Engineering the Foundations of Progress
Building the future through discipline, innovation, and enduring value.
About The Division
Magus & Abraxas Industrial Group represents the strength, structure, and systems that power the world’s essential industries.
We manage a portfolio of companies and investments focused on the advancement of productive capacity — turning precision, performance, and innovation into lasting growth.
Our philosophy is rooted in long-term stewardship. We believe that industrial success requires balance: between innovation and stability, efficiency and ethics, automation and the human element.
We don’t chase scale — we build strength.
Through strategic reinvestment, disciplined management, and sustainable growth practices, we ensure that every enterprise under our banner contributes to a stronger, more resilient future.
Our Mission
We take a hands-on, data-driven approach to management.
Our teams work directly with operational leadership within each holding to identify opportunities, strengthen systems, and modernize outdated processes.This means tighter supply chains, smarter automation, and streamlined reporting — all while upholding the integrity of the people and places that drive production.
We view every partnership as an opportunity to elevate standards, not just results.
Core Sectors
Manufacturing & Production
Creating efficient, adaptable production networks that elevate quality and reduce waste. From raw materials to advanced components, we optimize every link in the chain.
Infrastructure Development
Supporting projects that shape the modern world — construction, energy distribution, transportation, and industrial systems that enable societies to thrive.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Managing the movement of goods and materials through smart, resilient logistics frameworks that keep industries connected and responsive.
Energy & Sustainability
Investing in cleaner, more sustainable industrial practices — improving efficiency, reducing emissions, and advancing renewable adoption within legacy sectors.
The Leadership Team
Leon Burda
Managing Partner
Leon Burda is a Managing Partner with Magus & Abraxas Industrial Group. He is the founder of Burda Ventures (BV), a boutique investment bank specializing in Deeptech, Fintech, & High Risk M&A transactions. BV has done over $4 billion dollars in transactions over its lifetime.
Before his venture into finance he grew and consulted for advanced/additive manufacturing companies securing contracts from the DoD, Airforce, Raytheon, Toyota, GE, and Northrop Grumman among others.
He has had 4 successful exits from software and service-based businesses and sits on multiple boards of Fintech companies where he advises on risk, strategy, and acquisitions.
Brennen Jackson
Managing Partner
Brennen Jackson is a Managing Partner with Magus & Abraxas Industrial Group. He is a founder of Legacy Succession Partners (LSP), a large Deathcare consolidator in the Midwest focused in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and currently serves as its President and Head of M&A.
He also founded, scaled and sold MMI Industries, a recruiting company in the renewable energy, transportation and infrastructure industries in North America and EMEA where he helped develop a proprietary method of recruiting called Psychographic Recruiting that was 347% more efficient than the industry average.
He previously served as the Director of Business for a recruiting software developer called RUR Digital and prior to that, grew Spencer Ogden’s– a large British recruiting company– their Western America's wind contract group from zero to one of the highest billing groups for the company globally. Mr. Jackson holds a BSBA in Finance from the University of Denver.
Pierre Keyser
Chairman Of The Board
Pierre Keyser is the Chairman of The Board at Magus & Abraxas Industrial Group. He has over 35 years of experience in guiding businesses through successful acquisitions. Mr. Keyser has achieved significant growth and success in each venture, having been the President & CEO of Cartier Eyewear for over 15 years after which he successfully exited from 4 roll-ups of his own each exit being worth more than $100m.
Keyser consolidated the market segment and became the largest retailer of luxury optical goods in the US with LOH, grew AOS to over 140 locations, and led Lookmatic to become a major player in the online eyewear market.
Gary Iklov
Chief Operations Officer
Gary Iklov is the COO of Magus & Abraxas. With over 25 years of experience and education in machining, engineering, and manufacturing, he graduated with a Masters Degree from Moscow State University - School of Mechanical Engineering. After which he grew through the ranks of Panasonic’s Mechanical Engineering division before starting his own manufacturing company WBM Inc in 1995 which he has grown to over 50 employees and a roster of clients that include numerous fortune 500 companies.
Dan Fugardi
Advisor To The Executive Team
Dan Fugardi is an entrepreneur, investor, and CEO with two decades of experience leading and scaling companies across technology, consumer products, and private equity. As CEO of InStyler Brands, he oversees strategy, operations, and a growing portfolio of beauty and wellness brands — including Drew Barrymore’s Flower Hair, Harry Josh Pro Tools, Fairiche, and InStyler — which have achieved over $1.5B in retail sales and sold more than 20 million units globally.
A former U.S. Navy Nuclear Power specialist and USC Marshall School of Business alumnus, Dan’s leadership spans industries from fintech to renewable energy. He has raised and managed over $35M in early-stage capital, completed $150M+ in transactions, and advised or invested in more than 30 growth-stage ventures. His mission centers on building intelligent, sustainable systems that drive economic empowerment and societal progress.
Vision For The Future
The industrial landscape is evolving faster than ever. Automation, AI-driven systems, and sustainable production methods are reshaping how work gets done.
Magus & Abraxas Industrial Group stands at this intersection of tradition and transformation — committed to preserving the discipline that built industry while embracing the technologies that will define its future.We build what endures, so that progress can continue.