Beata Klein
Partner at CREANDUM
Germany
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Creandum is one of the leading early stage VCs and have invested in over 120 companies, of which 20 are unicorns today, including Spotify, iZettle, Klarna, Factorial, Pleo, Kry, Trade Republic, Neo4j, Bolt, Taxfix, Virta Health, Kahoot and many more. Every 6th investment of the Creandum funds reached 1 BUSD valuation.
Board Member
2023
Seed round
Advisory Board
2022
Series A round
Advisory Board
2022
Pre-seed round
Board Observer
2020 - 2022
Joined the board after Series A
Venture Co-Founder & CEO
2018 - 2019
Co-founded and built one of the ventures at fram^ group—an online tutoring platform inspired by VIPKid and Zhangmen. Shipped the MVP, kicked off GTM, built the team, and grew it from zero to early revenue with solid initial traction.
Executive Trainee / Chief of Staff to CEO
2017 - 2018
Worked closely with the CEO of Tele2 Sweden in a Chief of Staff capacity—supporting board-level matters, driving key operational initiatives, and contributing to high-priority projects, including the merger between Tele2 and Com Hem.
Summer Intern
2016 - 2016
Part of the online sales team, where I built a data-driven model to optimize SKU distribution across regions—improving inventory allocation and sales performance.
Corporate Finance Intern
2016 - 2016
Interned in the Corporate Finance team at Danske Bank, one of the top financial institutions in the Nordics. Supported several transactions through market research, financial modeling, and client material preparation.
Analyst
2014 - 2015
Worked part-time during university at Mendus, a biotech company developing off-the-shelf, cell-based immunotherapies for cancer. Did market research around new treatment areas and supported with IR and PR.