David Frankel (entrepreneur)
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David Frankel is a founder and Managing Partner of the Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital fund headquartered in New York City and Cambridge that accounts among its partners Eric Paley (founder of Brontes Technologies) and Chris Dixon (founder of Hunch and SiteAdvisor, which was sold to McAfee
).
Mr. Frankel was co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP and private data carrier in Africa. Frankel was CEO and Joint Managing Director of IS and has been a Director of Dimension Data plc since selling IS to his group. Frankel was the founder and Chairman of HealthBridge. He is the co-founder of Altirah Capital and is a General Partner of Ovation Capital Partners, an early stage VC group based in New York.
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 (Global Leader of Tomorrow) program. Frankel is an Electrical Engineer (Wits
) and post selection for the Fulbright Scholarship Program earned an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School
. He is the Founder of ISPA (the South African Internet Service Providers Association) and currently serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations including Foundation 2000, the King David Schools Foundation and Endeavor South Africa.
Among his investments are:
McAfee
McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion...
).
Mr. Frankel was co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP and private data carrier in Africa. Frankel was CEO and Joint Managing Director of IS and has been a Director of Dimension Data plc since selling IS to his group. Frankel was the founder and Chairman of HealthBridge. He is the co-founder of Altirah Capital and is a General Partner of Ovation Capital Partners, an early stage VC group based in New York.
In 2000, Mr. Frankel was voted the South African Technology Achiever of the Century, by the Financial Mail. The World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
later selected him for the GLT (Global Leader of Tomorrow) program. Frankel is an Electrical Engineer (Wits
Wits
Wits, WITS may mean:* Web Intelligence Training System* a popular nickname of University of the Witwatersrand* Wellsite Information Transfer Standard, superseded by WITSMLHuman names:* Hermann Witsius...
) and post selection for the Fulbright Scholarship Program earned an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
. He is the Founder of ISPA (the South African Internet Service Providers Association) and currently serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations including Foundation 2000, the King David Schools Foundation and Endeavor South Africa.
Among his investments are:
- Getmein!
- Brontes
- SiteAdvisor
- Big Think
- Bragster
- Clickatell
- Connectiva
- Context Optional
- Cura Risk
- Cyest
- GoMoboGoMoboGoMobo is a mobile and online food ordering platform that allows customers to order food from online menus. The consumer-facing service includes the Internet restaurant directory, the mobile restaurant directory, and the ,...
- Hunch
- Intelsat New Dawn
- Link Medicine
- MagazineRadar
- Panjiva
- OPower
- SeatGeekSeatgeekSeatGeek is a website that provides search and price forecasting for consumers purchasing sports, concert, and theater tickets on the secondary ticket market...
- TrialPay
- Tokbox
- Vista Research
- Visual Risk
- Wantitall