Brian Frank
General Partner at FTW Ventures
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2016 - Current
Investing in a sustainable Food System. Backing disruptive, world-changing science & technology startups in the Food & Agriculture sectors. Email me at bf@ftw.vc
FTW Ventures is an investment & advisory group for early-stage Food & Ag Tech startups.
Investor
2019
Investor in Plantible Foods, a company developing the most sustainable plant-based protein on the planet
Plantible Foods is a food technology company that produces protein products for agricultural industries.
Raised $56,400,000.00 from Nourish Ventures, Piva Capital, Betagro, Siddhi Capital, Cultivate Next and Astanor Ventures.
Network Leader
2019
Serving as the Network Leader in the Food & Ag Tech sector with the $100M venture fund backed by tech luminaries such as Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt & Reid Hoffman.
Investor
2016
Investor
2016
Spoiler Alert is a Boston-based software company helping perishable CPG brands manage excess and slow-moving inventory
Raised $16,168,000.00 from Collaborative Fund, Acre Venture Partners, Valley Oak Investments, Spring Point Partners, Fink Family Foundation and Maersk Growth.
Investor
2016
Square Roots Urban Growers is a farming accelerator that assists companies in creating local food businesses.
Raised $90,473,571.00 from Mistral Equity Partners and Fantail Ventures.
Investor
2016
Proper Food is a new fast-casual food and beverage concept offering delicious, wholesome, grab-and-go fare, designed for the food savvy.
Raised $9,614,861.00.
Advisor
2016 - 2022
Dishcraft is a robotics company focused on solving the labor and sustainability challenges facing foodservice operators.
Raised $50,242,013.00 from Thayer Ventures, Baseline Ventures, First Round Capital, Lemnos VC, Grit Ventures, GRIDS Capital, Fuel Capital, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Lemnos VC.
Mentor
2015 - 2022
Investor Relations/Investment Strategy for hardware startups Product Strategy Go-To-Market / Marketing Planning Recruiting
Lemnos VC Provides Venture Capital And Private Equity Principals.
Mentor
2015 - 2021
Mentor early-stage Food companies on product strategy, storytelling, go-to-market and fund raising.
Over six years, SOSV accelerated 11 cohorts of promising founders and invested in 100 startups via the Food-X accelerator.