We guide you from
idea to scale-up success.

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A selection of past and present customers

Who we help

We diagnose your progress, and prescribe you a plan for success.


Find out about the collection of services for startup subscribers.


Laura & Alex talk about how working with LeapSheep has impacted them.

We understand innovation and how to support your business through the journey.​


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We’re transforming the investor experience so we can help investors better manage their pipeline.

We’re reducing the risk and maximising the potential for large returns by supporting portfolio companies.


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We’re transforming the experience for providers of innovation programs.

We’re helping providers design and deliver customer centric programs, which support founders to build the foundation for a successful startup.


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We’re transforming the experience for providers of innovation services.

We’re helping providers understand the types of services founders need, when they need them and to what level of maturity.

We’re building a network of service providers that founders can trust.


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We’re the recruitment experience for startup job seekers, co-founders and interns.

We’re connecting job seekers with startups in our portfolio.


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Who we help

We diagnose your progress, and prescribe you a plan for success.

Find out about the collection of services for startup subscribers.

Laura & Alex talk about how working with LeapSheep has impacted them.


Visit our startup founders page to find out more 
We understand innovation and how to support your business through the journey.


Contact us    to have a no obligation chat to find out more.
We're transforming the investor experience so we can help investors better manage their pipeline.

We're reducing the risk and maximising the potential for large returns by supporting portfolio companies.


Contact us    to have a no obligation chat to find out more.
We're transforming the experience for providers of innovation programs.

We're helping providers design and deliver customer centric programs, which support founders to build the foundation for a successful startup.


Contact us    to have a no obligation chat to find out more.
We're transforming the experience for providers of innovation services.

We're helping providers understand the types of services founders need, when they need them and to what level of maturity.

We're building a network of service providers that founders can trust.


Contact us    to have a no obligation chat to find out more.
We're transforming the recruitment experience for startup job seekers, co-founders and interns.

We're connecting job seekers with startups in our portfolio.


Contact us    to have a no obligation chat to find out more.

What we offer

Subscriptions

Done for you services

Evaluations

About us

Our team have years of lived experience building startups. We have deep experience across many countries, industries, functional roles, leading technologies and stages of a business lifecycle.

Kirk Drage - Co-Founder & CEO

Kirk Drage

Co-Founder & CEO

Kathryn Heaton - Co-Founder & COO

Kathryn Heaton

Co-Founder & COO

Terri Soar - Head of Product

Terri Soar

Co-Founder & Head of Product

Sarah Bell - Lead Instructional Designer & Head of Research

Sarah Bell

Co-Founder & Head of Customer Success

(Haydn) Yunqing Qi - Chief Technical Officer

(Haydn) Yunqing Qi

Chief Technical Officer

Monica Drage - Customer Success

Monica Drage

Customer Success

Shen Tan - Data Analyst

Shen Tan

Data Analyst

Ice Hatairat - Service Delivery Support Associate

Ice Hatairat

Service Delivery Support Associate

Kirk Drage - Co-Founder & CEO

Kirk Drage

Co-Founder & CEO

Kathryn Heaton - Co-Founder & COO

Kathryn Heaton

Co-Founder & COO

Terri Soar - Head of Product

Terri Soar

Co-Founder & Head of Product

Sarah Bell - Lead Instructional Designer & Head of Research

Sarah Bell

Co-Founder & Head of Customer Success

(Haydn) Yunqing Qi - Chief Technical Officer

(Haydn) Yunqing Qi

Chief Technical Officer

Monica Drage - Customer Success

Monica Drage

Customer Success

Shen Tan - Data Analyst

Shen Tan

Data Analyst

Ice Hatairat - Service Delivery Support Associate

Ice Hatairat

Service Delivery Support Associate

Kirk Drage - Co-Founder & CEO

Kirk Drage

Co-Founder & CEO

Kathryn Heaton - Co-Founder & COO

Kathryn Heaton

Co-Founder & COO

Terri Soar - Head of Product

Terri Soar

Co-Founder & Head of Product

Sarah Bell - Lead Instructional Designer & Head of Research

Sarah Bell

Co-Founder & Head of Customer Success

(Haydn) Yunqing Qi - Chief Technical Officer

(Haydn) Yunqing Qi

Chief Technical Officer

Monica Drage - Customer Success

Monica Drage

Customer Success

Shen Tan - Data Analyst

Shen Tan

Data Analyst

Ice Hatairat - Service Delivery Support Associate

Ice Hatairat

Service Delivery Support Associate

We're all passionate about turning that lived experience, which doesn't scale, into systems and support that does scale. This is already allowing us to guide teams from idea to scale-up success more reliably and more affordably than has ever been possible before.

Our vision

To radically transform startup & innovation success rates globally.
To radically transform startup & innovation success rates globally.

Our missions

Professionalised Innovation Advisers

We’re professionalising the role of Innovation Advisors with training and certification to improve the quality and supply of reliable high quality innovation advice.

Innovation Body of Knowledge

We’re developing an evidenced-based innovation industry Body of Knowledge that forms the foundation for proven innovation best practice.

Self-service Support

We’re automating self service support to help innovators set and track goals, find support and achieve success.

Our social impact

By improving innovation support

We’ll reduce the emotional anguish of startup setback and failure. Instead, we’ll create more confidence and resilience in individuals and the ecosystem. These are key enablers for participation and success.

We’ll reduce the billions of dollars of capital that’s wasted every year – by well intentioned individuals, companies and governments – repeating the same innovation mistakes. Instead, this capital will build productive, capitally efficient businesses.

Ready for a no obligation chat to find out
if we're right for you?

Ready for a no obligation chat to find out if we're right for you?

Leapsheep CEO Kirk

Kirk Drage

Co-Founder & CEO

My career has been driven by 3 keen interests; digital technology, building scalable business models and the human condition. 

International leadership roles spanning Fortune 500, Silicon Valley start-ups, business development in over 20 countries, and placing investment in early-stage companies have led me to develop a passion for empowering people to start and build innovative companies.

As CEO and Senior Business Building Adviser I have worked with hundreds of startups and investors to develop and mature their abilities to build companies, create jobs, distribute wealth and generate positive social impact.

Leapsheep COO - Kathryn

Kathryn Heaton

Co-Founder & COO

My passion is to help people to be successful, providing them with the resources, tools & systems to support their startup journey. 

Leadership roles across Service Design, Delivery & Support in the Banking & IT Sector, plus senior international board positions have given me the knowledge & experience to mentor and guide individuals & teams. Understanding their skills, experience, and personal goals enables top performance for both our clients and our growing LeapSheep team.

As COO I manage a diverse range of functions including Finance, Team Performance, Management of Business Partners, Risk & Compliance, Project Delivery, Systems Design & Implementation.

Leapsheep PM - Terri

Terri Soar

Co-Founder & Head of Product

I’m passionate about customers getting the products and service they love! And with over 15 years of experience in strategic customer service and sales business operations across Optus, including leading projects and business improvement initiatives, the transition into Product Management with LeapSheep is the perfect fit. 

As Product Manager, my focus is to develop LeapSheep’s unique product offerings with a customer-centric approach, and in context of market dynamics, business objectives, technology trends, and best practise from entrepreneurship and new economy thought leaders from around the world. Using an agile process, delivery of new product features, benefits and improvements is ongoing to our customer-base of founders/business builders.

Sarah Bell

Co-Founder & Head of Customer Success

I’m passionate about supporting founders with exactly what they need, at the time they need it, to build scalable startups that have a positive and sustainable impact on the world.

My background is in Accounting and Consulting at KPMG, and in Policy and Strategy at the UK government healthcare regulator. In 2016, I discovered the delight of working both in a startup and with startup founders. Since then, I’ve worked with over 200 startups and their teams as a Startup Building Adviser, using global startup best practice to support founders achieve their goals and overcome obstacles, and design and build new business models and pitch decks.

As Head of Customer Success, I am constantly looking to support our subscribers to unlock the benefits of subscribing to LeapSheep; to help founders and their teams be successful.

(Haydn) Yunqing Qi

Chief Technical Officer

I am passionate about digital technologies, coding and helping others develop high quality, high concurrency and high availability applications. With experience as a back-end developer at JD.com, an e-commerce giant, I have a thorough understanding of how to build applications at scale, which benefits my career at LeapSheep a lot.

As a Chief Technical Officer, part of my focus is to educate founders and their valuable development team members on software development best practices, to help them choose the technology stack that is right for their industries, design application architectures that meet their company’s maturity levels, and standardise their software development process, which can significantly de-risks their software development capability. Another part of my job is to prototype and build our own WebApp to help LeapSheep achieve data-driven and ROI strategies.

Monica Drage

Customer Success

I love helping people and my previous roles have all been centered around assisting people to achieve their outcomes. I thrive on the opportunity to meet new people and hear their stories and this has naturally lead to my role at LeapSheep of Customer Experience Lead ensuring that our customers receive a thoughtful and consistent experience in all their interactions with us. 

Shen Tan

Data Analyst

I’ve developed my skills in event management, analytics, problem solving and I’ve recently graduated from International Business Bachelor’s Degree in University of South Australia majoring in Economics and had Accounting and Psychology background during my college years. I am passionate in solving people’s problem and always wanted to be in the consulting sector but it got even better when I got myself into Startup Incubation. 

At LeapSheep, I’ve leveraged my passion in analytical related tasks to analyse the performance and processes of it’s business operations across different areas of the business. My job scope is focused on Data Analytics, System Development and Technology Research that delivers value to clients by providing automation to their business processes. I’m fortunate to join LeapSheep as the team uphold the company’s values and LeapSheep offers numerous opportunities from personal professional development, mentoring, and also the ability to work at different business areas do help in developing my knowledge and skills.

Ice Hatairat

Service Delivery Support Associate

I am a detailed oriented, well-organized and hardworking person. I have a strong background in coordinating and providing administrative assistance that requires multitasking across a wide range of responsibilities.

My main role in LeapSheep is to provide backend administrative support to the team to secure efficiency and compliance with company policies.