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LocalGlobe

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About Company
LocalGlobe is a UK-based venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.

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01.01.2019

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Private

Description

Founded in 1999 by Robin Klein and Saul Klein, LocalGlobe has been supporting ambitious UK founders and seeding impactful companies. With a focus on software and artificial intelligence industries, LocalGlobe invests in startups that are 2-3 years old and have a value ranging from $10-50 million. The firm has a preference for rounds with 4-5 participants and has been involved in 13-24 deals per year. Notable portfolio startups include Robinhood, Improbable, and TransferWise. While LocalGlobe has a lower average lead investment amount compared to other organizations, it has had a higher number of exits in 2016. The firm is often joined by other sponsors such as Seedcamp, Upscale, and Global Founders Capital in financing startups.
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Latitude

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Location

London, UK

count Of Investments

41

count Of Exists

1
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Lead 
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Yes
$2.13M
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Robin Klein
Robin Klein

Robin Klein

Robin Klein is the Non - Executive Chairman of MOO Print Ltd. He is also a Venture Partner at Index Ventures. Robin joined the London office of Index Ventures in April 2010 as a Venture Partner. He is a founding partner of The Accelerator Group, a seed investment company specialising in e-commerce, digital media and Internet services. He is currently Chairman of Quickbridge (Wonga), Moo Print Ltd, MyBuilder. He sits on the Boards of EDITD, Farfetch, FreeAgent, OneFineStay, Skimlinks, Zoopla. Robin is a governor of Rhyl primary school. He is also a past Chairman of Great Ormond Street hospital's funding company. Robin has 25 years of operating experience, 20 years of which as entrepreneur and 14 years of investing experience and he has been on the boards of three publicly quoted companies. In his last operating role as Chairman and CEO of Innovations, he conducted the very first UK ecommerce transaction in May 1995. Since starting his investment career in earnest in 1998 by co-founding The Accelerator Group (TAG) with his son, Saul, they have made over sixty investments. Robin is passionate about helping to build the European technology start-up ecosystem and actively supports Saul in the promotion of Seedcamp and OpenCoffee. He has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering. An MSc in Industrial Engineering.

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Robin Klein

Saul Klein
Saul Klein

Saul Klein

Saul is a Founding Partner at Localglobe, a new seed fund focussed on helping London's great most ambitious founders build game changing businesses. Previously, Saul was a Partner at Index Ventures from 2007 until May 2015. In 2012 David Cameron appointed Saul to be the UK's first tech envoy to Israel and a Technology Business Ambassador. Saul is serial entrepreneur with two decades of experience building and exiting companies in the US, Israel and Europe. He has a passion for working with seed and early stage businesses. Most recently Saul co-founded Kano and Seedcamp, as well as a co-founder and original CEO of Lovefilm International (acquired by Amazon). He was also part of the original executive team at Skype (acquired by eBay).

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Sofar Sounds
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Eric Salama

Eric Salama

Senior Adviser

Ophelia Cai

Ophelia Cai

Partner

Ziv Reichert

Ziv Reichert

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Georg Ell

Georg Ell

Venture Partner

Julia Hawkins

Julia Hawkins

Partner

Michael Mashkautsan

Michael Mashkautsan

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Will Neale

Will Neale

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Remus Brett

Remus Brett

Partner

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