# Julian Weselek

> Julian Weselek is a seed investor at Tourlane backing Travel and Leisure. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Tourlane
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianweselek/
- Website: https://www.tourlane.com/

Julian Weselek is a seed investor at Tourlane in Berlin focused on Travel and Leisure. Julian is the co-founder & CEO of Tourlane. Julian graduated as best in class from the London School of Economics before joining company builder Rocket Internet in Berlin. In 2016, Julian founded Tourlane with the vision of building the travel agent of the future and to provide the most seamless online booking experience for authentic multi-daytours. Tourlane is headquartered in Berlin and has raised a total of $81M USD from the world’s most renowned VCs such as Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital. Travel entrepeneurs that have invested in Tourlane include Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk, GetYourGuide founder Johannes Reck, Qunar founder Fritz Demopoulos, as well as Trivago founders Malte Siewert and Rolf Schrömgens.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 67% |
| Leisure | 2 | 67% |
| Tourism | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valuecase | Valuecase is the best way to collaborate with your B2B customers – built to shorten the time it take to close and launch a new customer. It replaces email chains, manual task lists, and clunky SharePoints with a single branded workspace – shared with your customer, tracked, and easy to use. Pre-sale, your team shares proposals, case studies, andaction plans. Post-sale, it's where customers follow their onboarding – plans, intake forms, content, and progress in one place. AI handles the reminders and flags what's stuck. 500+ customer-facing teams in software and services companies use Valuecase to close & onboard their customers up to 50% faster. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Raus | Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind. |  | Seed | Jul 20, 2021 |  |
| Tourlane | Tourlane is a booking platform for multi-day tours, offering amazing experiences to over 30 countries worldwide. It creates adventures and authentic travel experiences to fabulous destinations in the world.The company combines the first-hand experience of a travel agency with the simplicity of an online product. Its apps bring travel consultancyto a state-of-the-art level of tech and design and thereby will shape the future of individual and adventure trips. Its product matches travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, making the booking of individual and adventure trips comparable, fast, and easy. | $20M | Series C | Nov 18, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [XAnge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xange-private-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10x Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-founders) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tourlane

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Tourlane is a booking platform for multi-day tours, offering amazing experiences to over 30 countries worldwide. It creates adventures and authentic travel experiences to fabulous destinations in the world.The company combines the first-hand experience of a travel agency with the simplicity of an online product. Its apps bring travel consultancyto a state-of-the-art level of tech and design and thereby will shape the future of individual and adventure trips. Its product matches travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, making the booking of individual and adventure trips comparable, fast, and easy.

5 contacts available at Tourlane.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Julian Weselek | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-weselek |
| Francesca Basso | HR Business Partner | — |
| Hans Diemath | Head of Expansion | — |
| Leah Farmer | SVP Product & Technology | — |
| Olga Szoke | Head of SEO | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Julian Weselek invest in?

Julian Weselek invests primarily in Travel, Leisure and Tourism startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Julian Weselek last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Julian Weselek closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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