Germany-based Leapter has secured €2 million in pre-seed funding to transform how enterprises build software.
AI promises to speed up software development, but in business, speed without trust can be risky. The common belief is that AI will eventually get better at writing perfect code, but this misses the fundamental challenge: raw code itself is a black box, understood only by a technical few.
Leapter solves this trust gap by changing the medium entirely. Leapter turns business needs into clear, visual blueprints instead of complex code. These structured, visual diagrams serve as the single source of truth for the whole project.
Unlike source code, which needs developers to explain it, these visual blueprints can be easily understood, checked, and improved by the people who know the business best, like product leaders, analysts, compliance teams, and legal experts. That way it creates a shared language that bridges the gap between business intent and technical implementation, ensuring what gets built is aligned, secure, and correct by design.
Why Leapter is different
While other AI tools focus on helping individual developers write code faster, Leapter's platform is designed for true cross-functional collaboration.
It empowers business experts and key stakeholders to describe requirements in plain language, then visually review and refine the system's logic alongside their technical colleagues. This process allows organisations to move from initial idea to production-ready system with unprecedented speed and alignment, eliminating the costly risks of traditional project handoffs.
Robert Werner, Co-founder and CTO of Leapter, shared:
We saw teams getting stuck between the promise of AI and the reality of enterprise software development. You can't just throw AI-generated code over the wall and hope for the best. That's why we built Leapter around 'executable blueprints' - to empower the entire team to build systems that are correct by design.
Leapter's funding round was led bm|t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen GmbH, with support from SIVentures and angel investors including Frank Stummer and Roman Dudenhausen.
Stephan Beier, Senior Investment Manager at bm|t shared that the market for AI development tools is exploding, but Leapter stood out immediately:
Oliver and Robert possess a rare combination of deep enterprise experience and a compelling vision for a new, more trustworthy development paradigm. Their focus on auditable, human-verifiable AI is not just a feature-it's the key to unlocking the massive enterprise market. We are convinced that Leapter has the right team and technology to become a category leader."
Leapter’s angel investors share that view, seeing the company as uniquely positioned to transform the way software is developed.
Leapter is different. It doesn't just help the developer; it helps the entire organization. By making business logic visible and verifiable, Leapter eliminates ambiguity and allows teams to ship complex features with unprecedented velocity and confidence,
said Frank Stummer, angel investor.
The company is currently in private beta, working closely with a group of exceptional early design partners. With the support of new funding, the team plans to grow its engineering capacity, further develop its visual language, and roll out additional enterprise integrations.
Lead image: Leapter team | Photo: Uncredited
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