Jens Lapinski

Berlin Area, Germany Germany

Managing Director of Techstars Berlin

Venture Capital / Private Equity

Jens is the Managing Director of Techstars Berlin. Before Techstars, Jens was a partner at Forward Labs, which he co-founded in January 2012. Forward Labs built profitable startups at high speed using lean startup principles. Out of over 100 businesses tested, five successful businesses were built/invested in during his tenure. Before Labs, Jens co-founded and was CEO of aiHit, a provider of automated company data to the business information industry. aiHit is backed by Amadeus and VTB Capital and sells to some of the world's largest information players including Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, and Equifax. Prior to this, he was the VP Analysis & Consulting at Library House (now Dow Jones...