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Saul Klein is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LocalGlobe, the London seed-stage venture capital firm he founded with his father Robin Klein in 2015; a serial entrepreneur and investor, he was part of Skype's original executive team, co-founded and was original CEO of LoveFilm (acquired by Amazon), and co-founded Seedcamp, Kano Computing, and Platoon (acquired by Apple), and was awarded an OBE in 2016 for services to business.
Saul Klein is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LocalGlobe, the London seed-stage VC firm he founded in 2015 with his father, Robin Klein. A serial entrepreneur and investor with nearly three decades of experience, he helped launch the Daily Telegraph's online edition in 1994, then joined MIT spin-out Firefly as VP of Marketing; after Microsoft acquired Firefly in 1997, he became Microsoft's first Chief Privacy Officer. He was part of Skype's original executive team before its 2005 acquisition by eBay, and co-founded and was CEO of LoveFilm, acquired by Amazon in 2011. He also co-founded Seedcamp (whose portfolio includes UiPath and Revolut), Kano Computing, and Platoon (acquired by Apple in 2018). He was a General Partner at Index Ventures from 2007 to 2015. In 2012 David Cameron appointed him the UK's first Technology Business Ambassador to Israel; he received an OBE in 2016.
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- Co-Founder & Managing Partner, LocalGlobe
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- Who is saul-klein?
- Saul Klein is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LocalGlobe, the London seed-stage VC firm he founded in 2015 with his father, Robin Klein. A serial entrepreneur and investor with nearly three decades of experience, he helped launch the Daily Telegraph's online edition in 1994, then joined MIT spin-out Firefly as VP of Marketing; after Microsoft acquired Firefly in 1997, he became Microsoft's first Chief Privacy Officer. He was part of Skype's original executive team before its 2005 acquisition by eBay, and co-founded and was CEO of LoveFilm, acquired by Amazon in 2011. He also co-founded Seedcamp (whose portfolio includes UiPath and Revolut), Kano Computing, and Platoon (acquired by Apple in 2018). He was a General Partner at Index Ventures from 2007 to 2015. In 2012 David Cameron appointed him the UK's first Technology Business Ambassador to Israel; he received an OBE in 2016.
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- saul-klein is Co-Founder & Managing Partner, LocalGlobe, based in London, UK.
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Saul Klein is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Phoenix Court [LocalGlobe]; was part of the original executive team at Skype, acquired by eBay; created the Chief Privacy Officer role at Microsoft after Firefly's acquisition; was General Partner at Index Ventures from 2007 to 2015; was co-founder and original CEO of LoveFilm, acquired by Amazon in 2011; co-founded Platoon, acquired by Apple in 2018, Zinc, and Seedcamp; was the UK's first Technology Business Ambassador to Israel starting in 2012; received an OBE in 2016 for services to business; and is a member of the Council for Science and Technology
Phoenix Court: Saul KleinVerified2026-08-12 - 2
Saul Klein OBE - in 2016 he was awarded an OBE for services to business
UK Government (GOV.UK): Saul Klein OBEVerified2026-08-12 - 3
Kano Computing was founded in January 2013 by Alex Klein, son of Getty Images co-founder Jonathan Klein, his cousin Saul Klein, and Yonatan Raz-Fridman
Wikipedia: Kano ComputingReported2026-08-12 - 4
Robin Klein, 69 years old, and his son Saul Klein established LocalGlobe
TechCrunch: LocalGlobe goes beyond the Klein brandVerified2017-06-06