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Niklas Jansen

Founder of 8Energies

Berlin Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Niklas Jansen is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor, serving as the Cofounder of both Interface Capital and Blinkist. His career highlights include founding successful ventures like Superlist and 8Energies, and his investment portfolio includes companies like FLOAT, VisionAI, and Finimize. Currently based in the Berlin Metropolitan Area, Niklas Jansen excels in business development, product management, and corporate finance, with a focus on sectors like Payments, ClimateTech, and FinTech. His extensive experience in founding and investing in innovative startups showcases his expertise in building successful businesses and driving growth in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

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Interface Capital

  • Founding Partner

    2022 - Current

    We build and invest in iconic technology companies. Early investor RobCo, The Exploration Company, Vision AI, Paretos, Glif, Float, Jitter, Akhetonics, and many more.

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Superlist

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2022

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8Energies

  • Co-Founder

    2024

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VisionAI

  • Board

    2023

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Kyrö Distillery Company

  • Board

    2020

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Headstart Ventures

  • Investor

    2018

    My personal investment holding to invest in early-stage startups. Investments include Bending Spoons, Build Better, Planet Wild, Gama, Beebop, Bloom (exit), Finimize (exit $ABDN), , Breathwrk, Purchasely, Five Lives, Rapchat, Hello Inside, EZE, and many more great companies.

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Blinkist

  • Co-Founder

    2012 - 2023

    I co-founded Blinkist with the vision of creating meaningful products that inspire people to keep learning. Since it’s founding in 2012, Blinkist has grown into a global consumer brand with over 25 million users in more than 150 countries. In 2023, Blinkist was acquired by Go1.

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Finimize

  • Board

    2021 - 2021

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KPMG

  • Corporate Finance/M&A

    2010 - 2012

    Part of the Corporate Finance Group and advised clients in the energy and renewables sector on various types of transactions including sell-side and buy-side M&A.

Education 

Investments 

FLOAT

Seed

Total funding: $2M

VisionAI

Pre Seed

Total funding: $6M

Browse AI

Seed

Total funding: $3.4M

Zurp

Pre Seed

Total funding: $5M

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