Eric Klein

Partner, Lemnos Labs Inc.

Role: Associate

Site: CDL-Seattle

Stream: Manufacturing

Eric Klein serves as partner at Lemnos. He also serves as managing partner at Klein Venture Partners and as an advisor to Better Ventures and Spectrohm. Eric has been developing technological innovations and sharing hard-earned insights since he started coding Apple II apps. His experience in Silicon Valley spans the full stack, from hardware to software, from product development to product marketing, and from startups to industry leaders. He has held executive and product roles at Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Real Networks, Palm, and Apple. Eric also played an early role in a number of successful startups, including as executive director of Bungie, the developers of the Halo game franchise, and Dash Navigation, the world’s first connected GPS device. Now as a partner at Lemnos, the premier early-stage hardware investment fund, he is helping the next generation of entrepreneurs bypass the mistakes he made and instead make the big “mistakes” that spur their success and shape our futures.