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Robin E. Haak

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Robin E. Haak
Born
Robin Eric Haak

1986
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
OccupationPolitical scientist

Robin E. Haak (born. 1986) is a German political scientist, tech entrepreneur and investor from Hanover, Germany.[1][2]

Early life and career

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Robin Eric Haak was born in Hanover, Germany and was graduated from Gymnasium in Hanover. Haak studied political science, law and economics at the University of Salzburg. He later studied media management at Hamburg Media School, as well as University of Hamburg and graduated with an MBA degree.[3] Haak started his career with an internship at Versace in New York. Later, he was employed by Axel Springer SE in Berlin.[3][4] where he worked for the Axel Springer Digital Ventures, and worked at Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator.[5][6] With this company, he acted as the first investor in the Fintech company N26.[7]

After leaving Springer, Haak worked as a Managing Director at Jobspotting GmbH;[8] the company merged with Smartrecruiters Inc.,[6][9] where he became Shareholder as well as Managing Director; the company later reached unicorn status.[10][11] Haak holds a stake in the company Woman Inc. UG[12] and founded the company as Chief Marketing Officer.[13][14]

He is also shareholder and board member of other companies.[15][16][17] He co-created and built up Revaia, a German and France based Growth Equity Fund, with an Environment Social Governance focus, and a crossover investment strategy (public and private investing), with a first fund size of 250 million €.[18] In 2022 he worked with Romanée-Conti. In 2023 he founded a Solo GP Venture Capital Fund, called Robin Capital.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Diese Berliner haben ihr Unternehmen für einen Millionen-Betrag ins Silicon Valley verkauft". Business Insider (in German). 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ "FROM THE INSIDE OUT". Forbes (in German). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  3. ^ a b "Robin Haak". Hamburg Media School (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  4. ^ "Robin Haak: "Ich hätte früher auf meine Fähigkeiten vertrauen sollen"". Edition F (in German). 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  5. ^ "Berlin based Jobspotting launches personalised job matching". EU-Startups. 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  6. ^ a b "Plug-and-Play-Mitgründer verlässt den Accelerator". Gründerszene (in German). 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  7. ^ "Diese Berliner haben ihr Unternehmen für einen Millionen-Betrag ins Silicon Valley verkauft". Business Insider (in German). 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  8. ^ "Diese Berliner haben ihr Unternehmen für einen Millionen-Betrag ins Silicon Valley verkauft". Business Insider (in German). 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  9. ^ Verkaufen, Werben & (2018-02-21). "Mit Wo/men Inc. sollen Frauen Kontakte knüpfen | W&V". www.wuv.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  10. ^ ""Ich habe gekündigt, meine Wohnung untervermietet und jetzt gehe ich 6 Monate auf Reisen!" - Robin Haak (SmartRecruiters & Wo\men Inc.)". www.therestlesscmo.com (in German). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  11. ^ "SmartRecruiters raises $110M at a $1.5B valuation to expand its end-to-end recruitment platform". TechCrunch. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  12. ^ "Robin Haak: Vom Millionen-Exit per Weltreise zum DACH-Growth-Investor". brutkasten (in German). 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  13. ^ Parstorfer, Theresa (October 2018). ""Vielfalt darf nicht zu einem Schlagwort verkommen"". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  14. ^ "Du willst Karriere machen? Auf dieser neuen Plattform triffst du Leute, die dir helfen". Refinery 29 (in German). 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  15. ^ German Commercial Register, Auszug für Robin Haak (German), Retrieved 2021-06-06
  16. ^ "18 founders-turned-investors to watch, according to VCs". Sifted. 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  17. ^ "Der erste Growth Fund von Frauen kommt nach Deutschland". t3n Magazin (in German). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  18. ^ "Revaia Closes Europe's Biggest Female-Founded Venture Fund". Bloomberg.com. 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-14.