teams of thousands, and raising nearly a billion dollars. Lawrence’s work reflects his commitment to building moonshot mission with impactful solutions that address climate and biodiversity challenges on a global scale.
Areas of activity:
Biodiversity
About:
Lawrence is a leading figure in impact entrepreneurship and sustainable investment, driven by a vision to place biodiversity at the forefront of global priorities. With the founding of Capacity.eco, he has established a transformative network uniting activists, scientists, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to collaborate on vital biodiversity projects and redirect significant capital toward protecting natural ecosystems. Capacity.eco is an ambitious call to action, aiming to close the biodiversity funding gap by connecting change-makers with critical resources to accelerate ecological restoration and conservation.
Lawrence’s journey reflects a lifelong commitment to environmental sustainability, which he has advanced through impactful ventures like reBuy, a leader in the circular economy, and TIER Mobility, which has redefined eco-friendly urban transport across Europe. As a Venture Partner at AENU, Lawrence further champions nature-based solutions by advising on investments in groundbreaking biodiversity technologies. His vision at Blue Impact, his climate-focused fund, recycles all profits back into climate-positive ventures, supporting diverse and ambitious founders reshaping industries with sustainable technologies.
Lawrence’s extensive experience scaling unicorns, mobilizing nearly a billion in capital, and leading high-impact ventures is now channeled through Capacity.eco, where he aims to build a future in which biodiversity is seen not only as essential to planetary health but also as a critical focus of economic innovation. His work embodies a holistic commitment to ecological resilience and a call to action for businesses and governments alike to recognize and invest in the natural world as an invaluable asset.