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Brian Frank

Founder & General Partner

FTW Ventures

United States, California, San Francisco

About Me

Brian is the Founder and General Partner of FTW Ventures. He is experienced in both Technology & Food, and understands the complexity of running startups at the intersection of these two, challenging spaces. Prior to founding FTW, Brian led 3 venture-backed businesses to successful exits and directed innovative products in communication, mobile, social & AI/ML for both startups & Fortune 500 Companies over his 20+ year career.

Profile Information

Founder & General Partner

FTW Ventures

Investment Team, Operations Team

Manager/Sponsor

San Francisco

California

United States

Jul 29, 2025

Work Experience

Plantible Foods

Investor
Mar 2019 - Present

Village Global

Network Leader
Jan 2019 - Present

Geltor Inc.

Investor
Dec 2016 - Present

Spoiler Alert

Investor
Nov 2016 - Present

Square Roots Urban Growers

Investor
Aug 2016 - Present

FTW Ventures

Founder & General Partner
Mar 2016 - Present
Email: bf@ftw.vc

Proper Food

Investor
Feb 2016 - Present

Timeful

VP Product & Marketing
Dec 2013 - May 2015

Twitter

Product Manager, Mobile
Mar 2012 - Jul 2013

Posterous

Chief Product Officer
Nov 2011 - Mar 2012

Live Colony

Founder & CEO
Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

Adobe Systems Inc.

Group Product Manager
Sep 2005 - Dec 2008

PalmSource, Inc.

Senior Product Manager
Apr 2004 - Sep 2005

Palm

Product Manager
Jan 2003 - Apr 2004

Eazel, Inc.

Product Manager
May 2000 - Mar 2001

bCandid, Corp

Product Manager
Jun 1999 - May 2000

Trilogy, Inc.

HCI Specialist & Program Manager
Jun 1998 - Jun 1999

MicroContent

VP, Product Management & Business Development
Oct 1997 - Apr 1998

Microsoft

Program Manager
May 1997 - Aug 1997

Intel, Inc.

Product Marketing Manager
May 1996 - Aug 1996

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