About David Frankel

David is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Founder Collective, a seed-stage VC fund based in Boston and New York. Frankel is the lead investor for Founder Collective in companies such as SeatGeek, Coupang, Buzzfeed and PillPack (sold to Amazon). He previously provided the first term sheet or capital for companies such as Olo (olo.com), OPower (NYSE: OPWR), and Volaris (NYSE: VLRS). Previously, David was Co-Founder and CEO of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa, ultimately acquired by NTT. He is a founding board member of Endeavor SA. In 2000, David was voted the South African Technology Achiever of the Century. The World Economic Forum later selected him for the Global Leader of Tomorrow (GLT) program. David holds an honors degree in Electrical Engineering (Wits) and, post selection for the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program, earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard.