# John Frankel at ff Venture Capital > John Frankel, Manager, Ff Venture Capital, LLC at ff Venture Capital. 1 investment on record. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/john-frankel (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) New York City, US · Partner # John Frankel Manager, Ff Venture Capital, LLC i [See the firm →](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) Latest rounds - **Reaction** Seed · $500k Jan 2014 Backs *IT Services* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Jan 2014 - **Filings:** 20 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 episodes What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 20 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At ff Venture Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=john-frankel)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=john-frankel) ## The firm [**ff Venture Capital** VC firm · US **4** cheques in 12 months **336** all time **2** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $500k - **Active:** 2014 2014 - [Reaction](https://millionrounds.com/company/reaction) *Seed* **$500k** *US* Jan 2014 Joined · +11 investors · historical By stage - Seed **1** What they backed IT Services **1** Alongside - [Brendan Wallace *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brendan-wallace) - [Jordan Mendell *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jordan-mendell) - [Michael Liou *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-liou) - Michael McCartney *1* - [Mike Rothenberg *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-rothenberg) - [Riverwood Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverwood-capital) - [Rothenberg Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures) - Todd McDonald *1* Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [500px](https://millionrounds.com/startup/500px) - [Appy Couple](https://millionrounds.com/startup/appy-couple) - [CoPromote](https://millionrounds.com/startup/copromote) - [Estify](https://millionrounds.com/company/estify) - [Gobbler](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gobbler) - [Greycork](https://millionrounds.com/company/greycork) - [Hashable](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hashable) - [InteraXon](https://millionrounds.com/company/interaxon) - [Lynq Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lynq-technologies-inc) - [Owlet Baby Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/owlet-baby-care) - [Phone.com](https://millionrounds.com/startup/phone-com) - [Staffly](https://millionrounds.com/startup/staffly) - [Top Flight Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/startup/top-flight-technologies) - ClearPath Immigration - Infochimps - Manna Drone Delivery - SignUp.com ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **PrivacyHawk Inc.** Director since 2023 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital)** Member of the Management Company of the Issuer on 3 filings · since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Cambrian Inc.** Director since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **MANNA DRONE DELIVERY INC.** Director since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **STAE INC.** Director on 2 filings · since 2020 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Respeecher, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2020 - SEC Form D · Company raising **CIVIC EAGLE, INC.** Director since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **GameSalad, Inc.** Director since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Alpha Vertex, Inc.** Director since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Dashbot, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Zenith Aerospace Inc.** Director on 6 filings · since 2018 - SEC Form D · Company raising **PebblePost, Inc.** Director since 2016 - SEC Form D · Company raising **CoPromote, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2015 - SEC Form D · Company raising **CardFlight, Inc.** Director since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Socure Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **UNIKEY TECHNOLOGIES INC.** Director on 6 filings · since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Collectivelyer, Inc.** Director since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Breakout Commerce, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Reaction Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **DineInFresh, Inc.** Director on 5 filings · since 2014 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at ff Venture Capital - [**Adam Plotkin** Partner at Ff Venture Capital *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-plotkin) - [**Alex Katz** Partner and General Counsel *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-katz) - [**Amanda Rodrigues** Director of Development *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/amanda-rodrigues) - [**Andrew Hong** Partner / US *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-hong) - [**Bobby Guthrie** Corporate Development & Venture Capital *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bobby-guthrie) - [**Conor Webb** Partner, Operations *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/conor-webb) - [**Florin Mihoc** Venture Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/florin-mihoc) - [**George C.** Associate *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/george-c-2) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 27 Apr 2016 · 24 min 20VC: Why Every Successful Company Pivots and Good Companies Get Funded in Good & Bad Markets with John Frankel, Founding Partner @ ff Venture Capital With [John Frankel](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-frankel) About this episode John Frankel is the founding partner of ff Venture Capital and has been an early-stage investor since 1999. He has served on the boards of more than 35 companies and has led investments in more than 80 companies, including Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Indiegogo, Ionic Security, Unikey, Socure,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/upfront-ventures) · 22 Apr 2015 · 1h 9m John Frankel, Partner at ffVC - Bothsides TV Episode 10 with Mark Suster With [John Frankel](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-frankel) Mentions [Suster Mark](https://millionrounds.com/person/suster-mark) About this episode Mark Suster sits down with John Frankel to discuss his investments at ffVC, themes he's interested in, and current events affecting the tech sector. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=john-frankel). ## Find people like John Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)