Leyden is an investment and management advisory firm. We help government entities, family offices, and traditional enterprises create meaningful startup communities, launch and manage venture investment initiatives, and digitally transform their constituent touchpoints. Our name The Leyden jar was the first means of storing an electric charge which then could be discharged at the experimenter's will (aka a capacitor). It is named after the Dutch city of Leiden where Pieter van Musschenbroek invented the device in 1745. It is by far our favorite invention, as it underpins all of modern computing.