John Frankel (financier)
| John Frankel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January, 1961 London |
| Education | Oxford University |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist/Investor |
| Employer | ff Venture Capital |
| Known for | venture capital |
| Website |
www |
John F. Frankel, known as John Frankel, is a British venture capitalist, author and speaker.[1] John is the founding partner at ff Venture Capital, a New York-based, seed stage investment firm.[2]
Early life and education
John was born in January 1961 and grew up in London, England. He earned a Master of Arts from New College, Oxford where he studied Mathematics, Philosophy and Logic.
Career
John Frankel started his career in London in 1982 working at Arthur Andersen as a Chartered Accountant. There he worked in the audit and insolvency division. He then worked at Goldman Sachs for the next 21 years in a variety of roles including financial management, technology development, and reengineering.[3][4] He established Goldman’s Cayman offshore administration business, their London global custody business, and reengineered their global prime brokerage business. He began angel investing in 1999.[3] In 2008 he founded Ff Venture Capital in New York City.[5]
Frankel has been an early investor and a director of many notable technology startups since 2008 including Parse.ly, UniKey, Klout, ThinkNear, Livefyre, Voxy, Centzy, Kohort, Phone.com, ThinkNear, Indiegogo, Plated, 500px, iClearpath, Contently and HowAboutWe.[6][7] He invested in UniKey Technologies after hearing about the founder's appearance on the television show Shark Tank.[8]
He was also one of the earliest investors in Quigo Technologies, which was purchased by AOL in December 2007[9] and in Cornerstone OnDemand which had a successful IPO in March 2011.
John Frankel is a frequent author and speaker both on television and at conferences and events.[10][11][12][13][14][15] He also serves as a Mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator program.[16] John Frankel is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
References
- ↑ "ffVC's John Frankel: Lazy People Make the Market for Tech". Tech.co. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ "ff Venture Capital", CrunchBase
- 1 2 "Venture Studio Interview with John Frankel, Founding Partner, ff Venture Capital", Venture Studio, October 25, 2011
- ↑ "A New York VC Spotlight: John Frankel", AlleyWatch, April 30, 2013
- ↑ ""ff Venture Capital adds two new partners Fortune August 19, 2014
- ↑ "With New $27 Million Fund, ff Venture Capital Is On A Roll (Interview)", TechCrunch February 16, 2012
- ↑ "What's Next for FF Venture Capital?", Bloomberg TV January 28, 2014
- ↑ "How John Frankel Fished a Deal from Reality Show “Shark Tank”", Xconomy May 14, 2013
- ↑ "ff Venture Capital Adds David Teten and Mike Yavonditte as it Finishes $25 M. Fund”", Beatbeat June 10, 2011
- ↑ "FF Ventures’ John Frankel Talks Wearables, Brain Waves, And The Future Of Immigration”", TechCrunch April 7, 2013
- ↑ "Startup 2013 NYC List of Speakers”"
- ↑ "TechCrunch Disrupt 2014 List of Speakers”"
- ↑ "Hot Tech Trend: Investing in Mind Control”", CNBC November 30, 2012
- ↑ "Get Ready for the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt New York”", TechCrunch March 22, 2012
- ↑ "Announcing John Borthwick, John Frankel, Katia Beauchamp, Neil Blumenthal, Jennifer Hyman, Alexis Maybank And Cyrus Massoumi For Disrupt NY”", TechCrunch April 12, 2012
- ↑ "Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator"