Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Leap is a privately held retail-as-a-service platform that helps modern, digitally native brands launch and operate physical retail stores. It combines real estate, store design, staffing, retail operations, omnichannel technology, and data-driven merchandising to reduce the cost, time, and risk of brick-and-mortar expansion.
Primary product
Leap Platform, an end-to-end retail platform for launching, operating, and scaling branded physical stores.
Founded
2018
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
150-200
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Retail
Sub-industry
Retail-as-a-service, omnichannel commerce, retail technology
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage private company; growth-stage / Series C-era financing
Total raised
$124.5M
Latest round
Financing / venture round · Jan 2025
Latest amount
$20M
Jan 2025 · Tribeca Venture Partners and DNX Ventures
Jun 2023 · BAM Elevate and Costanoa Ventures
Jan 2022 · BAM Elevate
Series A / early growth financing
Aug 2021 · Hyde Park Venture Partners
Nov 2018 · Costanoa Ventures
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
Board Director; former Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Elizabeth Crowley
Vice President, Retail Operations & Performance
Gus Knowlden
Director of Engineering
Eric Gaydos
Director of Product Management
Director, Commercial Operations
Karen Katz
Board Director
Leap describes its culture as high-energy, collaborative, supportive, results-driven, and focused on building the future of retail. Technical teams emphasize open collaboration, real-world problem solving, flexible work, and building a standardized platform from scratch.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No comprehensive company-published compensation bands were located. Public third-party job listings provide occasional role-specific salary signals, but they are not sufficiently reliable or clearly attributable to Leap's retail business to generalize.
Benefits
Pricing
Hybrid commercial model consisting of a one-time build cost, monthly operating fee, percentage of sales, and brand-funded store signage/storytelling and other launch costs. Exact rates are not publicly disclosed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1 million-$10 million annually; one third-party company profile estimates approximately $7.1 million
Estimated monthly visits
6.3K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
PR Newswire / Leap · Jan 2025
Leap announced a $20 million financing led by Tribeca Venture Partners and DNX Ventures, said it was demonstrating profitability, and announced former Neiman Marcus CEO Karen Katz as a board member. The company reported more than 100 stores across 12 U.S. markets.
WWD · Jan 2025
WWD reported on Leap's financing, profitability claims, post-pandemic recovery, changing brand customer base, and plans to scale its store network. The article also identified former CEO Jared Golden's transition to a board role.
Leap · Jun 2023
Leap announced a $15 million capital infusion co-led by BAM Elevate and Costanoa Ventures. At the time, Leap reported more than 50 brands and over 100 stores across 11 markets.
Leap · Jan 2022
Leap announced its $50 million Series B led by BAM Elevate, with participation from Harbor Spring Capital, Northern Trust, Simon, Costanoa Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Equal Ventures, and others.
Leap
Leap, Shopify, and Simon describe a joint model for helping brands enter physical retail through data-driven site selection, unified commerce, premier shopping-center locations, flexible terms, and reduced upfront capital. The companies state that qualified brands may launch in as little as 90 days.
19 jobs at Leap