
David is co-founder and Managing Partner of Founder Collective, a seed-stage VC fund. FC's portfolio includes Uber (NYSE: UBER) and TheTradeDesk (NYSE: TTD). Frankel was ranked as the #1 seed investor on the 2022 & 2023 Midas lists. He is the lead investor for Founder Collective in Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Seatgeek & PillPack (acquired by Amazon). Previously, David was co-founder and CEO of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa, ultimately acquired by NTT. Before Founder Collective, David provided the first capital for numerous companies including Olo (NYSE: OLO) where David continues to work closely with the company’s founder, Noah Glass. David is the co-founder of NextUp - a youth employment accelerator in South Africa (https://nextup.org.za/about-us/). In 2000, he was voted the South African Technology Achiever of the Century. The World Economic Forum later selected him for the Global Leader of Tomorrow (GLT) program. David holds an honors degree in Electrical Engineering (Wits) and, post selection for the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program, earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard.
opower.com
weforum.org
regal.ai
co.za
seatgeek.com
hunch.com
adhoclabs.co
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Managing Partner
Founder Collective
• www.linkedin.com/company/founder-collective
Feb 2009 - Present
Greater Boston Area
Sole Seed Investor, Board Member
OLO Online Ordering
• www.linkedin.com/company/olo
Jan 2005 - Present
Greater New York City Area
Seed Investor
Coupang
• www.linkedin.com/company/coupang
Jun 2010 - Present
Seoul, Korea
Board Member
Regal.io
• www.linkedin.com/company/regal-ai-official
Nov 2020 - Present
New York, United States
Investor
BuzzFeed
• www.linkedin.com/company/buzzfeed
May 2010 - Present
Greater New York City Area
Board Member
Rand Merchant Bank
• www.linkedin.com/company/rmb-rand-merchant-bank
Jan 2007 - Nov 2022
Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Board Member
SeatGeek
• www.linkedin.com/company/seatgeek
Jan 2010 - Mar 2022
Manhattan, New York
Sole Investor
Context Optional (Acquired by Adobe)
Mar 2006 - May 2011
San Francisco Bay Area
buzzfeed.com
curasoftware.com
olo.com
mediaradar.com
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dimensiondata.com
centerfield.com
foundercollective.com
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pillpack.com