David Franklin Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Man...

  • Primary Industry
  • Healthcare

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

David Franklin General Information

Biography

Mr. David Franklin is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Houston Health Ventures. He serves as Chief Executive Officer at Expertise. He also served as a Board Member at Allotrope Medical. David has over 10 years of experience in business management consulting, corporate strategy, operations, marketing, business development, sales, and venture capital. He currently serves as Executive Vice President at Consumer Media Network (CMN), LLC, a lead generation company. Previously, David was Co-founder and Managing Partner at DCF Ventures, LLC. DCFV provided feasibility analyses, market analyses, company incorporation, university licensing, startup consulting, interim management, grant writing, and fundraising services. In this role, David also served as CEO pro tem for CytoScale Diagnostics, LLC, RadMit Pharma, LLC, and FloVision, LLC. At DaVita, Inc. David served as a Corporate Strategy Associate where he formulated market growth and strategic operations plans, led the national clinical outcomes team for @Home, increased IT and clinical research resources and created new clinical reports/scoring. He also acted as Interim VP of Marketing for @Home. Prior to DaVita, David was a Business Management Consultant at Accenture. David holds his MBA from UCLA Anderson where he was a Venture Capital, Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), and Technology and Innovation Partners (TIP) fellow. David received his B.S.E. in Bio-Medical & Electrical Engineering with minors in Economics & Chemistry from Duke University. David was also part of Devil's Delivery Service, Inc., a food delivery business owned by 42 student shareholders generating over $850K in annual revenues. David was elected to Comptroller, CFO, and CEO positions and was responsible for increasing profitability by 30% as CEO. David completed internships at Siemens AG; General Electric Co. (US Patent #6,789,427 Phased Array Ultrasound); and Procter & Gamble Co.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Houston Health Ventures
Education
Duke University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
UCLA (Anderson), MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Gender
Male
Email
da
Phone
+1 (281)
Address
  • 3733 Westheimer Road
  • Suite 1039
  • Houston, TX 77027
  • United States
+1 (281)

David Franklin Positions (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Expertise.com Company Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles, CA Information Services (B2C)
Houston Health Ventures Investor Co-Founder & Managing Director Houston, TX Venture Capital

David Franklin Lead Partner on Deals (7)

David Franklin has been the lead partner on 7 deals. Their latest deal was with LegWorks, a therapeutic devices company. The deal was made for on 30-May-2019.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
LegWorks 30-May-2019 Later Stage VC (Series A) Completed Therapeutic Devices New York, NY
myLABBox 17-Jul-2018 Completed Other Devices and Supplies Los Angeles, CA
Allotrope Medical 26-Apr-2017 Completed Surgical Devices Houston, TX
Clip Health 30-Nov-2016 Completed Diagnostic Equipment Fremont, CA
Adient Medical 01-Aug-2016 Completed Surgical Devices Pearland, TX
Adient Medical 11-Sep-2015 Early Stage VC (Series B) Completed Surgical Devices Pearland, TX
I'mSick 16-Apr-2015 Early Stage VC Completed Application Software Austin, TX

David Franklin Network (27)

Board Members (3)

Name Company Representing Location From
Allotrope Medical Rockies Venture Club Houston, TX

Portfolio Executives (24)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Katey Mulfinger LegWorks Director of Operations 30-May-2019 New York, NY
Hannah Smith LegWorks Sales Manager 30-May-2019 New York, NY
LegWorks Chief Financial Officer 30-May-2019 New York, NY
LegWorks Co-Founder, Board Member & Advisor 30-May-2019 New York, NY
LegWorks Advisor 30-May-2019 New York, NY

David Franklin Affiliated Funds (1)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Houston Health Ventures Fund Houston Health Ventures Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2014

David Franklin FAQs

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