John Frankel (financier)

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.

John Frankel
BornJanuary 1961 (age 61–62)
London
EducationOxford University
OccupationVenture capitalist/Investor
Employerff Venture Capital
Known forventure capital
Websitewww.ffvc.com/team/john-frankel/

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. ""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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