#20 David Frankel

David Frankel #20 Managing partner, Founder Collective “Patience is an underrated superpower for founders and funders alike,” David Frankel said. “Often, startups don’t hit their stride until the fifth year or beyond, which is a challenge in a world where more investors want to see a startup earn its unicorn status by its third birthday.” Frankel believes such patience sets him apart as a seed investor, and his patience certainly paid off on his early investments in Buzzfeed and SeatGeek, which both went public via SPAC mergers in 2021. In 1994, Frankel co-founded Internet Solutions, a global internet service provider. Today, he’s a cofounder at Founder Collective, a seed-stage fund in Boston, along with fellow Seed 100 honorees Eric Paley and Micah Rosenbloom. Source: businessInsider