# Niklas Leske

> Niklas Leske is a seed investor at Simon Capital backing Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Simon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niklas-leske/

Niklas Leske is a seed investor at Simon Capital focused on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Niklas Leske

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| eternal.ag | eternal.ag develops robotics and AI solutions for greenhouse farming. It builds autonomous robots, like its flagship Harvester for tomatoes, to address labor shortages and enable year-round fresh produce production. | $9.3M | Seed | Mar 19, 2026 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BackBone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backbone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EquityPitcher Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equitypitcher) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oyster Bay Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oyster-bay-75ad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Simon Capital

VC Fund · Düsseldorf, Germany

Simon Capital is an early-stage VC fund with €105M capital ready to invest in innovations that will improve our everyday lives, following the mission of investing “for the next generation”.

4 contacts available at Simon Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Friedrich Droste | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/friedrich-droste |
| Jan Leicht | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-leicht |
| Nico Heinz | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nico-heinz |
| Niklas Leske | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/niklas-leske |

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## FAQ

### What does Niklas Leske invest in?

Niklas Leske invests primarily in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Niklas Leske last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Niklas Leske closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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