Frank H. Foster joined Touchdown in May 2021 as a venture partner specializing in venture capital and education programs for family enterprises (family business & family office).
Frank currently serves as the Chairman Hixon Properties and the Managing General Partner of the Gideon for Hixon Fund (venture capital) for the Hixon family of San Antonio, Texas. He has served as a General Partner for three institutional venture capital funds, DFJ Frontier I &II and Allen & Buckeridge. Previously, Frank was the CEO and Executive Chairman for Prolacta Bioscience, Executive Director Yellowoages.com (sold to AT&T) and the COO of Virtual Music (Sold to Namco). Currently, he is a director of GlycosBio, Edufii, Good Dye Young, and Our Science. In addition, Frank serves as the Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara and the Pacer Foundation.
Recently, Frank developed and endowed the Master of Family Enterprise Program (MSFE) at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, the first fully accredited masters level program for the education and training of next-gen talent in Family Enterprises. The program will offer a curriculum that includes personal development, fundamental business skills, and experiential learning in an operating venture capital environment.
Frank received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA cum laude from Harvard University. He has taught classes in entrepreneurship and family business at Stanford GSB, UCSB, Cal Poly, Portland State University and Pepperdine Graziadio.
Favorite Team
San Antonio Spurs
Favorite Athlete
The Admiral, David Robinson
Favorite Moment
The chance to watch his favorite teams live in each of the 4 major professional sports win the actual championship games. Basketball: San Antonio (Game 5, 2014), Hockey: Boston Bruins (Game 4, 1970), Baseball: Boston Red Sox (Game 5, 2018) Football NE Patriots (Superbowl 2017)