Saul Klein (venture capitalist)

Saul Klein OBE (born October 1970) is a partner at LocalGlobe, a British venture capital fund headquartered in Kings Cross and formed in 2015. Previously he was a partner at Index Ventures where Saul had invested in early-stage internet companies including AlertMe, Chartbeat, GlassesDirect, Soluto, MyHeritage, and Songkick.

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.

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, Tweetdeck, and Twitterverse.

Before becoming a venture capitalist, Klein was part of the original executive team at Skype and was the founder and CEO of what is now Lovefilm International.

He has a Master of Arts degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Klein was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to business.

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