Robin Klein
Location: Europe
One of the UK’s most prominent technology investors, Robin Klein co-founded LocalGlobe in 2003 with his son Saul. Over the course of his career he has made over 100 investments including in leading tech brands such as Lovefilm (Amazon), Wise (LSE: WISE), Citymapper, Moo, Zoopla (ZPG), Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), Monzo, Tide, Figma, Graze (Unilever), Secret Escapes, Improbable, Adzuna, MyBuilder and Cazoo (NYSE: CZOO). Although Robin seldom leads investments any longer, he advises the team and our founders across, and continues to play a leadership role. Thematically he has a longstanding interest in ecommerce companies, as well as marketplaces, fintech and “disruptors of old industries such as construction and manufacturing”. A former advisor to Seedcamp, TechNation, and Silicon Valley Bank, and a non-exec director of two public technology companies – MoneySupermarket and Zoopla Property Group – Robin still sits on a few portfolio company boards including those of Adzuna and Moo. Previously a Venture Partner at Index Ventures, where he focused on seed investments, Robin built his first business, Berda Electric, as a recently graduated Electrical Engineer, which he sold at the age of 29 to move to the UK. He went on to become Executive Chairman and CEO of Innovations Mail Order, which was sold in 1985 to the Burton Group (later to demerge as Debenhams and Arcadia). As part of the sale, he joined the group and became Managing Director of Marketing and Home Shopping at the Arcadia Group. Innovations was the first company in the UK to conduct an ecommerce transaction which it did in May 1995. He studied both electrical and industrial engineering, and holds an MSc in Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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Robin Klein is a co-founder and general partner of Phoenix Court. He has served on the board of directors of Eporta. He is also a member of the board of directors of Streetbees. He is a senior advisor at Future Positive Capital. He is chairman and founding partner of The Acceleration Group. He was also a member of the board of directors at Osper. He was a venture partner at Index Ventures. He is also an advisor at Seedcamp. He has served as an advisor at Kano. He is a board observer at Skimbit. He joined Index Ventures’ London office in April 2010. He is currently chairman of Quickbridge (Wonga) and MyBuilder, and serves on the boards of Moo, Clippings, Bill Monitor, EDITD, Farfetch, FreeAgent, LevelBusiness, OneFineStay, Stylistpick and Zoopla. He is a governor of Rhyl Elementary School and is a past chairman of Great Ormond Street Hospital Funding Company. He has 25 years of experience, including 20 years as an entrepreneur, 14 years of investment experience and has served on the boards of three publicly traded companies. In his most recent operational role as chairman and CEO of Innovations, he led the very first e-commerce transaction in the UK in May 1995. Since beginning his investment career in 1998, when he and his son Sol founded The Accelerator Group (TAG), they have made more than sixty investments. Among the ten companies that have exited TAG are Agent Provocateur (3i), where he was chairman for five years, Sit Up TV (Virgin Media), a board member for four years, Lastminute (IPO), Last.FM (CBS), Dopplr (Nokia), Lovefilm (Amazon), Fizzback (Nice Systems) and Tweetdeck (Twitter). He is passionate about helping build Europe’s tech startup ecosystem and actively supports Saul in promoting Seedcamp and OpenCoffee. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering. He has served on the board of directors of Second Home. Served on the board of directors of JustPark.
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