Leon Hergert
FounderFounder at Spherecast
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSpherecast · YC
About
Leon Hergert is Co-founder and CEO of Spherecast. He has prior experience in supply chain and logistics planning roles across aviation and e-commerce sectors, and holds degrees in Information Systems from the Technical University of Munich and Technology Management from CDTM.
Founder at SpherecastYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Leon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Spherecast's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Leon can intro founders to Spherecast's investors below.
Spherecast's investors · 3
Co-founders at Spherecast
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Paul DietrichFounder
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Pascal SchindlerFounder
Experience
- SpherecastCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- EWORFellowcurrent2023 — present
- YEARSProduct Management2022 — 2023Metropolregion München
- HiveProduct Management2022Berlin, Deutschland
- Deloitte ConsultingTechnology Strategy2021Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland
- INTEGRA e.V. - Studentische UnternehmensberatungStudent Consultant2018 — 2020
- Lufthansa TechnikData Science2019Beijing City, China
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel1Java2Microsoft PowerPoint3Microsoft WordPython1SQLRProject Management2Machine Learning2Maschinelles Lernen12Produktmanagement12Software Development14
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ConsultingData AnalysisAnalyticsFrom Leon's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Leon Hergert?
- Leon Hergert is Co-founder and CEO of Spherecast. He has prior experience in supply chain and logistics planning roles across aviation and e-commerce sectors, and holds degrees in Information Systems from the Technical University of Munich and Technology Management from CDTM.
- Where does Leon Hergert work?
- Leon Hergert is Founder of Spherecast.
- What companies did Leon Hergert found?
- Leon Hergert founded Spherecast.
- Where did Leon Hergert go to school?
- Leon Hergert studied at Y Combinator (S24); Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (Honours Degree, Technology Management); Technical University of Munich (Master of Science (M. Sc.), Information Systems).
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