About
Our principals have invested together for over 13 years, with a combined deal experience of 50+ years.
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- Michael Frankel Managing Partner
- Paul Sethi Managing Partner
- Lauren Brady Senior Associate
- Peter Bordes Senior Advisor
- 30 years driving growth through investments, M&A and operational improvement, including Corporate Development leader at 5 global companies
- 110+ deals including M&A, CVC, Equity and Debt as an investor, corp dev officer, banker and lawyer
- Primary focus on growth stage technology and data services companies
- Most recently, sat on Operating Committee of Deloitte and ran 23-person Strategy & Portfolio Operations Team focused on identifying, diligencing and growing $3-40M revenue companies
- University of Chicago (BA / MA / JD / MBA)
- Cook and Writer of Business Books and Essays
- 20+ years investing in public & private companies and leading a tech / data services business, including 7 years as CEO of Redbooks (acq. 2018) and Co-founder of Robuzz (ML/NLP acq. 2022)
- Investor in 50+ early companies and institutional venture lead in 20 companies, with $3B+ in follow-on capital raised
- Recently, co-led 2048 Ventures (technology VC), co-managing the inaugural fund
- Day 1 founding Advisor to Transfix, logistics technology company disrupting the FTL sector; and Open Fortune, an innovative OOH media company
- UPenn-Wharton (BS) / Columbia (MBA)
- Poker and Racket Sports Aficionado
- 4+ years of operating experience at Rover and Crowd Cow, including leadership roles in client relations and operations
- 3+ years of experience as Investment Associate focused on B2B SaaS, AI/ML, and Digital Health
- Cornell (BS); UVA Darden (MBA)
- Marathoner, Soul Cycle Enthusiast, Amateur Rapper
- 30+ years of experience as entrepreneur, CEO, investor and board member serving public and private companies in the technology and media sectors
- Current CEO of Collective Audience, which is pursuing a roll-up strategy, providing an innovative audience-based performance ad/media platform for brands, agencies and publishers
- Founder and former CEO of MediaTrust (former 9th fastest growing Inc. 500 company), Board Member of Beasley Media, Fraud.net, MainBloq and TruVest
- Former CEO and current Board Member of Kubient, a cloud-based marketplace with AI-powered ad fraud prevention
- Baseball Player-Fan-Coach; Itinerant Fisherman
50+ Member Trajectory Executive Bench
From our deep-rooted relationships, this collective of senior executives brings key operational insight and access to some of the world’s most important companies.