Michael Frankel

Private Equity Investor and Dealmaker

Michael Frankel is Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital, an enterprise technology private equity fund targeting small but well-established businesses to provide capital and operating expertise to accelerate growth.

He has held c-level executive roles (corporate development, strategy/innovation, CFO, COO) at large and small growth companies. He is a Corporate Development, Innovation, Strategy and Corporate Venture leader who has driven disruptive innovation and aggressive growth/expansion at global technology, information services and professional services companies including Deloitte, LexisNexis Group, IRI, GE Capital and VeriSign. Michael has a track record of executing growth strategies using:
- Investments and Acquisitions (115+ investments, acquisitions and strategic transactions)
- New offering/product development and innovation
- Complex ecosystems (alliances, co-development, licensing, partnerships)
- Market and geographic expansion
- Corporate venture investments

Michael has extensive experience supporting integration of acquired businesses and operational improvement and scaling of existing business units. Michael has served as a growth operator in CFO/COO and GM roles for high growth technology businesses and units as well as leading a portfolio operations team that builds operating capabilities in portfolio businesses including product development and management, pricing, sales and sales enablement, marketing and back-office operations.