Niklas Leitner

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Co-founder & COO, Plume Mobility - fintech · B2B sales · fundraising

Plume Mobility
Berlin, Germany · CET (UTC+1)
9+ years experience
University of Amsterdam
English, German
Raising
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Overview

I started Plume Mobility to fix B2B payments for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Took Plume Mobility from zero to $9 million ARR. Before that: Capgemini and Airbus. Most at home with fintech and product. Open-source contributor on weekends.

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  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on fintech
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Fundraising consultants

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Skills
B2B salesproductfintechfundraising
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Seed round open - pet insurance for university students, 22 enterprise pilots

Stage
Seed
Raising
$1.5M
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
22 enterprise pilots after 24 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

22 enterprise pilots after 24 months. Looking for investors who know consumer apps and can help with hiring.

Berlin, Germanyfundraisingfintechb2b sales
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Aug 2025 - Present
    Plume Mobility · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Took Plume Mobility from zero to $9 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company.
  2. Senior Product Manager
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2025
    Capgemini · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Took AI products activation from 25% to 41% in three quarters.
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 10 days to 4.
  3. Group Product Manager
    Jun 2021 - Jun 2023
    Airbus · 2 yr · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Took care activation from 31% to 46% in three quarters.
  4. Group Product Manager
    Dec 2019 - Jun 2021
    Mercedes-Benz · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new payments customers from 19 days to 1.
    • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
  5. Principal Product Manager
    Oct 2017 - Dec 2019
    Bosch · 2 yr 2 mo · Contract · Berlin, Germany
    • Led or co-led 25 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later.

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Education

  1. University of Amsterdam
    BSc, Business Administration
    2013 - 2016

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