David Frankel
Managing Partner at Founder Collective
Boston & New York
Writes $400K – $2M checks · typically $1M
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About
David Frankel is Managing Partner of Founder Collective, an early-stage fund based in Boston and New York and started by a team of entrepreneurs who had previously built and exited their own companies. He has led the firm's investments in companies including Pillpack, Coupang, SeatGeek and Buzzfeed, and earlier provided seed capital to Olo and Volaris. Before venture capital, he co-founded and served as CEO of Internet Solutions, which grew to become the largest ISP in Africa before being sold to NTT Dimension Data.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSector Agnostic
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Internet Solutions, which became the largest ISP in Africa and was sold to NTT Dimension Data.
From David's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Deals · 10
SubsaltBoard seat
via Founder Collective · filed Apr 2026 · $3.1M raise
Mstone AIBoard seat
via Founder Collective · filed Jun 2025 · $5.8M raise
Regal Voice, Inc.Board seat
via Founder Collective · filed Jul 2023 · $15M raise
Mobo SystemsBoard seat
via Founder Collective · filed Nov 2021 · $103.3M raise
True Pet Food ProjectBoard seat
via Founder Collective · filed Jun 2018 · $3M raise
GethumanBoard seat
via Founder Collective · filed Nov 2016 · $3.1M raise
PillPackBoard seat
via Founder Collective · filed Jun 2015 · $50M raise
DataboxBoard seat
via Founder Collective · filed May 2015 · $3.7M raise
SeatGeek, Inc.Board seat
via Founder Collective · filed Apr 2015 · $62M raise
CoupangLed round
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Founder Collective
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