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Konstantin Guericke
Konstantin Guericke is a German-born entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as a co-founder of LinkedIn, the world's largest professional networking platform. As LinkedIn's first VP of Marketing, he helped grow the company from a stealth startup to 10 million members and profitability. After LinkedIn, he served as CEO of Jaxtr, a social communications startup that raised $20M and reached 10 million users. Since 2012, he has been a Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, investing in European startups with global ambitions. Known for his relationship-first philosophy and hiking meetings around Palo Alto, Guericke embodies the bridge between European engineering rigor and Silicon Valley growth culture.
LinkedInJaxtrEarlybird Venture Capitalsocial networkingSaaSGerman entrepreneur