# Jens Lapinski

> Jens Lapinski is a seed investor at Angel Invest (Berlin) backing Software and SaaS. See 56 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 56
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenslapinski
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jenslapinski
- Website: http://jenslapinski.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenslapinski

Jens Lapinski is a seed investor at Angel Invest in Berlin focused on Software and SaaS. Jens is the CEO of Angel Invest Ventures. He is one of Europe's most active angel investors, making 10 - 20 investments per year. Jens lives in Berlin.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$7.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $120k–$2.9M |
| Series A | $4.7M–$21M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 18% |
| SaaS | 8 | 14% |
| Hospitality | 7 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 11% |

86 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 24 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 18 | 32% |
| Series A | 4 | 7% |
| Angel | 2 | 4% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 16 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 13% |
| United States | 5 | 9% |
| France | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| INXM | INXM develops Orchestrator, a process execution engine that turns user intent into executable workflows for enterprises. | $6.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| cognee inc | cognee helps you create a GraphRAG and supports Vector Stores, Graph stores, and various LLM providers | $7.5M | Seed | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| fonio.ai | Founded in Vienna in 2024, fonio.ai provides AI-powered phone assistants that automate customer communication 24/7. The platform answers calls, forwards inquiries, books appointments, and integrates with CRM and ERP systems, while every interaction is transcribed and can be stored, shared, or connected to existing tools. | $3.5M | Angel | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Strange Loop Labs | Guru automates tax, insurance, and audit processes with generative AI | $2M | Seed | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Strange Loop Labs | Guru automates tax, insurance, and audit processes with generative AI | $2M | Seed | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Proofs | Proofs enable companies with APIs to build proof-of-concept (PoCs) and integrations for their prospects in minutes. Proofs follow practices for the whole software development cycle adjusted to your stack and workflow preferences and provide a preview URL along with a Docker image, while a tested and documented codebase is committed back to therepository seamlessly integrating with CI and CD systems. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Proofs | Proofs enable companies with APIs to build proof-of-concept (PoCs) and integrations for their prospects in minutes. Proofs follow practices for the whole software development cycle adjusted to your stack and workflow preferences and provide a preview URL along with a Docker image, while a tested and documented codebase is committed back to therepository seamlessly integrating with CI and CD systems. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 18, 2024 |  |
| Incredible | Incredible is repayments platform that leverages artificial intelligence & open finance to track, pay and reduce the cost of borrowing. | $1M | Pre-Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Graswald AI | Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry. | $3.3M | Seed | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| Ivy | We are building a global API for instant bank payments | $7.7M | Seed | Jul 11, 2023 |  |

10 of 56 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [METRO Xcel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-metro) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [LeadX Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leadx-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Signals Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signals-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Auxxo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auxxo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Angel Invest

VC Fund · Frankfurt, Germany

Angel Invest is one of Europe's most active early-stage funds, making 50+ investments every year into European technology startups at the pre-seed and seed stages (€100k checks). We actively coach founders and give them access to our networks.

5 contacts available at Angel Invest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jag Singh | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jag-singh |
| Jens Lapinski | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jens-lapinski |
| John von Berenberg-Consbruch | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-von-berenberg-consbruch |
| Karl Josef Seilern | partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karl-josef-seilern |
| Oliver Clasen | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-clasen |

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## FAQ

### What does Jens Lapinski invest in?

Jens Lapinski invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Hospitality startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jens Lapinski's check size?

Jens Lapinski typically joins rounds of $120k–$7.5M at Seed, $120k–$2.9M at Pre-Seed and $4.7M–$21M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jens Lapinski participates in.

### When did Jens Lapinski last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jens Lapinski closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 56 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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