{"id":338659,"date":"2017-04-19T00:31:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1478021"},"modified":"2017-04-19T00:31:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:31:11","slug":"general-partner-ophelia-brown-has-left-localglobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/general-partner-ophelia-brown-has-left-localglobe\/","title":{"rendered":"General Partner Ophelia Brown has left LocalGlobe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"More revolving doors<\/a> at a London venture capital firm. TechCrunch has learned that Ophelia Brown has left LocalGlobe<\/a>, the VC fund founded by father and son duo Robin and Saul Klein.<\/p>\n

In her role as General Partner, Brown led investments in a number of promising European startups, including CheckRecipient<\/a>, Beamery, Cuvva<\/a>, Debut, and Echo<\/a>. According to her LinkedIn profile<\/a>, she was also instrumental in raising LocalGlobe\u2019s first fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true I\u2019m moving on from LocalGlobe,\u201d the departing VC tells me. \u201cNot much I can share at this time but I can say I\u2019m definitely staying in venture and I promise you\u2019ll be the first to know as soon as I can say more! In the meantime, I\u2019m enjoying continuing to work with my portfolio companies and supporting LocalGlobe from outside the firm\u201d.<\/p>\n

Also confirming Brown\u2019s departure, LocalGlobe\u2019s Saul Klein says that she will \u201cremain active alongside the team with the companies she has been working with. Everyone at LocalGlobe really looks forward to working with her more in the future\u201d. <\/p>\n

That Brown is \u201cstaying in venture\u201d is unsurprising, though none of my sources have been able\u00a0to figure out exactly what she plans to do next. No doubt she has plenty of options, given her reputation in U.K. investment circles. Before joining LocalGlove, Brown spent four years at Index Ventures where she led investments in Big Health, Call9, MarvelApp, Osper, and Typeform.<\/p>\n

With that said, the timing is a little out of the blue, especially given that, according to chatter within the VC community here in London, LocalGlobe is close to or has possibly closed a second fund. \u201cNothing formal to report just yet, Steve,\u201d said Klein when asked if that was indeed the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" More revolving doors at a London venture capital firm. TechCrunch has learned that Ophelia Brown has left LocalGlobe, the VC fund founded by father and son duo Robin and Saul Klein. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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