# Karin Klein

> Karin Klein is a seed investor at Bloomberg Beta (New York) backing Software and Cyber Security. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bloomberg Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomberg-beta)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karinklein
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/karinklein
- Website: https://x.com/karinklein
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karin123

Karin Klein is a seed investor at Bloomberg Beta in New York focused on Software and Cyber Security. Karin Klein - Founding Partner @ Bloomberg Beta

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 36% |
| Cyber Security | 5 | 23% |
| SaaS | 3 | 14% |
| Security | 3 | 14% |
| Cloud Security | 3 | 14% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 41% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 3 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Series C | 2 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enigma | We believe what you can do is more important than your background, so we created Enigma -- a screening platform created for the cybersecurity industry. Enigma's unique puzzle-based scenarios help companies screen high volumes of candidates efficiently, with challenges tailored to the real-world skills required for the job. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Wrangle | Wrangle is a process automation software for busy teams improving efficiency for onboarding, sales quote approval, and contract management. Its app channelizes workflows by assigning approvals and tasks, tracks the ticket status from request to completion in slack, and collects, organizes, and tracks every ticket submitted by employees. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| StrongDM | StrongDM helps organizations manage and secure access to critical infrastructure by using a zero-trust approach. The platform provides users with controlled access to databases, servers, and applications, while also giving administrators clear visibility and audit trails. | $54M | Series B | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Enigma | We believe what you can do is more important than your background, so we created Enigma -- a screening platform created for the cybersecurity industry. Enigma's unique puzzle-based scenarios help companies screen high volumes of candidates efficiently, with challenges tailored to the real-world skills required for the job. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Capsule | Founded in 2021 by Champ Bennett and Joseph Jorgensen, Capsule is designed to help businesses meet the growing demand for video. Built with CapsuleScript, a first-of-its-kind markup language for video that automates video post-production and makes desktop-quality video possible from any device with a browser, Capsule makes it easy to crowdsource,edit and distribute video. Try it at Capsule.video.Capsule has raised funding from top investors in the AI and creative tools space, including Array Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Swift Ventures, Clark Valberg (Founder of InVision), Amjad Masad (CEO, Replit), Arash Ferdowsi (CTO, Dropbox), Kyle Parrish (Head of Sales, Figma), Mike Mignano (ex-Head of Audio & Video, Spotify), Roy Raanani (Co-Founder, Chorus.ai) and Sahil Lavingia (Founder, Gumroad). | $2M | Seed | Jan 12, 2021 |  |
| goTenna | goTenna is the world's leading mobile mesh networking company and provider of off-grid connectivity solutions for smartphones and other devices. goTenna's mesh networking protocol, Aspen Grove™, is embedded into lightweight, low-cost devices and paired with easy-to-use mobile apps enabling mobile, long-range connectivity even withoutcell, wifi, or satellite. goTenna’s mesh technology enables decentralized, programmable mobile infrastructure on a global scale in markets ranging from public sector to enterprise and IoT.The goTenna vision to create a resilient communications system was ignited during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when approximately a third of cell towers and power stations were knocked out. Based in Brooklyn, goTenna is backed by investors including Founders Fund, Union Square Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and Bloomberg Beta. | $16.5M | Series C | Jun 18, 2019 |  |
| Bonusly | Bonusly is a fun and easy way to engage employees and improve collaboration, productivity, and retention at every level of organizations.Key Benefits -------------------- Save time with an employee engagement solution that’s efficient, effective, and enjoyable. Bonusly helps clients celebrate everyday contributions and key milestones, automatetime-consuming HR admin processes, incentivize participation in company initiatives, and offer digital rewards their employees will love.Get actionable data about your employee experience from powerful people analytics tools. Bonusly delivers unique insights on individual, team, and company levels so clients can make strategic decisions about culture, professional development, performance management, and retention.Build a greater sense of alignment and purpose. By making recognition social and engaging to everyone across teams, departments, and locations, Bonusly helps people understand what it means to embody the company's core values and how contributions of all kinds support their mission.Transform employee engagement with the highest-rated, most-reviewed recognition and rewards solution on the market. With a simple interface and nifty features that people love, Bonusly is an HR initiative employees will adopt quickly and use frequently: 89% of Bonusly users participate within their first month and 79% receive recognition at least once a month.Make it quick and easy for everyone to give recognition no matter where or how they work. Trusted by a wide variety of organizations, including startups, corporations, hotels, factories, and animal hospitals, Bonusly offers robust HRIS, SSO, and chat app integrations, highly-rated mobile apps, and customizable office display and kiosk options that fit seamlessly with your existing tools. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 05, 2019 |  |
| Flashpoint | Flashpoint is a privately held cybersecurity company founded in 2010 with headquarters in New York, NY. The company specializes in the collection, analytics, and automation of external threat intelligence. | $28M | Series C | Jul 12, 2017 |  |
| goTenna | goTenna is the world's leading mobile mesh networking company and provider of off-grid connectivity solutions for smartphones and other devices. goTenna's mesh networking protocol, Aspen Grove™, is embedded into lightweight, low-cost devices and paired with easy-to-use mobile apps enabling mobile, long-range connectivity even withoutcell, wifi, or satellite. goTenna’s mesh technology enables decentralized, programmable mobile infrastructure on a global scale in markets ranging from public sector to enterprise and IoT.The goTenna vision to create a resilient communications system was ignited during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when approximately a third of cell towers and power stations were knocked out. Based in Brooklyn, goTenna is backed by investors including Founders Fund, Union Square Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and Bloomberg Beta. | $7.5M | Series B | Apr 13, 2017 |  |
| Alluvium | Alluvium builds products that empower teams working in the foundational industries of the global economy, through data. Alluvium's core technology platform delivers real-time operational insights to complex, expert-driven, industrial operations through our innovative Stability Score. | $2.5M | Seed | Dec 07, 2016 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cisco Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TechOperators Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techoperators) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Walden Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waldenvc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BBG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbg-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Contour Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contour-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Bloomberg Beta

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture capital firm with $450M under management, capitalized solely by Bloomberg. The fund exists to expand Bloomberg’s horizons by investing in companies built by extraordinary founders that make business work better, with a focus on machine intelligence.

5 contacts available at Bloomberg Beta.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Roy Bahat | Head | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roy-bahat |
| James Cham | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-cham |
| Karin Klein | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karin-klein |
| Michael Wellman | Open Angels Syndicate Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-w-wellman |
| Minn Kim | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minn-kim |

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## FAQ

### What does Karin Klein invest in?

Karin Klein invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Karin Klein last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karin Klein closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 22 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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