Frank Foster
Venture Partner @ Southern Cross Venture Partners
Santa Barbara, United States
Frank Foster is a Series A investor at Southern Cross Venture Partners in Santa Barbara focused on SaaS and EdTech. Frank Foster is currently the Managing General Partner of the Gideon Hixon Fund, the early stage venture capital investment vehicle for the Hixon family and a Venture Partner of Southern Cross. Frank has served as a Fund Manager of the Gideon Hixon Fund since its inception in 1990. The Fund currently consists of approximately 10 direct investmentsand investments into eight regional managers representing 18 funds. The Gideon Hixon Fund and its predecessor entities (HixVen and Southwest Venture Fund) have a long history in venture capital beginning in the 1970s. The group’s venture capital investments include Apple Computer (NASDAQ & NYSE: AAPL) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) as well as more recent successes including Medior (acquired by AOL), Security Dynamics (acquired by RSA), WebCal (acquired by Yahoo) and Xiotech (acquired by Seagate). He is a General Partner of Allen & Buckeridge III fund where he led the firm’s investments in Hitwise, eKit, Wishlist and Next Generation Entertainment. Frank currently serves as Chairman of eKit Inc. and a director of Hixon Properties, Inc. and the Pacer Foundation (Charitable).Prior to joining Allen & Buckeridge in 1999, Frank was the SVP of Virtual Music Entertainment (Boston) where he ran the company’s operations up through its successful acquisition by Namco Entertainment (Japan). Before VME, Frank was the founder of Contexture Systems (tools for Unix workstations), where he managed the company through its eventual sale to Bridge Builder Technologies and Decalog (now part of Sunguard Financial).Recently, Frank has been an independent director and consultant to YellowPages.com where he led the company through its successful sale to SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC) and Bell South (NYSE: BLS) in November 2004. He was also a director of Cogent Data technologies through its sale to Adaptec Inc (NASDAQ: ADPT) in June 1996. Both of these transactions represented significant returns for the shareholders.Frank received his MBA from Harvard University as well as a BA (cum laude) from Harvard University.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
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Industries Frank Foster invests in
Stages Frank Foster invests in
Countries Frank Foster invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (25%)
- EdTech 1 (25%)
- Sports 1 (25%)
- Big Data 1 (25%)
- Software 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (50%)
- Series B 1 (25%)
- Series C 1 (25%)
Investments
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Edufii
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Edufii develops and operates a cloud-based coaching platform and skill development network. The company's product includes TrainingSpaces, which allows capturing technique, drills, and recaps with videos, photos, audio, and text at course, court, field, and gym, also it allows feedback import from training aids and technologies. Thecompany's customers include golf pros and academies; fitness and mental trainers; baseball coaches; soccer coaches; and physical therapists. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California. | $1.4M / Series A / Sep 09, 2014 | |
Predixion Software
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Predixion was founded on the belief that predictive analytics has the power to create a smarter, safer and healthier world – and access to that power should not be limited to a select few with extensive statistical knowledge. To achieve that vision, Predixion developed a self-service predictive analytics platform called Predixion Insight™ thatsimplifies the entire predictive process. Predixion Insight is designed for business analysts and other non-technical users to enable broader adoption of predictive analytics, but is powerful and flexible enough for data scientists. In addition, Predixion expedites the “Last Mile of Analytics™” – the deployment of powerful predictions directly to the people who need them to take action – so the value of being predictive is realized immediately. More than 200 companies rely on Predixion to help drive better decisions every day. Founded in 2009, Predixion Software is headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California with development offices in Redmond, Washington. For more information visit www.predixionsoftware.com. | $21M / Series C / Jul 08, 2013 | |
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Predixion Software
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Predixion was founded on the belief that predictive analytics has the power to create a smarter, safer and healthier world – and access to that power should not be limited to a select few with extensive statistical knowledge. To achieve that vision, Predixion developed a self-service predictive analytics platform called Predixion Insight™ thatsimplifies the entire predictive process. Predixion Insight is designed for business analysts and other non-technical users to enable broader adoption of predictive analytics, but is powerful and flexible enough for data scientists. In addition, Predixion expedites the “Last Mile of Analytics™” – the deployment of powerful predictions directly to the people who need them to take action – so the value of being predictive is realized immediately. More than 200 companies rely on Predixion to help drive better decisions every day. Founded in 2009, Predixion Software is headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California with development offices in Redmond, Washington. For more information visit www.predixionsoftware.com. | $6M / Series B / Oct 04, 2011 | |
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Predixion Software
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Predixion was founded on the belief that predictive analytics has the power to create a smarter, safer and healthier world – and access to that power should not be limited to a select few with extensive statistical knowledge. To achieve that vision, Predixion developed a self-service predictive analytics platform called Predixion Insight™ thatsimplifies the entire predictive process. Predixion Insight is designed for business analysts and other non-technical users to enable broader adoption of predictive analytics, but is powerful and flexible enough for data scientists. In addition, Predixion expedites the “Last Mile of Analytics™” – the deployment of powerful predictions directly to the people who need them to take action – so the value of being predictive is realized immediately. More than 200 companies rely on Predixion to help drive better decisions every day. Founded in 2009, Predixion Software is headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California with development offices in Redmond, Washington. For more information visit www.predixionsoftware.com. | $5M / Series A / Oct 13, 2010 |
Co-Investors
About Southern Cross Venture Partners
Southern Cross Venture Partners was launched in 2006 by veteran venture capitalists who have managed and operated companies themselves. Southern Cross Venture Partners assist early stage technology companies that demonstrate the potential for exceptional growth and market leadership build significant businesses. The founding principle of SouthernCross is partnership -- they are passionately committed to doing everything they can to help their portfolio companies succeed. Their team has a strong record of utilizing their start-up and management experience, industry knowledge, network of business/customer relationships, and recruiting skills to assist in building significant shareholder value.Southern Cross is currently investing in companies that fit their investment criteria. They prefer to act as lead or co-lead in the early stages where they have experience that can help build value rapidly. They do not have a minimum investment amount, however, a typical initial investment will be $2 million to $5 million with an ability to invest more money in later rounds.
Southern Cross Venture Partners Contacts
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John Scull
Managing Director
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Anneliese Bisson
Chief Financial Officer
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Bob Christiansen
Founding Managing Director
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Frank Foster
Venture Partner
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Gareth Dando
Managing Director
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What does Frank Foster invest in?
Frank Foster invests primarily in SaaS, EdTech and Sports startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Frank Foster last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Frank Foster closed in Sep 2014. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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