About
John Traver is a co-founder and Creative Technologist at Frame.io. He studied at RIT, where he worked with MEL and AE scripting, and has since developed with technologies including IDL, Python, Objective-C, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, HTML, CSS, and Haskell. He created KataData, a mobile application.
Founder at Frame
Intro paths
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Frame's investors · 9
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2026Kortschak Investments L.P.AspenPicture CapitalWilmington · since 2026Shasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checksSignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksTeam8New York · $3M – $60M checks · since 2026
Co-founders at Frame
EW
Emery WellsFounder
Experience
- Frame.ioCo-founder / Creative Technologistcurrent2014 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Katabatic DigitalChief Scientist2012 — 2014New York City
- Katabatic DigitalK / LAB Engineering and Development2010 — 2012
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyTechnical Visionary2009 — 2010Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Web Development8Software Development13iPhone Application Development5Haskell6Digital Cinema5CoffeeScript7Nuke8Vegan3User Interface Programming2User Experience4Experiential Learning2Foreign Languages5
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PhotographyCookingPost ProductionTelevisionVisual EffectsProgrammingScriptingVideoRubyRuby on RailsAmazon Web Services (AWS)JavaScriptLanguages English · Italian · Russian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Traver?
- John Traver is a co-founder and Creative Technologist at Frame.io. He studied at RIT, where he worked with MEL and AE scripting, and has since developed with technologies including IDL, Python, Objective-C, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, HTML, CSS, and Haskell. He created KataData, a mobile application.
- Where does John Traver work?
- John Traver is Founder of Frame.
- What companies did John Traver found?
- John Traver founded Frame.
- Where did John Traver go to school?
- John Traver studied at Rochester Institute of Technology (BS, Motion Picture Science).
Same school
Also attended Rochester Institute of Technology44
Anna SweetInvestor at Makers FundJim HuntGeneral Partner at Lavrock VenturesDavid GrenetzInvestor at Notable CapitalAndrew RadinInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalKylie TrettnerInvestment & Research Analyst at Undeterred CapitalMyneco RamirezPartner at Chloe Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Frame.io5
Also worked at Rochester Institute of Technology10
Kylie TrettnerInvestment & Research Analyst at Undeterred CapitalMyneco RamirezPartner at Chloe CapitalRuchika SikriInvestor at Wisdom VenturesBen DapkiewiczInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto VaultRyan LarcomInvestor at Alloy PartnersAndrew FleischerFounder at Hypnos
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