# Simon Leicht

> Simon Leicht is a seed investor at SDAC Ventures (Munich) backing Financial Services and Apps. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SDAC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bldrs)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smleicht/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/smleicht
- Website: https://x.com/smleicht

Simon Leicht is a seed investor at SDAC Ventures in Munich focused on Financial Services and Apps. Founding GP @SDAC Ventures, formerly Entrepreneur @PossibleVentures, @VentureStars and @RocketInternet, Finance & Strategy (CEMS) @Stockholm School of Economics and HKUST

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Credit | 1 | 17% |
| Sports | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 50% |
| Portugal | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cakewalk | Cakewalk is the easiest Identity & Access Management. Cakewalk exists to enable fast-moving companies to regain control over the software they use. Made for IT & Security teams. And the actual users of software: your employees. | $7.5M | Seed | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Cello | Cello is the User-led growth platform, that helps businesses to empower their most passionate users to drive growth and scale. Our platform accelerates word-of-mouth by allowing any product to be shared and discovered in only a few clicks. We are reinventing how companies sell and market products by inspiring and rewarding users to share theproducts they love. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Zharta | Zharta is the developer of a lending protocol for instant non-fungible token (NFT) collateralized loans. The company has created a real-time lending model leveraged on lending pools and NFT appraisals using machine learning. Zharta aims to leverage AI-appraisals and decentralized finance (DeFi) pools to fund NFTs. | $4.3M | Seed | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| re:cap | The Capital Operating SystemDebt funding, liquidity management, financial operations: with re:cap, they’re all seamlessly integrated in one platform. Fully customizable to fit the needs of the digital economy. Financial products and operations belong together – but often don’t. The result: manual workflows, scattered insights, and funding gapsyou can’t close. re:cap connects the dots, integrating financial products and operations into one. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | May 28, 2021 |  |
| Exakt Health | Exakt Health is the physio app for sports injuries. The Exakt Health app guides users through self-diagnosis for frequent sports injuries and then creates an individualized rehabilitation plan. | $586.4K | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| Anything World | Anything World combines AI, speech computing, and 3D rendering with layers of behavioral intelligence. It allows users to save time by combining voice and text commands. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 15, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Possible Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/possible-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acequica Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequica-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [byFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byfounders) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Clever web](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clever-web) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SDAC Ventures

VC Fund



2 contacts available at SDAC Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Schulte-Hillen | Founding GP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-schulte-hillen |
| Simon Leicht | Founding GP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-leicht |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Leicht invest in?

Simon Leicht invests primarily in Financial Services, Apps and Credit startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Simon Leicht last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Leicht closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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