# Klein Venture Partners

> Klein Venture Partners is a VC fund in Cupertino backing SaaS and Robotics. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cupertino, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/klein-venture-partners
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kleinvp
- Website: http://www.kleinvp.com

Klein Venture Partners is a VC fund in Cupertino focused on SaaS and Robotics. Klein Venture Partners provides angel capital and advisory services for early stage media, entertainment, and consumer centric startups. We focus on a limited number of investments while advising a qualified set of additional startups. Our advisory services help startups navigate their growth from founding to large scale venture investment. Weexcel at helping startups deliver outstanding consumer experiences within the confines of extremely agile time to market.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Communities | 1 | 25% |
| Social Media | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Klein | Managing Partner | 3 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spectrohm | Spectrohm is the next generation of internal imaging. | $2M | Seed | May 02, 2022 |  |
| Urban Machine | Salvaging the past to build the future- Stealth Startup | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Nov 12, 2021 |  |
| Vanilla Forums | Vanilla provides a hosted community forum solution. Vanilla helps companies turn their audience into an engaged community, grow traffic, reduce support and increase revenue. They believe that your community should uniquely reflect your brand and culture, be welcoming and reward members for positive participation. | $366K | Series A | Jan 19, 2010 |  |
| Shelfari | Shelfari, Inc is a division of Amazon that runs Shelfari, a social network for book lovers. | $1M | Series A | Mar 25, 2007 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardwareclub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amazon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Catapult Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catapult-venture-managers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Curious Office Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curious-office-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Dragon Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Klein Venture Partners invest in?

Klein Venture Partners invests primarily in SaaS, Robotics and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Klein Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Klein Venture Partners?

The team at Klein Venture Partners includes Eric Klein (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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