Overview
Dr. Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf holds the position of Venture Partner at Booom [4]. Von Schlenk-Barnsdorf's professional focus centers on bridging the gap between traditional family businesses and family offices with innovative startups and venture capital [2]. Von Schlenk-Barnsdorf currently serves in multiple roles, including Venture Partner at Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund [5], Managing Director at concesso GmbH [7], Advisor for Value Creation at UVC Partners [6], and member of the Supervisory Board at Schlenk [3]. Von Schlenk-Barnsdorf previously managed the FamilienUnternehmerTUM program at UnternehmerTUM, serving as Manager from July 2024 to December 2025 [8] and Program Manager from January 2022 to June 2024 [9]. Von Schlenk-Barnsdorf holds a doctorate in innovation and family business research from Universität Witten/Herdecke [11] and a Master's degree in Management from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht [12].
Profile introduction
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 / 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 / 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. Following my passion to create knowledge and technology transfer between the traditional industrial and innovative startup landscape, I have established a leading initiative to foster the transformation of family firms through collaboration within Europe's leading innovation and startup ecosystem - (Familien)UnternehmerTUM. Today, I leverage over a decade of experience at the interse…
Career history
- Aufsichtsrat / Supervisory BoardJun 2026 to presentSCHLENK
- Venture PartnerMar 2026 to presentBOOOM💥
- Venture PartnerFeb 2026 to presentAuxxo Female Catalyst Fund
- Advisor - Value CreationJan 2026 to presentUVC Partners
- Geschäftsführer / Managing DirectorJan 2026 to presentconcesso GmbH
- Manager - FamilienUnternehmerTUMJul 2024 to Dec 2025UnternehmerTUM
- Program Manager - FamilienUnternehmerTUMJan 2022 to Jun 2024UnternehmerTUM
- Senior Consultant - UnternehmerTUM Business CreatorsJan 2021 to Dec 2021UnternehmerTUM
Education
- Dr. rer. pol., Innovation & Family Business Research2017 - 2020Universität Witten/Herdecke
- M.Sc., Master in Management2014 - 2016EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
- Università di Siena2015 - 2016
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