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词条 John Frankel (financier)
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = John Frankel
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| birth_date = January, 1961
| birth_place = London
| education = Oxford University
| employer = ff Venture Capital
| occupation = Venture capitalist/Investor
| known_for = venture capital
| spouse =
| children =
| website = {{URL|http://www.ffvc.com/team/john-frankel/}}
}}John F. Frankel, known as John Frankel, is a British venture capitalist, author and speaker.[1] John is the founding partner at ff Venture Capital, a New York-based, seed stage investment firm.[2]

Early life and education

John was born in January 1961 and grew up in London, England. He earned a Master of Arts from New College, Oxford where he studied Mathematics, Philosophy and Logic.

Career

John Frankel started his career in London in 1982 working at Arthur Andersen as a Chartered Accountant. There he worked in the audit and insolvency division. He then worked at Goldman Sachs for the next 21 years in a variety of roles including financial management, technology development, and reengineering.[3][4] He established Goldman’s Cayman offshore administration business, their London global custody business, and reengineered their global prime brokerage business. He began angel investing in 1999.[3] In 2008 he founded Ff Venture Capital in New York City.[5]

Frankel has been an early investor and a director of many notable technology startups since 2008 including Parse.ly, UniKey, Klout, ThinkNear, Livefyre, Voxy, Centzy, Kohort, Phone.com, ThinkNear, Indiegogo, Plated, 500px, iClearpath, Contently and HowAboutWe.[6][7] He invested in UniKey Technologies after hearing about the founder's appearance on the television show Shark Tank.[8]

He was also one of the earliest investors in Quigo Technologies, which was purchased by AOL in December 2007[9] and in Cornerstone OnDemand which had a successful IPO in March 2011.

John Frankel is a frequent author and speaker both on television and at conferences and events.[10][11][12][13][14][15] He also serves as a Mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator program.[16] John Frankel is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = http://tech.co/ffvcs-john-frankel-lazy-people-make-market-tech-2016-04 | title = ffVC’s John Frankel: Lazy People Make the Market for Tech| publisher = Tech.co | accessdate = 25 September 2016}}
2. ^"ff Venture Capital", CrunchBase
3. ^"Venture Studio Interview with John Frankel, Founding Partner, ff Venture Capital", Venture Studio, October 25, 2011
4. ^"A New York VC Spotlight: John Frankel", AlleyWatch, April 30, 2013
5. ^""ff Venture Capital adds two new partners Fortune August 19, 2014
6. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/16/27-million-fund-ff-venture-capital/ "With New $27 Million Fund, ff Venture Capital Is On A Roll (Interview)"], TechCrunch February 16, 2012
7. ^[https://www.bloomberg.com/video/what-s-next-for-ff-venture-capital-oJAGCdoMSCCiHmG8FlsTDQ.html/ "What's Next for FF Venture Capital?"], Bloomberg TV January 28, 2014
8. ^"How John Frankel Fished a Deal from Reality Show “Shark Tank”", Xconomy May 14, 2013
9. ^"ff Venture Capital Adds David Teten and Mike Yavonditte as it Finishes $25 M. Fund”", Beatbeat June 10, 2011
10. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/07/ff-ventures-john-frankel-talks-wearables-brain-waves-and-the-future-of-immigration/ "FF Ventures’ John Frankel Talks Wearables, Brain Waves, And The Future Of Immigration”"], TechCrunch April 7, 2013
11. ^"Startup 2013 NYC List of Speakers”"
12. ^[https://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-ny-2014/speakers/ "TechCrunch Disrupt 2014 List of Speakers”"]
13. ^"Hot Tech Trend: Investing in Mind Control”", CNBC November 30, 2012
14. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/22/startup-battlefield-disrupt-new-york "Get Ready for the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt New York”"], TechCrunch March 22, 2012
15. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/12/disrupt-ny-2011/ "Announcing John Borthwick, John Frankel, Katia Beauchamp, Neil Blumenthal, Jennifer Hyman, Alexis Maybank And Cyrus Massoumi For Disrupt NY”"], TechCrunch April 12, 2012
16. ^"Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator"

External links

  • ff Venture Capital
  • [https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/4775804-john-frankel// Bloomberg.com Profile]
  • Founders Space Profile
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