Jens Lapinski
Founding Partner & CEO of Investor Invest
Jens Lapinski
Founding Partner & CEO of Investor Invest
Berlin, Berlin
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner & CEO
2018 - Current
Angel Invest is Europe's most active Superangel Fund. We make over 40 investments per year and actively coach founders for one year post investment. We have backed 100+ companies at Pre-seed and Seed stage, their combined market cap is over €3BN.
Advisory Board Member
2018 - 2022
I worked with the investment team in an advisory capacity during the investment period of the €100m Fund I. Signals VC successfully raised a Fund II in 2022.
Managing Director
2014 - 2017
I established the Berlin office and was a Managing Director of the Techstars Berlin City Fund. In 2017, Berlin became the most active Techstars office in the world, hosting four programs. I have worked on four programs at Techstars, the companies have in aggregate raised $250m+ in funding.
Partner
2012 - 2013
I joined Forward Internet Group to set up the UK's first startup studio: Forward Labs. We investigated over 100 products that we could have built/invested in, built a good dozen and created four businesses that have raised in aggregate over $25m. Forward Labs turned into Forward Partners, which went public on the London Stock Exchange in 2021 and was later acquired by Molten Ventures in 2023.
Co-founder & CEO
2007 - 2011
aiHit was a provider of automated company data to business information companies, credit reference agencies, and business directories. The company was acquired in 2015.
VP Analysis & Consulting
2002 - 2007
Library House was a provider of information and research services. We had a database of privately-held companies, in particular those that were VC-backed. That database is now part of Dow Jones information services offering.
Education
PhD
1999 - 2003
BSc (Hons)
1998 - 1999
Vordiplom
1996 - 1998