Saul Klein (venture capitalist)
Saul Klein is a partner at Index Ventures. Since joining in 2007, Saul has invested in early-stage internet companies including AlertMe, Chartbeat, GlassesDirect, MyHeritage, and Songkick.[1]
In 2007, Klein founded the Seedcamp organization to help European entrepreneurs successfully build technology businesses. Seedcamp is currently investing from its second fund and has created a network of more than 2,000 mentors around the world. Each year, Seedcamp hosts an annual event in London called Seedcamp Week. [2]
Klein is also a Founding Partner of The Accelerator Group (TAG), which he started with Robin Klein in 1999 as a vehicle for investing in early-stage internet services, e-commerce and digital media businesses. The TAG portfolio includes bit.ly, Erply, Lovefilm, MOO, Songkick, Spot Runner, Tweedeck, and Twitterverse.[3]
Before becoming a venture capitalist, Klein was part of the original executive team at Skype[4] and was the founder and CEO of what is now Lovefilm International.
He has a Master of Arts degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Four tips on the perfect business pitch". http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/05/start/four-online-vcs-four-tips-on-the-perfect-business-pitch.
- ^ Lacy, Sarah; & Carr, Paul (2010-09-21). "WITN?: Saul Kelin defends the honor of Wordy and London and Israel's tech scenes". TechCrunch TV. http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/witn-saul-klein-defends-the-honor-of-wordy-and-london-and-israels-tech-scenes-tctv/. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ "TAG official website". http://www.the-accelerator.blogspot.com/.
- ^ a b Moules, Jonathan (2010-04-24). "A venture capitalist’s European mission". FT.com. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4b7adb9a-4c1e-11df-a217-00144feab49a.html#axzz1DQt0q6uz. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
[edit] External links
- Personal blog
- "Saul at Seedcamp". http://www.seedcamp.com/pages/about_team#saul. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- "Saul Klein's profile page". Index Ventures. http://www.indexventures.com/team/index/profile_id/10. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- Klein, Saul (2005-04-11). "Google TV here we come". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/apr/11/digitalmedia.mondaymediasection.
- Klein, Saul (2005-03-28). "Amazon gambles on the high street". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/mar/28/newmedia.mondaymediasection.
- Klein, Saul (2004-01-19). "What if retailers ran their own papers?". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/jan/19/mondaymediasection11.
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