What does David Frankel invest in?
David Frankel invests most often at Series A and Seed (60% of the rounds on record).
Last cheque observed Sep 2014. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.
QuietAngel
5 rounds on record
Mostly Series A and Seed: 60% of its rounds
1 exits from the portfolio
Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances
1 round
2 rounds
1 round
1 round
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
The investors most often in the same rounds as David Frankel. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
6 episodes naming David Frankel in the title, and 3 more that mention it.

SaaStr 793: The 10-Point Checklist For When You Sell Your Company with David Frankel Managing Partner at Founder Collective and SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
MentionsDavid FrankelFounder Collective

20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective
MentionsDavid FrankelFounder Collective

20VC: Biggest Lessons and Challenges Building One of the Most Successful Seed Funds, How To Manage Investor Psychology, Self-Doubt and Insecurity & The Secret to Truly Successful Venture Partnerships with David Frankel, Co-Founder @ Founder Collective

20VC: Lessons Learned Scaling PillPack from Seed to Amazon Acquisition, Why Investors Should Spend More Time Assessing Human Capital Risk Taken by Founders & The Right Way To Think About Capital Efficiency in Scaling with David Frankel, Managing Partner @
MentionsDavid FrankelAlex RampellAndy McLoughlin+3

David Frankel, Founder Collective

20 VC 088: David Frankel @ Founder Collective: The Most Founder Friendly VC in Existence

20VC: The AI Boom Will Create Enormous Roadkill: Who Wins & Loses | Why Founders Should Never Take Multi-Stage Money at Seed | Why Triple, Triple, Double, Double is Good Enough

What Lessons Do the Last Two Decades Bring Us in Early-Stage Venture? | 2024 Upfront Summit

20VC: Scaling to $122M ARR IPO with $6M in Net Burn, Olo. The Ultimate Journey of Capital Efficiency, What Worked, What Did Not Work and How Leaders Need To Reshape Thinking Around Resource and Attention Allocation
David Frankel invests most often at Series A and Seed (60% of the rounds on record).
5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2014.
The median round it joins is $4.3M.
Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.
Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and the United Kingdom (20%).
No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2014.
Most often Founder Collective (3 rounds together).
David Frankel is an angel.
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