Lawrence Leuschner
Tier Mobility co-founder; angel investor in NewOrbit's Series A.
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What draws a European micromobility founder to back a UK satellite startup?
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Lawrence Leuschner (Born 1982) is a German entrepreneur who co-founded TIER Mobility in October 2018 alongside Matthias Laug and Julian Blessin, building it into one of Europe's largest shared e-scooter and e-bike operators with a presence in more than 20 countries. He served as CEO from founding until March 2024, when TIER completed a merger with Dutch rival Dott to form TIER-Dott; Leuschner became Chairman of the merged entity while Dott co-founder Henri Moissinac took the CEO role. Before TIER, Leuschner co-founded ReBuy (formerly Trade-a-game), one of Europe's largest used-electronics marketplaces, which he led from 2004 to 2017.
Alongside his operating roles, Leuschner founded Blue Impact in 2020, a venture capital and private equity vehicle backing startups that address climate change, public health, and sustainable transport. He is a Founders Pledge member and committed 100% of any exit proceeds from his TIER shares to Blue Impact. In June 2026 he was disclosed as an angel investor in NewOrbit Space's oversubscribed $18.5m Series A, backing the UK startup's commercial push into very low Earth orbit .
Leuschner's VLEO stake fits his stated thesis: space-based Earth observation at higher resolution is directly relevant to climate monitoring and precision agriculture, both Blue Impact target sectors. His operational background in high-volume urban hardware deployment, having scaled TIER's fleet to tens of thousands of vehicles, is also applicable to NewOrbit's manufacturing-throughput challenge.