Robin Klein (venture capitalist)
Robin Klein is a British entrepreneur and investor. He is a partner at Index Ventures, the global venture capital firm, and co-founder of The Accelerator Group, an advisor and investor in early-stage companies.
Early life and education
Klein was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1947. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, specialising in cybernetics, and a master of science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, in 1969. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1976.
Career
From 1991–1997, Klein was chairman and CEO of Innovations Group PLC, which conducted the first documented e-commerce transaction in the UK, in May 1995.
Klein was managing director, marketing and home shopping, at Arcadia, from 1996–99.
Klein started his investing career in earnest in 1998, co-founding The Accelerator Group (TAG), a vehicle for investing in early-stage internet services, e-commerce and digital media businesses, with his son, Saul Klein, an entrepreneur and also currently a partner at Index Ventures.
