Investing Profile

Frank Taylor

VCFormer CEOFounder

Early Stage VC at Virginia Venture Partners. Entrepreneur in Residence at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.

fvt.vcWashington, District of Columbia

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Carnegie Mellon University Network

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Current Investing Position

Virginia Venture Partners Associate

Investment Range

$200K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Frank Taylor's Investments On Record (23)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total 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), Mattia Astori, Sohila Zadran, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen, William Miller, Austin Ogilvie
Agility Robotics	Series CNov 2024$110M	$110M
Spaceium	SeedNov 2024$5M	$12M
Co-investors: Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Saturnin Pugnet (Unknown Ventures)
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 (Lockheed Martin Ventures), Dustin Dunbar (01 Ventures)

most interested in

Sectors: Aero/Astro, Clean Energy, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Industrials. Themes: Autonomous Systems, Space Commercialization, National Security Technologies: Robotics, AI/ML, Sensors, Communications, Power

not interested in

Social media, HR tech, consumer tech, digital health

Frank Taylor's Experience

Entrepreneur in Residence Carnegie Mellon University2023 - Present

Investment Associate Virginia Venture Partners2023 - Present

Scout Nomad Ventures2021 - 2023

Founder & CEO Compound Technologies, Inc.2017 - 2020

Frank Taylor's Education

The College of William and Mary BA Interdisciplinary Studies

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