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词条 Robin Klein (venture capitalist)
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Philanthropy and non-profit involvement

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = Robin Klein
| occupation = Partner at Index Ventures

Founding Partner at The Accelerator Group (TAG)


| alma_mater = University of the Witwatersrand
| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa
| spouse = Hanna Klein
| children = Saul Klein and Dr. Melanie Morris
| relatives = Jonathan Klein (brother), co-founder and CEO of Getty Images;[1] Martin Klein
}}

Robin Klein (born December 1947[2]) is a British entrepreneur and investor. He was until 2015 a venture partner at Index Ventures and co-founder of The Accelerator Group, an advisor and investor in early-stage companies.[3] In April 2015, he and his son, Saul founded LocalGlobe, a seed stage venture capital firm.

Early life and education

Klein was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, specialising in cybernetics,[4] and a master of science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, in 1969. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1976.[5]

Career

From 1991–1997, Klein was chairman and CEO of Innovations Group PLC, which conducted the first documented e-commerce transaction in the UK, in May 1995.[6]

Klein was managing director, marketing and home shopping, at Arcadia, from 1996–99.[7]

Klein started his investing career in earnest in 1998, co-founding The Accelerator Group (TAG), a vehicle for investing in early-stage internet services, e-commerce and digital media businesses, with his son, Saul Klein.[8]

From 2010 to 2015 Klein was a venture partner at Index Ventures. He ran Index Seed, Index Ventures' seed fund, in partnership with TAG.[9]

In April 2015, Saul and Robin founded LocalGlobe, a Venture Capital Firm focusing on early stage (Seed) investment in Technology enabled businesses. They raised LocalGlobe 7, a fund of £45m by October 2015 and LocalGlobe 8, a £70m fund in March 2017.

Klein has been an early-stage investor in a number of companies, including Agent Provocateur (acquired by private equity firm 3i for £60m),[10] Lastminute.com (acquired by Travelocity for £577m,[11] Last.fm (acquired by CBS for $280 million,[12] Dopplr (acquired by Nokia),[13] LoveFilm (acquired by Amazon for $317 million),[14] Sit Up TV (acquired by Virgin Media), SlideShare (acquired by Linkedin for $119 million),[15] Fizzback (acquired by Nice Systems for $80 million),[16] Mashery (acquired by Intel for $180 million),[17] TweetDeck (acquired by Twitter for $40 million – $50 million),[18] and Twitterfeed (acquired by Bitly).[19]

Klein is involved with OpenCoffee Club, a group his son Saul Klein started in 2007 to facilitate gatherings and networking among entrepreneurs, developers and investors[20] and is an advisor to Seedcamp which he helped to launch in 2007.[21]

Klein is currently chairman of the board at moo.com, an online printing company; MyBuilder, an online marketplace bringing together consumers, builders and tradesmen;[22] and Wonga, a digital finance company, named the number one company in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100.[23]

Klein is also a board member of EDITD, Farfetch, FreeAgent, Onefinestay, Skimlinks, and Zoopla,[24] an investor and board observer at TransferWise, and a non-executive director at Moneysupermarket.com ({{Lse|MONY}}),[23] and an investor in other companies.

From 2007–2010 Klein spent a day a week as venture partner at Atlas Venture, an early-stage technology and life sciences venture capital firm.[8]

Philanthropy and non-profit involvement

Klein was chairman of Great Ormond Street Hospital Promotions Ltd, the funding company for Great Ormond Street Hospital, a children's hospital in London,[25] and was formerly on the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community Centre for London which developed the JW3 community centre.[26]

References

1. ^{{cite news |title= Getty Images bought by private equity firm Carlyle Group for £2.1bn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/aug/15/getty-images-bought-carlyle-group |work= The Jewish Chronicle Online|date= 15 August 2012}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/tzhWJlC332Gs-FcgCartiY104iY/appointments|title=Robin Matthew KLEIN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-06-11}}
3. ^{{cite news |title= Index Ventures creates seed fund with Kleins at the helm|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/25/index-ventures-creates-seed-fund-with-kleins-at-the-helm/ |work= TechCrunch|date= 25 April 2010}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=BusinessWeek Executive profile: Robin Klein|url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=157657&privcapId=6476976}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Robin Klein's blog|url= http://aboutrobin.blogspot.com/}}
6. ^{{cite news|title= The investors' view: Robin Klein|url= http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/the-investors-view-robin-klein.html|work= Growing Business|date= 15 January 2010|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120509204616/http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/the-investors-view-robin-klein.html|archivedate= 9 May 2012|df= dmy-all}}
7. ^{{cite news |title= Who owns genealogy companies?|url=https://www.questia.com/library/1G1-109751751/shoppers-key-in-on-sundays-financial-mail-on-sunday |work= Daily Mail|date= 30 May 1999}}
8. ^1 {{cite news |title= Robin Klein allies with Index Ventures in next Venture Partner role|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/robin-klein-allies-with-index-ventures-in-next-venture-partner-role-2011-4|work= BusinessInsider|date= 26 April 2010}}
9. ^{{cite news |title= Index Seed: Giving Europe's Early-Stage Investments a Much Needed Boost|url=http://readwrite.com/2010/04/26/index-seed-europes-early-stage-investments-needed-boost#awesm=~odLtv7XX2naVUa |work= readwrite|date= 26 April 2010}}
10. ^{{cite news |title= Private equity firm 3i pays £60m for Agent Provocateur?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/nov/16/retail.privateequity |work= The Guardian|date= 15 November 2007}}
11. ^{{cite news |title= Travelocity buys Lastminute.com for £577m|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/12/travelocity_buys_lastminute/ |work= The Register|date= 12 May 2010}}
12. ^{{cite news|title= CBS Acquires Europe's Last.fm for $280 million|url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/05/30/cbs-acquires-lastfm-for-280m/ |work= TechCrunch|date= 30 May 2007}}
13. ^{{cite news |title= Nokia to Acquire UK Startup Dopplr|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/23/nokia-to-acqure-uk-startup-dopplr/ |work= TechCrunch|date= 23 September 2009}}
14. ^{{cite news |title= Amazon Acquires LoveFilm, The Netflix of Europe|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/20/amazon-acquires-lovefilm-the-netflix-of-europe/|date= 12 May 2010}}
15. ^{{cite news |title= LinkedIn Acquires Professional Content Sharing Platform SlideShare For $119M|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/03/linkedin-acquires-professional-content-sharing-platform-slideshare-for-119m/ |work= TechCrunch|date= 3 May 2012}}
16. ^{{cite news |title= NICE Systems Acquires Fizzback For Approximately $80 Million|url=https://techcrunch.com/?p=423459|work= TechCrunch|date= 19 September 2011}}
17. ^{{cite news |title= Source: Mashery Is Selling To Intel For More Than $180M|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/source-mashery-is-selling-to-intel-for-more-than-180m/ |work= TechCrunch|date= 17 April 2013}}
18. ^{{cite news |title= Twitter To Buy TweetDeck For $40 Million – $50 Million|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/twitter-to-buy-tweetdeck-for-40-million-50-million/|date= 2 May 2011}}
19. ^{{cite news |title= Burp! Bitly Swallows Twitterfeed|url=http://allthingsd.com/20110809/burp-bitly-swallows-twitterfeed/|work= All Things D|date= 9 April 2011}}
20. ^{{cite news |title= The OpenCoffee Club Movement|url=http://readwrite.com/2007/05/23/the_open_coffee_club_movement#awesm=~odLIb1uzf51W0B |work= readwrite|date= 23 May 2007}}
21. ^{{cite web|title=seedcamp: Seedcamp Week 2011|url=http://www.seedcamp.com/2011/09/seedcamp-week-2011-new-teams-and-winners-plus-a-bonus.html|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606200928/http://www.seedcamp.com/2011/09/seedcamp-week-2011-new-teams-and-winners-plus-a-bonus.html|archivedate=6 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}
22. ^{{cite news |title= Board Moves|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/Appointments/article1277121.ece |work= The Sunday Times|date= 23 June 2013}}
23. ^1 {{cite news|title= 2011 Tech Track 100|url= http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbDetails.asp?siteID=3&compID=3164&yr=2011|work= Fast Track, in association with The Sunday Times|date= January 2010|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120507045607/http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbDetails.asp?siteID=3&compID=3164&yr=2011|archivedate= 7 May 2012|df= dmy-all}}
24. ^{{cite web|title=Index Ventures partner bio|url= http://www.indexventures.com/team#profile_id_53}}
25. ^{{cite web|title=UK Business Angels Association, Speakers|url=http://www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk/events/bbaa-national-investment-summit-2012/speakers|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814013848/http://www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk/events/bbaa-national-investment-summit-2012/speakers|archivedate=14 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}
26. ^{{cite news |title= JCC picks three heads|url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/41076/jcc-picks-three-heads |work= The Jewish Chronicle Online|date= 11 November 2010}}

External links

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  • The Accelerator Group blog

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