Co-Founder & Managing Partner at LocalGlobe · Joined 2003
View Live Interactive Profile →Saul Klein is one of the architects of the modern European startup ecosystem rather than just a conventional General Partner. His career spans operating, policy, angel formation, and venture institution building: he was part of Skype's original executive team, co-founded and served as original CEO of Lovefilm, became the UK's first Technology Business Ambassador to Israel, and served as Chief Privacy Officer at Microsoft following Firefly's sale, before becoming a General Partner at Index Ventures. That range of experience helps explain why LocalGlobe has always felt more like a civic platform than a pure finance product, and why he co-founded it with his father Robin Klein in 2003 as a deliberately ecosystem-first vehicle.