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Niklas Jansen

Founder of 8Energies

Berlin Metropolitan Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • 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.

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2022

  • Co-Founder

    2024

  • Board

    2023

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Board

    2021 - 2021

  • 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.

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