About Us

Building Ventures.
Scaling Impact.

This is the about page for Lehnert Ventures, a venture studio and consulting partner that doesn't just talk strategy—we build, test, and scale ventures with founders, investors, and ecosystem builders who want real traction.

Our Mission

The mission of Lehnert Ventures is pretty simple to say and annoyingly hard to deliver on: help serious founders and organizations turn good ideas into durable ventures. We use this venture studio model and a consulting practice to connect the dots between strategy, execution, and the messy middle where most projects stall out.

On this about page, we're open about what we care about—emerging technology, data, and ecosystems that actually work in the real world. That means we obsess over how AI, analytics, and digital products land in markets, and we bring the right operators, partners, and frameworks around each venture so it isn't just a good-looking slide deck.

Strategic Focus
Emerging Tech
Global Reach
2 Continents
Track Record
1,000+ Startups
Experience
30+ Years

Meet the Team

Lehnert Ventures is led by experienced founders who have actually sat in the hot seat—raising capital, shipping products, and rebuilding strategy when markets shifted overnight.

Ralph Lehnert

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. 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.

CEO of Lehnert Ventures & Bytient Technologies
Multiple exits and business insights
Advisor to startups, accelerators, and VCs
Marco Lehnert

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 tends to ask the direct questions other people dance around, especially when it comes to growth, pricing, and market selection. If your focus is expansion, his work on growth and market entry strategy is often where founders and operators inside the Lehnert Ventures ecosystem start.

30+ years of experience
Expert in growth hacking and medical software
Investor in hospitality, renewable energy, IT, finance

Our Values

Values pages can get fluffy fast, so here's the short version of what actually shapes how Lehnert Ventures works with you.

Excellence

We aim for excellent outcomes, not performative busyness—sharp thinking, clean execution, and real accountability on venture results.

Collaboration

We build with, not for. Lehnert Ventures is at its best when we're co-creating with founders, teams, and ecosystem partners who want to share both risk and upside.

Innovation

We treat innovation as a discipline, not a buzzword—combining AI, data, and product thinking to test bold ideas without losing sight of commercial reality.

Global Presence

Operating across two strategic locations to serve our global portfolio.

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Orlando, Florida

Headquarters

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Weissenhorn, Bavaria

European Operations

Let's Build Together

Ready to accelerate your venture or explore a partnership? We'd love to hear from you.