This document summarizes the Global Frontier Technology Fund, which invests in early-stage technology companies around the world. The fund highlights that 85% of future GDP growth will occur outside the US and that it has a network of over 300,000 founders building companies in 49 countries. It invests in sectors like AI, blockchain, IoT, and financial technology. The fund also has partnerships to help portfolio companies scale globally.
4. Market Arbitrage
2x - 10x
difference in valuations between Silicon Valley
and Global Markets
5. Verticals
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Software as a Service
Blockchain Infrastructure Big Data
Security Payments
Internet of Things Next Gen eCommerce
Payments / Financial Services AgTech
6. Companies we invest in
Ready to scale globally
Frontier technology companies with
customers and revenue.
Vetted by experienced angel
investors and LPs.
Projected to earn at least $100k
revenue within one year.
7. Fee Structure
0% Carry
Exits are reinvested in the fund.
Portfolio growth benefits investors
and is how the fund succeeds
Operations Repayment
Operational costs are repaid by
managing company at 5%
No Management Fees
None of the recurring fees typical in
other funds.
8. Vodafone Partnership
HACK Fund has a partnership to source and invest in 5 to 15
companies per year that Tomorrow Street by Vodafone Procurement
will work to scale to $100M in revenue via partnerships with 100+
telcos and 1.2 billion customers
9. Jonathan Nelson
Managing Director, HACK Fund | CEO, H/F
CEO of Hackers/Founders, a global tech founders co-operative. 7 exits out of 55 companies in 4 funds in the first 5 years. Member of SEC
Advisory Committee for Capital Formation for Small and Emerging Business. Board member of Wilson Center for Public Policy--Latin America.
Mak Gutierrez
Director, H/F Mexico
Director of H/F’s program for startups in Guadalajara, Mexico. Key to ongoing expansion into Latin America, which is largely untapped and has a
market cap of approximately 7 Trillion USD.
Laura Nelson
Chief Innovation Officer, H/F | Managing Partner, HACK
Laura Nelson is co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Hackers/Founders (H/F) as well as the H/F Co-op program. She also serves as Managing Partner for
H/F’s HACK Fund. After spending a decade at Hackers/Founders and several years at various technology companies, Laura knows what developers,
entrepreneurs, startup founders and others in the technology sector need – tools, connections, community, personalized assistance, and a program called the
Co-op that provides all the above, offering entrepreneurs the best chance at success and investors an average 30% return.
OUR
TEAM
16. Advisors
Founded one of the largest early online dating sites (which became Match.com) with only $100K in
capital. Sold for $47 million.
Will Bunker
Partner at GrowthX Fund
A serial entrepreneur and co-founder of IC Cafe, with 20 years of IC design experience in Silicon Valley,
Mainland China and Taiwan. He is currently working on ultralow power ICs for wearable devices.
Hongyu Li
Founder, IC Cafe
Diane Founder and CEO THIRDact, and works in diverse areas such real estate, finance, blockchain
and planet tech. She also acts as an advisor to startups with a strong mission.
Diane Schrader
Founder and CEO THIRDact
Ex-SEC Ex-VP New products at NASDAQ, Ex-Product at NYSE Euronext. One of the world's top experts
in securities law as it relates to secondary liquidity, capital markets and problems faced by small
businesses in capital formation.
Annemarie Tierney
VP New Markets at NASDAQ & Assistant General Counsel at NYSE Euronext
Founder of ChangeTip, VP of Engineering at Wikia, Senior Technical at Yahoo! News. Nick has created
millions of dollars worth of value for multiple companies.
Nick Sullivan
Founder, ChangeCoin and Mentor, 500 Startups
Appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate in 2014.
Served as U.S. government affairs lead directly with senators and members of congress and senior
officials from the White House and key executive branch agencies.
Mark Lopes
United States Executive Director at Inter-American Development Bank
17. Partners
Connor McGill
Partner, HACK Fund
Connor graduated from University of California, Davis with a
degree in Economics, and is Hackers/Founders’ on-staff
blockchain expert. Connor is an experienced project
manager with a demonstrated history of working with
technology startups from around the world since 2012.
Torrance Carroll
Partner, HACK Fund | COO, H/F
Torrance catalyzes fund growth through continual
engagement with portfolio companies, investors, and
community members, As Chief Operations Officer for
Hackers/Founders, he manages both internal processes and
staff to allow the company to run efficiently.
21. * Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Track Record
ROI of Previous Funds*
HF Alpha
HF Pool 3
HF Pool 2
HF Pool 1
HF Mexico
22. Eric Benisek
Attorney at Vasquez
Benisek & Lindgren LLP
Derek Andersen
Founder, Startup
Grind
Jennifer Arcuri
Founder, Innotech
Network
Nisha Baxi
Board, SV
NewTech
Charles Belle
Founder, Startup Policy
Lab
Will Bunker
Partner at SVG
Syndicate
Dan Cearnau
CTO,
KrowdMentor
Shaherose Charania
CEO and Founder, Women
2.0
Dave Gullo
Founder and CEO, Command
Line Interactive
Andreas Haugsnes
Director of Security at
Unity Technologies
Burt Herman
Founder Storify, Hacks /
Hackers
John Jefferson
Executive Director for Statewide
Constituency Relations, AT&T
Samir Kaji
Senior Managing Director at
First Republic Bank
Erik Katz
Executive Director,
Co-Founder @ Maker Mart
Tadaaki Kimura
Founder and CEO, addlight
Inc
Brett Lindsay Laffel
Managing Global Program
at Microsoft
Emily Lam
Director, Policy and Government
Affairs at San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission
Hongyu Li
Founder, IC
Cafe
Telemachus Luu
Co-founder / CTO,
NephoScale
Shalin Madan
Managing Director at
SIM
Jesse Martinez
Founder, Latino Startup
Alliance
● Chri
s
Mc
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n
Community Lead at
Greylock Partners
Deldelp Medina
CEO, Avión
Ventures
Horacio Melo
Executive Director of Startup
Chile
Brad Miller
Founder at Square6
Group
Craig Montouri
Executive Director at Global
EIR
Jacob Mullins
Principal at @Shasta
Ventures
Marc Nager
Managing Director at
Telluride Venture
Accelerator
Gustavo Netto
VP, Digital Transformation at
Bluewolf, an IBM Company
Leo Polovets
Partner at Susa Ventures
+ Software Engineer
Joe Robinson
Organizer, Designers +
Geeks
Diane Schrader
Founder & CEO,
THIRDact
Nick Sullivan
Founder, ChangeCoin
& Mentor, 500 Startups
Nnena Ukuku
Founder, Black
Founders
Gary Whitehill
Founder of BURST & Dell
EIR Global Board
Monique Woodard
Founder, Black
Founders
Portfolio Review Experts
23. H/F Portfolio Services
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Legal Services
o Incorporation
o Intellectual Property
o Immigration
• Management Consulting
• Sales and Marketing Consulting
Business
• Tailored Metrics & Support
• Globalization Services
• Access to Mentors & Peers
• Coworking Spaces
• Housing & Relocation
• Networking Opportunities
Founder Support
• Company Presence
• Website
• Creative
• Technology
• Software
• Hardware
Business & Product
• Application & Network
• Incident Response
• Threat Intelligence
• Vulnerability Assessment
Cybersecurity
• Pitch practice and feedback
• Access to Investors
• Seed & Series A
• Token Sales
Fundraising
• Targeting Customers
• Branding
• Marketing Strategy
• Marketing Automation
Marketing
25. What Does Hackers/Founders Do?
Business Consulting
Helps tech companies establish in
Silicon Valley and grow globally
Financial Consulting
From launch capital to wealth management,
services are tailored to expanding companies
Community Building
Cultivating the next generation of
startups around the world
26. Acquired by NCIT
January 18, 2017
Access Invest
Tinder for Investing
December 2015
Fiverun
The Apple Store retail experience for any brick &
mortar retailer rise cloud search engine
Acquired by Vista Equity Partners
June 11, 2012
Pieceable
Playable mobile app demos
on the web
Acquired by Facebook
August 2012
CodeEval
Technical recruiting technology
Acquired by HireVue
September 11, 2015
Vidcaster
Video marketing automation
Acquired
March 8, 2016
Synata
Enterprise cloud search engine
Acquired by Cisco
January 10, 2017
Cameralends
AirBnB for camera gear
Acquired by KitSplit
Acquired Startups
27. Featured Startups
Axenda
Smart platform for
construction management
Social Status
Automate your social
media reporting
Rigs
Centralized information
from automotive
aftermarket in one place
Code & Modules
Industrial grade Pixieboard with
wireless connectivity including
cellular LTE 4G and 4GB of RAM
Doppler
Simple and effective email
marketing
Mi Dulce Hogar
On-demand home cleaning
service
Silo
A platform for communities of
entrepreneurs and innovators
Synx
Simplifying the processing
of large datasets for faster
artificial intelligence
NephoScale
Innovator of OpenStack based
cloud and infrastructure
management software
skuIQ
Integrated commerce platform
for retailers with an online and
physical store
Talo Brush
A smart toothbrush that
brushes your teeth perfectly
in just 10 seconds
Export Abroad
Exporting. Simplified.
Zerply
Connecting creative talent
and companies in film, TV,
and gaming
eTips
Largest publisher of mobile
travel apps
Suiteness
Luxury suites / group
booking
Browserling
Interactive cross-browser
testing
Tripping
#1 search engine for
vacation home rentals.
Think: Kayak for AirBnB
Searchie
Uses AI to deliver a
shortlist of job applicants to
employers within 5 days
30. Testimonials
"Vodafone Tomorrow Street is delighted that our
global relationship with Hackers and Founders will
provide our growing portfolio of startups access to
the highly innovative HACK Fund vehicle for their
potential future funding requirements."
"Hacker [SIC] Fund’s vehicle could provide more
opportunity to invest in startup companies
globally, as well as more chances for startups
around the world to raise funding."