Niklas Jansen
Founder of 8Energies
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
Board
2020
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.
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
The ONE Thing #8: The Art Of Timing, Tokengated Commerce, Regenerative Economies & More
Talks about Art of Timing, Tokengated Commerce and Formula 1 Turnaround
The ONE Thing #7: My Crypto Investing Strategy, Sports & Friendships, Storytelling & More
Talks about crypto investing strategy, long-term investment in Web3 and Bitcoin and Ethereum
The ONE Thing #6: Minting NFTs In Real Life, Network States, Building Better MVPs & More
Talks about NFT Art Berlin, real life NFT minting and CryptoBerliners