# Leonard Picardo

> Leonard Picardo is a pre-seed investor in London backing Apps and EdTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardpicardo/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lenpic
- Website: https://x.com/lenpic

Leonard Picardo is a pre-seed investor in London focused on Apps and EdTech. Leonard Picardo joined the London office of Index in 2011, as an Associate in the Growth team.Previously, Leonard was a consultant at Oliver Wyman, where he worked cross-sector with clients in the US, Europe and the Middle East on topics ranging from growth strategies to operational improvement. There, Leonard also worked with The VenturePartnership Foundation, a grant-making foundation dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs.Leonard start working life within the Aerodynamics department of the Redbull Formula 1 racing team.Leonard holds a 1st class Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Cambridge University where he was a Scholar and also a Business Masters from Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris. He has also lived in Japan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $950k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Denmark | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jitty | Jitty is a real estate search engine to help people in find and move into their ideal property. | $3.8M | Seed | Aug 01, 2025 |  |
| Tangent | Tangent is an employee referral platform that makes referrals accessible to everyone and NOT just the privileged few with the best networks. We connect jobseekers from low socioeconomic backgrounds to tech employees, who mentor and refer them into their companies. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Learnerbly | Learnerbly assists with the development of people at work by curating learning and development opportunities to accelerate professional growth. Its platform helps forward thinking businesses such as likes of Ideo, Curve, goCardless. | $10M | Series A | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| Medusa | For developers who must customize e-commerce setups, Medusa is a new digital commerce engine that provides extensibility and customizability with low developer effort. Unlike Shopify, BigCommerce and others, we offer an open, modular architecture that removes the need for hacky workarounds and secures maintainability and speed. | $950K | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Beringea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beringea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [B&Y Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-y-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BY Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/by-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launchbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-horizon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Frontline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontline-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Leonard Picardo invest in?

Leonard Picardo invests primarily in Apps, EdTech and Internet startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Leonard Picardo's check size?

Leonard Picardo typically joins rounds of $950k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Leonard Picardo participates in.

### How do I contact Leonard Picardo?

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### When did Leonard Picardo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Leonard Picardo closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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