Dovi Frances is a financial services entrepreneur and the Founding Partner of Group 11, a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. Over the course of his career, Dovi has invested over $500 million in some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent and disruptive financial technology companies, including Tipalti, TripActions, Next Insurance, Papaya Global, HomeLight, Sunbit, Masterschool, EquityBee, Venn, and Lili to name a few.
Prior to launching Group 11 in 2012, Frances worked for nearly a decade in the financial services industry; having managed an independent financial advisory firm, as well as having served as Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG Private Bank (NYSE: DB).
Frances currently serves on the Board of Tipalti, HomeLight, Papaya Global, Sunbit, EquityBee, Lili, Venn, Masterschool, Sorbet, SMBX, Insurights, and Fintastic. He is also an Advisor to TripActions, a member of the Advisory Council of Leumi Bank U.S., and serves on the Steering Committee of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON).
Frances earned an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business and a BA in Management and Psychology from Ben-Gurion University.
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