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Robin Klein is a Co-Founder and General Partner of LocalGlobe, the London seed-stage venture capital firm he founded with his son Saul Klein in 2015; a veteran UK tech investor, he previously ran Index Ventures' seed fund and co-founded The Accelerator Group, with early-stage investments including TransferWise, Citymapper, Zoopla, Monzo, and Figma.
Robin Klein is a Co-Founder and General Partner of LocalGlobe, the London-based seed-stage venture firm he founded in 2015 with his son, Saul Klein. Born in Johannesburg in 1947, he built and sold his first business, Berda Electric, before relocating to the UK in 1976. He became Executive Chairman and CEO of Innovations Mail Order, which conducted the UK's first documented e-commerce transaction in May 1995 and was sold to the Burton Group in 1985, and later held a Managing Director role at Arcadia Group. In 1998 he co-founded The Accelerator Group (TAG) with Saul; from 2010 to 2015 he was a Venture Partner at Index Ventures running its Index Seed fund alongside TAG, before co-founding LocalGlobe in 2015. He has made more than 100 early-stage investments across the UK, US, Europe, and Israel, including LoveFilm, TransferWise/Wise, Citymapper, Zoopla, and Monzo.
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- Co-Founder & General Partner, LocalGlobe
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- London, UK
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- Who is robin-klein?
- Robin Klein is a Co-Founder and General Partner of LocalGlobe, the London-based seed-stage venture firm he founded in 2015 with his son, Saul Klein. Born in Johannesburg in 1947, he built and sold his first business, Berda Electric, before relocating to the UK in 1976. He became Executive Chairman and CEO of Innovations Mail Order, which conducted the UK's first documented e-commerce transaction in May 1995 and was sold to the Burton Group in 1985, and later held a Managing Director role at Arcadia Group. In 1998 he co-founded The Accelerator Group (TAG) with Saul; from 2010 to 2015 he was a Venture Partner at Index Ventures running its Index Seed fund alongside TAG, before co-founding LocalGlobe in 2015. He has made more than 100 early-stage investments across the UK, US, Europe, and Israel, including LoveFilm, TransferWise/Wise, Citymapper, Zoopla, and Monzo.
- What is robin-klein's role?
- robin-klein is Co-Founder & General Partner, LocalGlobe, based in London, UK.
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Robin Klein is Co-founder and General Partner at Phoenix Court [LocalGlobe]; previously founded Berda Electric and led Innovations Mail Order, sold to Burton Group in 1985 and which conducted the UK's first documented ecommerce transaction in May 1995; was a Venture Partner at Index Ventures; has invested in over 160 pre-seed and seed founders since 2015 including LoveFilm, Wise, Citymapper, Zoopla, Robinhood, Monzo, Tide, and Figma; and is a former non-executive director of MoneySupermarket and Zoopla Property Group
Phoenix Court: Robin KleinVerified2026-08-12 - 2
Robin Klein, born December 1947 in Johannesburg, South Africa, relocated to the UK in 1976, was chairman and CEO of Innovations Group PLC from 1991 to 1997, co-founded The Accelerator Group in 1998 with his son Saul Klein, was a venture partner at Index Ventures from 2010 to 2015 running Index Seed, and co-founded LocalGlobe with Saul in April 2015
Wikipedia: Robin Klein (venture capitalist)Reported2026-08-12 - 3
Robin Klein, 69 years old, and his son Saul Klein established LocalGlobe
TechCrunch: LocalGlobe goes beyond the Klein brandVerified2017-06-06