Investing Profile

Frank Taylor

VCFormer CEOFounder
Investment Associate at Virginia Venture Partners
fvt.vcWashington, District of Columbia
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$500K
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Claros
SeedDec 2024$10M
$50M
Co-investors: Paul Kwan (General Catalyst)
Varda
Series CNov 2024$160M
$770M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Joao Otavio Oliverio (Clube FII), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), William Miller (Transform Investments), Mattia Astori, Sohila Zadran, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen, Austin Ogilvie
Agility Robotics
Series CNov 2024$110M
$110M
Spaceium
SeedNov 2024$5M
$12M
Co-investors: Saturnin Pugnet (Unknown Ventures), Brad Flora (Y Combinator)
Zeno Power
Series BNov 2024$40M
$110M
Co-investors: David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Matt Kozlov (Techstars), Viktor Shpakovsky (Beyond Earth Ventures), Lior Prosor (Deep33), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange), Joao Otavio Oliverio (Clube FII)
GridAero
SeedOct 2024$6M
$6M
Solideon
SeedSep 2024$1.5M
$1.5M
Electra.aero
Series BAug 2024$9M
$120M
Co-investors: Chris Moran (Applied Materials), Dustin Dunbar (Virginia Venture Partners)
Sectors: Aero/Astro, Clean Energy, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Industrials. Themes: Autonomous Systems, Space Commercialization, National Security Technologies: Robotics, AI/ML, Sensors, Communications, Power
Social media, HR tech, consumer tech, digital health
Entrepreneur in Residence Carnegie Mellon University2023 - Present
Investment Associate Virginia Venture Partners2023 - Present
Co-Owner Belvedere Art GalleryPresent
Co-Owner HotmailPresent
Guest Services HamptonPresent
R&D Project Lead Human Touch, LLCPresent
Program Lead - WeDC Ambassadors @ SXSW Washington DC Economic PartnershipPresent
Investment Director Virginia Venture PartnersPresent
Syndicate Lead Phastos FundPresent
Senior Investment Associate Virginia Venture PartnersPresent
Founder RESTIN®Present
Co-Founder FosterlyPresent
Co-Founder & CEO Compound Technologies, Inc.Present
Chief Executive Officer CompoundPresent
Scout Nomad Ventures2021 - 2023
Founder & CEO Compound Technologies, Inc.2017 - 2020
The College of William and Mary Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Interdisciplinary Studies
William & Mary Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Interdisciplinary Studies
The College of William and Mary BA Interdisciplinary Studies