Leap: About us
Build your virtual power plants
A global team
Leap was founded in San Francisco and the Netherlands, but we are a distributed workplace with teammates across North America and Europe.
Our mission
Decarbonize the world's electric grids
Leap's virtual power plants help fight climate change by lowering the need to use fossil fuel power plants to balance grid and by enabling the integration of more clean energy resources.
Leadership
Jason Michaels
CEO
Thomas Folker
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
Susie Dirks
Chief Product Officer
Andrew Hoffman
Chief Development Officer
Cindy Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Amanda Faulkner
VP of Operations
Christie Dodge
Head of Partner Success
Trevor McManamon
VP of Markets
Sean Grimes
Head of Product
Laura Sankey
Head of Marketing
Investors & advisors
Remco van den Elzen
Co-founder, Leap
Nick Grossman
Partner, Union Square Ventures
Abe Yokell
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Congruent Ventures
Ben Sampson
Managing Director, Standard Investments
David Brewster
Co-Founder, EnerNOC; climate tech investor
Emily Kirsch
Founder & Managing Partner, Powerhouse Ventures
Kristian Bodek
Director, Investments, National Grid Partners
Nick Brod
Senior Vice President - Energy Management, DNV
DNV Ventures
Elemental Impact
National Grid Partners
Park West
Presidio Ventures
Sustainable Future Ventures
Standard Investments
Awards & Recognitions
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Industry Coalitions & Associations
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Meet Leap
The leading platform for building virtual power plants
Our platform helps technology providers unlock new revenue streams and deliver more value to their storage, electric vehicle, and smart building customers by connecting them to energy programs that support the grid. We empower our partners and their customers to help create a more flexible, resilient grid powered by renewable resources.