Evan Frank

Fora Travel

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Aug 2021
StoryTerrace is a publishing-tech scale-up with 30+ employees and a pool of over 600 vetted freelancers in Europe and the United States. The company’s vision is to create a world in which every life story is turned into a book. Were hiring! Either join us as a freelance ghostwriter or as part of our fantastic in-house team. For both options please have a look on our website at writers or careers sections.
late stageBook Publishing
Investor
2017
The worlds favorite remote working community. Become a member to unlock 43 destinations and connect with 4,000+ remote workers and explorers just like you.
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2016
Collective Retreats is an experiential travel company redefining the accommodations experience for travelers through a collection of unique luxury retreats in unexpected places. Collective Retreats was built with an asset-light business model, meaning that each destination was created with minimal materials, removing the permanence of brick and mortar. A veteran of the hotel industry, CEO Peter Mack correctly identified that the majority of hotel revenue is spent on property expenses and upkeep, and not toward furthering the guest experience. Many of these costs were tied to the physical hotel building and in order to reallocate these funds for unique guest experiences and hospitality, Peter decided to turn the hotel business model upside down. Whereas many hotels and resorts pride themselves on the grandeur and stateliness of their buildings, Collective Retreats aims to create as little barrier as possible between one’s surroundings and one’s accommodation. Without sacrificing luxury hospitality, the destination retreat manages to refresh its image every year while providing the comfort of a five-star hotel to its guests.
early stageHospitality
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2021
Board Member
Aug 2021
StoryTerrace is a publishing-tech scale-up with 30+ employees and a pool of over 600 vetted freelancers in Europe and the United States. The company’s vision is to create a world in which every life story is turned into a book. Were hiring! Either join us as a freelance ghostwriter or as part of our fantastic in-house team. For both options please have a look on our website at writers or careers sections.
late stageBook Publishing
Co-Founder
Aug 2021
Forget everything you thought you knew about being a travel advisor. At Fora, were redefining the role and powering the next generation of travel advisors. Founded by serial entrepreneurs Evan Frank, Henley Vazquez, and Jake Peters, we welcome those who want to build a career in travel on their own terms. We provide the platform and support needed to turn a passion for travel into a flexible job, embracing remote work, hybrid models, and the rise of digital opportunities. Foras Advisor Community is at our core. We believe we can all go further when we operate together, using our combined leverage to unlock better opportunities and outcomes for our advisors, partners, and travelers. We are driving change in the travel industry.
Founder
Jan 2021
We’re your operating partner for growth. We help teams identify, align on & operationalize ambitious goals through KPI-driven goal setting & management. Our goal management system is based on our own experience creating KPI-driven cultures in high growth, globally distributed teams. It’s a structured but agile approach to goal setting & organizational management. Our process: Talk goals - get on the phone & talk through your goals and our approach Get our hands dirty - share some data and we’ll roll up our sleeves and provide a diagnostic Identify KPIs & set goals - starting with identifying KPIs and your key business equations, we facilitate a goal setting process using best practices Empower the team - we’ll help empower your team to own and drive measurable goals & KPIs Focus on the execution - implement an operating structure to create goal-focused, continuously improving teams
2017
Investor
2017
The worlds favorite remote working community. Become a member to unlock 43 destinations and connect with 4,000+ remote workers and explorers just like you.
2016
Investor
2016
Collective Retreats is an experiential travel company redefining the accommodations experience for travelers through a collection of unique luxury retreats in unexpected places. Collective Retreats was built with an asset-light business model, meaning that each destination was created with minimal materials, removing the permanence of brick and mortar. A veteran of the hotel industry, CEO Peter Mack correctly identified that the majority of hotel revenue is spent on property expenses and upkeep, and not toward furthering the guest experience. Many of these costs were tied to the physical hotel building and in order to reallocate these funds for unique guest experiences and hospitality, Peter decided to turn the hotel business model upside down. Whereas many hotels and resorts pride themselves on the grandeur and stateliness of their buildings, Collective Retreats aims to create as little barrier as possible between one’s surroundings and one’s accommodation. Without sacrificing luxury hospitality, the destination retreat manages to refresh its image every year while providing the comfort of a five-star hotel to its guests.
early stageHospitality
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