Robin Klein
Co-Founder. & General Partner @ LocalGlobe
London, United Kingdom
Robin Klein is a seed investor at LocalGlobe in London focused on E-Commerce and Fashion. 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.
- Total investments:
- 55
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
Last updated:
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Industries Robin Klein invests in
Stages Robin Klein invests in
Countries Robin Klein invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $955k–$9.6M
- Series A
- $3.2M–$10M
- Series B
- $6.4M–$44M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 8 (15%)
- Fashion 6 (11%)
- Software 6 (11%)
- Apps 3 (5%)
- FinTech 3 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 21 (38%)
- Series A 12 (22%)
- Series B 6 (11%)
- Series C 3 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (5%)
Country
- United Kingdom 25 (45%)
- United States 5 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Floral Energy exists to provide future-ready microgrid solutions that combine unmatched energy resilience with environmental responsibility.Floral Energy was created to reimagine distributed energy from the ground up, combining advanced systems engineering, intelligent digitisation, and thermal innovation with future-ready architecture. It isdesigned for reliable power today and will evolve for the demands of tomorrow. Microgrid technology from small CHP solutions to the needs of large data centres. | Seed / May 06, 2025 | ||
| Concretene is a concrete alternative that is designed to provide a viable CO2 reduction technology in the construction industry for cementitious products. It is developed by Nationwide Engineering Research and Development (NERD) with the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC). | $10.5M / Seed / Jan 03, 2023 | ||
| Nationwide Engineering Group is a construction-focused service provider with specific integrated firms for Building, Rail, Air, Energy, and Professional Services. They assist all of these disciplines from original idea to delivery and continuous long-term maintenance. | $9.6M / Seed / Jan 03, 2023 | ||
| BelleVie's vision is a world where those who receive and provide support are valued and thrive. BelleVie's radically different operating model of self-managing teams was inspired by the successful Buurtzorg model of nursing in the Netherlands. Unlike other care providers who are digitising a broken operating model, BelleVie addresses theroot cause, fixing the operating model and then digitising that. | $2M / Seed / Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| In five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly $300M revenues. Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to several dozen hospitals or 1,000 care homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastestgrowing businesses in Europe.Cera currently holds more than 300+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. It’s technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed it’s recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers. Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu, and its advisory board is chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission. Cera’s technology and care network have been recognised by over 30 industry awards including Deloitte Fast 50 (#8 in 2021, down from #26 in 2020), Sunday Times Fast Track and Most Outstanding Home Care Provider. | $170.2M / Series C / Aug 04, 2022 | ||
| In five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly $300M revenues. Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to several dozen hospitals or 1,000 care homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastestgrowing businesses in Europe.Cera currently holds more than 300+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. It’s technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed it’s recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers. Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu, and its advisory board is chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission. Cera’s technology and care network have been recognised by over 30 industry awards including Deloitte Fast 50 (#8 in 2021, down from #26 in 2020), Sunday Times Fast Track and Most Outstanding Home Care Provider. | $157.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 03, 2022 | ||
| BelleVie's vision is a world where those who receive and provide support are valued and thrive. BelleVie's radically different operating model of self-managing teams was inspired by the successful Buurtzorg model of nursing in the Netherlands. Unlike other care providers who are digitising a broken operating model, BelleVie addresses theroot cause, fixing the operating model and then digitising that. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Jan 22, 2021 | ||
| Cleo is the world's first AI assistant that’s changing your relationship with money. She turns the complexity of your financial life into a conversation, the same kind you’d have with a friend. With a simple chat, Cleo can automate your money life and remove the stress of decision making with data-driven and deeply personal insights based onyour specific needs and financial history to help you in ways your bank never could. | $44M / Series B / Dec 10, 2020 | ||
| Trouva, launched in September 2015, is the marketplace for bricks and mortar independent shops, selling unique homeware and lifestyle products from hundreds of shops and boutiques. Trouva bridges online and offline in retail to offer click and collect, 1-hour delivery, and worldwide shipping in a single seamless platform.Trouva is one of the mostexciting e-commerce start-ups in Europe, backed by amazing VC and Angel Investors whose successes include Secret Escapes, Net-A-Porter, and Farfetch (BGF Ventures, Octopus Investments, C4 Ventures, Index Ventures & LocalGlobe). | $6.4M / Series B / Dec 03, 2020 | ||
| Tiney are on a mission to reimagine at-home childcare & unlock the potential of every child. For parents, this means easy access to an exceptional and affordable childcare community that’s built around busy modern lives. For children, this means high quality and thoughtful play-based learning in safe settings that goes beyond nationalrequirements for early education. For childcare providers, this means allowing them to focus on the children in their care, relieving the burden of running a small business and ensuring maximum job satisfaction. | $6.5M / Seed / Feb 10, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About LocalGlobe
LocalGlobe is a UK-based venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments. Seeding ambitious UK founders since 1999 inc Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Tweetdeck, Transferwise, and Zoopla.
LocalGlobe Contacts
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Partner
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Ziv Reichert
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Ash Arora
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Emma Phillips
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Eric Salama
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FAQ
What does Robin Klein invest in?
Robin Klein invests primarily in E-Commerce, Fashion and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 55 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Robin Klein invest in?
Robin Klein typically joins rounds of $955k–$9.6M at Seed, $3.2M–$10M at Series A and $6.4M–$44M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Robin Klein's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Robin Klein took part in.
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When did Robin Klein last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Robin Klein closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 55 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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