Jens Wohltorf – Startup Investor Profile

Jens Wohltorf, CEO and co-founder of Blacklane, focuses on making travel simpler by closing the first and last-mile gap in the travel industry. He has invested in Blacklane and secured funding from top-tier investors like Recruit Strategic Partners, RI Digital Ventures, Daimler, and btov Partners. The company has raised close to $100 million, with investments primarily directed towards technology, IP, and product development. Jens emphasizes the importance of strategic partners who add value to their business, particularly investors from the automotive, Middle East, and Asian regions.

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Country: Germany

Investment Regions: EU

Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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AI Reasoning: Search results show Jens Wohltorf involved in Blacklane’s Series G funding announced Oct 29, 2024 (investment in Blacklane). From Oct 29, 2024 to the reference date is less than 12 months and specifically less than 6 months? Wait calculation: reference date is Nov 1, 2025; Oct 29, 2024 is 12 months and 3 days earlier -> that is just over 12 months, but also there are later items: Blacklane blog entry Oct 29, 2024 and company posts in 2025 show activity: there is a Blacklane blog dated Aug 12, 2025 reporting largest financing round (Aug 12, 2025) indicating investment activity within less than 6 months prior to Nov 1, 2025. Therefore last known investment activity is Aug 12, 2025 (Blacklane financing close), which is ~2.5 months before Nov 1, 2025, placing the investor in the highest activity bucket. The startup invested: Blacklane.

Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.

Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.