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.

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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.

Explore how it works