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to Leapling.

We are an incubator and innovation hub for creating, packaging, and licensing intellectual property.
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Transforming Intellectual Property into Product Universes

At LEAPLING, we are redefining how intellectual properties are created, developed, and packaged — with the clear mission of building product universes that enhance people’s lives worldwide while ensuring long-term success for our clients.

When we develop and license intellectual properties, we always envision them as an interconnected ecosystem. By expanding each IP into a multi-dimensional, cross-media experience, we create an IP universe that can be licensed as a complete entity or as individual products.

Our focus spans TV and Streaming, Social Media, Digital and Print, Gaming and E-sports, Fashion and Lifestyle, as well as Real Estate and Experience Parks in the fields of sports, entertainment, wellbeing, society, and happiness.

Partner for the Industry in a Changing Media Landscape

The way audiences consume content is evolving rapidly. Industries face the challenge of adapting to new formats, shifting audience behaviors, and emerging interactive platforms.

At LEAPLING, we help TV and streaming providers, media companies, and traditional industries navigate these fast-changing media consumption trends. We create enduring concepts that captivate audiences across generations and platforms—driving sustained success for our clients.

‍LEAPLING’s role is to manage all corporate, legal, financial, sales, and marketing aspects of intellectual properties, working closely with creators and producers.

As a strategic partner, we bridge the gap between creativity and commercialization. We craft scalable concepts, packaged as IP ecosystems that can be licensed to our partners, who bring them to life through production and distribution.

The LEAP Effect

LEAPLING is more than an incubator — we are a creative innovation hub.

In collaboration with experts from Advertising, Creative Industries, Sports Marketing, Film, Media, Tech, Gaming, Influencers, and Celebrities, we are set out to redefine storytelling.
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We don’t just create TV show concepts — we build scalable IP platforms. By adopting an audience-first approach and leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we transform passive viewers into active participants — across every format and at every touchpoint.
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We call this The LEAP Effect!
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Why Leapling?

Future-Proof Your Content

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Creativity and the development of new, engaging entertainment formats and products play a vital role at Leapling.

We focus on pushing the boundaries of storytelling, not only integrating talent and creators into the process, but also immersive and interactive elements that redefine how audiences experience content.

We help transform traditional TV formats into multi-platform IP ecosystems, engaging audiences across digital, interactive, and real-world experiences.

Audience-Centric Approach

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Our team understands shifting consumer behaviors and adapts content strategies to meet the demands of digital natives and Gen Z audiences and their successors.

Comprehensive IP Management

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From corporate and legal oversight to sales, marketing, and distribution, we manage the full lifecycle of your intellectual property.

New Revenue Streams

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Leapling helps traditional industries to monetize IPs beyond advertising and multiple use, unlocking potential in licensing, live experiences, gaming, and merchandise.

Leapling for creators

FROM IDEA TO MARKET SUCCESS
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We bridge the gap between your creative vision and practical execution of your idea, offering comprehensive support in business management, marketing, legal, and financial aspects.

As part of our "From Concept to Pitch-Ready" program, we support you as a creator in refining, marketing and selling your creative concepts — all the way to full IP management.
Partner with LEAPLING to transform your creative ideas into thriving, impactful products and ventures.
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Those who
cannot change
their minds
cannot change
anything.

– George Bernard Shaw –

Leapling for producers

PATH TO INNOVATION
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At Leapling we offer producers a diverse portfolio of innovative products and intellectual properties ready for development and distribution.

Focusing in fields of sports, entertainment, wellbeing, society, and happiness, our product universes span media, technology, education, lifestyle, and real estate.
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Explore our offerings and partner with Leapling to launch groundbreaking products in your market.
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Projects & IPs

Leapling Projects are dedicated verticals for developing original intellectual properties.

Each vertical example focuses on a unique area, giving producers a clear view of our innovations while empowering creators to bring their vision and expertise to life.

These projects offer an unparalleled opportunity for both creators and producers to collaborate in shaping groundbreaking new experiences.

The Hacking Sports vertical aims to reinvent traditional sports viewing by creating immersive, interactive experiences.
By developing IPs based concepts we can transform sports into engaging platforms that blend entertainment shows, sports tournaments, theme parks, and video games, thereby fostering a new generation of enthusiastic and involved sports fans.

Hacking Society

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The Hacking Society vertical aims to increase civic engagement through interactive platforms, making politics accessible and appealing to young people. This includes gamified voting simulations, VR town halls, and platforms for simulating running for office, with the goal of creating informed, active citizens.

Hacking Talent

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In the Hacking Talent vertical we are developing innovative systems and products that connect talent with industry leaders using AI, VR and online platforms. It aims to democratize talent development by making it accessible to anyone with passion and a dream.

Hacking Games

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The Hacking Games vertical merges technology and storytelling with traditional game formats. By using AR and interactive elements, these games teach valuable skills and foster creativity while preparing players for the future.

Hacking Travel

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The Hacking Travel vertical reimagines tourism through personalized adventure experiences, including real-life travel enhanced by technology, virtual reality travel, and AI-powered travel planning.

IPs

We don’t see IP as just a product but as a dynamic universe crafted for a seamless, holistic experience.

At LEAPLING, Intellectual Property is more than a legal concept — it’s the core of our creative work and the foundation of entire product ecosystems.

The Team

At LEAPLING, we’re built on three equally important core areas, each led by a dedicated team member. We collaborate closely, supported by a senior advisory board that brings expertise from all three fields.

Nikolaus Lohmann
General Company and IP Management includes legal, asset management, investor relations.
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CEOs of earthTV network
Timo Hillbrecht
Marketing and Communications includes company and projects.

CEO of Byrd by Byrd Creative Hub, former Business Director at VCCP Limited, Berlin
Kai Schmidt-Merz
Project Financing and Sales includes production.
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former Senior Vice President Content Products at Sky Deutschland GmbH
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