John Frankel
BornJanuary 1961 (age 62–63)
London
EducationOxford University
OccupationVenture capitalist/Investor
Employerff Venture Capital
Known forventure capital
Websitewww.ffvc.com/team/john-frankel/

John F. Frankel (born January 1961), more commonly known as John Frankel, is a British venture capitalist, author and speaker.[1] Frankel is the founding partner at ff Venture Capital, a New York-based, seed stage investment firm.

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.[2][3] 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.[2] In 2008 he founded Ff Venture Capital in New York City.[4]

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.[5][6] He invested in UniKey Technologies after hearing about the founder's appearance on the television show Shark Tank.[7]

He was also one of the earliest investors in Quigo Technologies, which was purchased by AOL in December 2007[8] 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.[9][10][11][12][13][14] He also serves as a Mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator program.[15] John Frankel is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

References

  1. ↑ "ffVC's John Frankel: Lazy People Make the Market for Tech". Tech.co. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 ""Venture Studio Interview with John Frankel, Founding Partner, ff Venture Capital", Venture Studio, October 25, 2011". Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ "A New York VC Spotlight: John Frankel", AlleyWatch, April 30, 2013
  4. ↑ ""ff Venture Capital adds two new partners Fortune August 19, 2014
  5. ↑ "With New $27 Million Fund, ff Venture Capital Is On A Roll (Interview)", TechCrunch February 16, 2012
  6. ↑ "What's Next for FF Venture Capital?", Bloomberg TV January 28, 2014
  7. ↑ "How John Frankel Fished a Deal from Reality Show “Shark Tank”", Xconomy May 14, 2013
  8. ↑ "ff Venture Capital Adds David Teten and Mike Yavonditte as it Finishes $25 M. Fund”", Beatbeat June 10, 2011
  9. ↑ "FF Ventures’ John Frankel Talks Wearables, Brain Waves, And The Future Of Immigration”", TechCrunch April 7, 2013
  10. ↑ "Startup 2013 NYC List of Speakers”"
  11. ↑ "TechCrunch Disrupt 2014 List of Speakers”"
  12. ↑ "Hot Tech Trend: Investing in Mind Control”", CNBC November 30, 2012
  13. ↑ "Get Ready for the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt New York”", TechCrunch March 22, 2012
  14. ↑ "Announcing John Borthwick, John Frankel, Katia Beauchamp, Neil Blumenthal, Jennifer Hyman, Alexis Maybank And Cyrus Massoumi For Disrupt NY”", TechCrunch April 12, 2012
  15. ↑ "Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
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