Dovi Frances

Founding Partner at Group 11

📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United States
19
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13
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6
Mid stage
0
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15y
Years active

Portfolio

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Board Member and Major Investor
Jan 2023
BridgeWise is a global leader in investment intelligence, with a mission to bridge gaps in the capital markets by making investment opportunities accessible to everyone, everywhere. Since its founding in 2019, BridgeWise has transformed how investors and financial institutions access and interact with financial information. Through innovative AI-powered solutions, including equity and fund analysis, multilingual insights, and actionable investment tools, BridgeWise serves partners and clients across the globe.
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round)
Sep 2022
Dream is a pioneering AI cybersecurity company delivering revolutionary defense through artificial intelligence. Our proprietary AI platform creates a unified security system safeguarding assets against existing and emerging generative cyber threats. Dreams advanced AI automates discovery, calculates risks, performs real-time threat detection, and plans an automated response. With a core focus on the "unknowns," our AI transforms data into clear threat narratives and actionable defense strategies. Dreams AI cybersecurity platform represents a paradigm shift in cyber defense, employing a novel, multi-layered approach across all organizational networks in real-time. At the core of our solution is Dreams proprietary Cyber Language Model, a groundbreaking innovation that provides real-time, contextualized intelligence for comprehensive, actionable insights into any cyber-related query or threat scenario.
Advisor and Major Investor (Participated in Seed round and on)
Mar 2022
Impulse Space, the in-space mobility company, is accelerating our future beyond Earth beginning with a fleet of cost-effective, high-performance space vehicles. Founded by Tom Mueller and led by a team of industry pioneers, Impulse Space is transforming in-space mobility by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round and on)
Jul 2021
We help small businesses raise capital through everyday investors in their communities by issuing Small Business Bonds™ on the SMBX marketplace. The SMBX is spearheading the evolution of a more equitable financial system. One that puts small business front and center for a change. One where people have power over their money to invest in what matters to them.
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round and on)
Jul 2021
Healthee is changing the healthcare experience by making it easier, faster, and more efficient to get care. Our comprehensive platform provides personalized, instant, and uncomplicated answers to coverage, treatment, and benefits questions, end-to-end Open Enrollment support, and tailored preventive care suggestions. Healthee saves HR teams time on benefits-related admin work, gives brokers a competitive edge, and empowers employees to take control of their health!
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round and on)
Jun 2021
Masterschool is an applied education research lab on a mission to unlock human potential. We’re building the school of the future: an AI-native institution that’s an order of magnitude more effective than traditional education.
Board Member and Major Investor (Series A and on)
Jun 2021
Venn is an AI-powered ecosystem that transforms the resident experience and streamlines resident management by consolidating every touchpoint—rent payments, maintenance requests, lease renewals, and community interactions—into one seamless end-to-end system. This fully customizable ecosystem sits on top of the PMS, connects all point solutions, and leverages real-time data and AI insights to create personalized, efficient resident experiences while empowering property teams to focus on high-impact tasks that drive satisfaction and loyalty.
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round and on)
May 2021
We believe that reconstructing Paid Time Off will craft healthier businesses. Each year, employees use on average only 72% of their Paid Time Off, resulting in $272B in annual carry over liabilities for their companies (an average of $2,226 annual liability per employee). Instead of being forced to pay out unpredictable accrued vacation balances whenever an employee leaves the company, Sorbet provides organizations with the agency to control their finances. Sorbet technology offers insightful accrual predictions, loan refinance flexibility, funding, and infrastructure to reduce PTO liabilities, save costs, predict cash flows, and maximize tax benefits, all while offering employees a cash out benefit. How it works: -Once approved by the employer, Sorbet allows employees to choose the portion of accrued balance they would like to cash out immediately (similar to an “invoice factoring” solution). -In-turn, Sorbet enables employers to decide when they want to pay us back while saving financing costs in the process. -Employees’ cashed out time is loaded onto a prepaid card which can be used anywhere Visa is accepted. -Employees can invest in themselves with access to highly curated wellness, travel and entertainment experiences, fully localized to support small, local and minority-owned businesses, relevant even in the state of a pandemic. With Sorbet, employers can provide their employees with an incredible financial and wellness benefit while regaining full financial control and flexibility to minimize, restructure and refinance accrued vacation liabilities for immediate, quantifiable impact on the balance sheet and bottom line. Headquartered in Tel Aviv with offices in NYC & Kiev, we’re hiring a global team of relentless entrepreneurs to help disrupt a $272B opportunity. Join us!
Board Observer and Major Investor
Jun 2020
Papaya is the AI-first operating system for a borderless global workforce. Built for enterprise scale, it unifies Workforce OS, Payments OS, and Contingent OS to manage employees and contractors, ensure compliance, and enable instant global payments – combining real-time intelligence with human-backed expertise across 180 countries.
Board Member and Major Investor (Series A round and on)
Dec 2019
Receiving stock options can be a life-changing financial opportunity. But, startup employees often struggle to afford the exercise cost. With Equitybee, you can get funding to exercise your options, plus an upfront payment. You remain the owner of the shares so you can enjoy potential future profit as well.
Board Observer and Major Investor (Series B round and on)
Apr 2019
Founded in 2016 by a team of experienced agents, engineers, and innovators, Reali is an end-to-end real estate platform that makes the homeownership journey simple and stress-free every step of the way. By combining all disciplines under one roof — from agents and loans to escrow and title — Reali provides a seamless process that nimbly addresses common pain points with first-of-their-kind solutions. Simply, Reali is real estate that works for you. Reali Loans Inc. NMLS #991397 | http://nmlsconsumeraccess.org
mid stageReal Estate
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round)
Mar 2019
Lili is an award-winning online banking platform built specifically for U.S. small businesses. Lili supports businesses from the moment they open their doors and continues to serve them as they grow into higher-revenue, multi-employee operations. Lili focuses on building reliable financial infrastructure that scales with the business, combining core banking, fast payments, strong customer support, and built-in tools for long-term financial health. *Lili is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Member FDIC.
Major Investor (Series A round and on)
Jun 2017
The needs of business owners have significantly changed over the past decade, the insurance industry hasn’t. When you’re running your own business, you’re placing a huge bet on yourself. Your ideas, your passion, your blood, sweat and tears define your success. Next Insurance was created to give your business the coverage it deserves. Simple, affordable and tailored. So no matter what you do, no matter how you define success, we’re right there, next to you. 100% dedicated to the self-employed, 100% how insurance should be.
early stageInsurance
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round and on)
Aug 2016
Sunbit builds financial technology for real life. Our technology approves the majority of people who apply and eases the stress of paying for life’s expenses by giving people more options on how and when to pay. Sunbit offers a next-gen, no fee credit card and point-of-sale lending technology available at over 30,000 service locations, including auto dealership service centers, optical practices, dentist offices, and specialty healthcare services. View our privacy policy here: https://sunbit.com/consumer_privacy Sunbit Now, LLC, NMLS ID 1760582
Board Member and Investor
Jun 2016
SkyGiraffe has been acquired by @ServiceNow. https://www.servicenow.com/company/media/press-room/servicenow-acquires-skygiraffe.html
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2025
Co-Founder
Jul 2025
Behind each breakthrough in defense technology lies a network of strategic partnerships. We are that network—the capital and the catalyst. We are The Umbrella Corporation.
2024
Co-Founder
May 2024
Launched in May 8th 2024, The Institute represents a national collaborative endeavor to bolster Israel’s competitive technological edge through extensive research and development of Artificial Intelligence. This effort is led by Group 11 in partnership with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the 8200 Unit, and prominent global AI corporations including NVIDIA, Dream, and Microsoft. Committed to the future prosperity of Israel, The Institute initiative is dedicated to positioning the nation as a global leader in AI, with a strategic emphasis on critical sectors including cybersecurity, health, finance, and education. Situated within Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Institute delivers customized training programs tailored for corporate executives. The program equips them with the necessary tools to navigate the AI paradigm shift in the economy. The Institute also serves as a hub for nurturing and educating the next generation of researchers and talents, including graduates from military tech units, thus ensuring a sustainable pipeline of skilled professionals poised to drive Israels economy forward through the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence.
2023
Board Member and Major Investor
Jan 2023
BridgeWise is a global leader in investment intelligence, with a mission to bridge gaps in the capital markets by making investment opportunities accessible to everyone, everywhere. Since its founding in 2019, BridgeWise has transformed how investors and financial institutions access and interact with financial information. Through innovative AI-powered solutions, including equity and fund analysis, multilingual insights, and actionable investment tools, BridgeWise serves partners and clients across the globe.
2022
Board Member and Major Investor (Seed round)
Sep 2022
Dream is a pioneering AI cybersecurity company delivering revolutionary defense through artificial intelligence. Our proprietary AI platform creates a unified security system safeguarding assets against existing and emerging generative cyber threats. Dreams advanced AI automates discovery, calculates risks, performs real-time threat detection, and plans an automated response. With a core focus on the "unknowns," our AI transforms data into clear threat narratives and actionable defense strategies. Dreams AI cybersecurity platform represents a paradigm shift in cyber defense, employing a novel, multi-layered approach across all organizational networks in real-time. At the core of our solution is Dreams proprietary Cyber Language Model, a groundbreaking innovation that provides real-time, contextualized intelligence for comprehensive, actionable insights into any cyber-related query or threat scenario.
Advisor and Major Investor (Participated in Seed round and on)
Mar 2022
Impulse Space, the in-space mobility company, is accelerating our future beyond Earth beginning with a fleet of cost-effective, high-performance space vehicles. Founded by Tom Mueller and led by a team of industry pioneers, Impulse Space is transforming in-space mobility by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
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