David Frankel

Who is David Frankel?

David Frankel is Managing Partner and founder of Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital fund headquartered in New York City and Cambridge. The fund was co-founded together with Eric Paley and includes Micah Rosenbloom as NY based partner. Founder Collective counts Uber, Buzzfeed & Makerbot amongst its seed stage portfolio companies. Frankel is the lead investor for Founder Collective in companies such as Coupang and Seatgeek. He previously provided the first term sheet or capital for companies such as OPower and Volaris.

Mr. Frankel was co-founder & CEO of Internet Solutions, the largest ISP and private data carrier in Africa. Frankel served as an Executive Director on the board of London Listed Dimension Data plc which was subsequently acquired by NTT Japan for $3.2bn.

In 2000, Mr. Frankel was voted the South African Technology Achiever of the Century, by the Financial Mail. The World Economic Forum later selected him for the GLT program. Frankel is an Electrical Engineer and post selection for the Fulbright Scholarship Program earned an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School.