Dovi Frances

Frances is married to Roni Eshel, former Israeli Surf Champion. The couple resides in Venice Beach, California. The couple had their first child, a son, in 2019.

Frances has been a "shark" investor on the Keshet Media Group reality program Shark Tank Season 1 and Season 2, which were recorded in 2017. The show's first episode aired 20 February 2018 on primetime Israeli national television.

In May 2015, Frances acquired SGVC out of SG, LLC, renamed as Group 11, and stepped down to focus entirely on venture capital investments.

In January 2012, Frances formed Group 11 (formerly known as SGVC), a FinTech dedicated Venture Capital fund aiming to capitalize upon the vast changes reshaping the traditional financial services industry.

Since the beginning of 2010 and until Frances’ departure in May 2015, the firm facilitated over $1.2 billion in completed transactions through its Lending, Insurance, and Operations Divisions. Under Dovi's directive, the firm also invested over $250 million through its Alternative Investments and Asset Management Divisions.

Dovi Frances was born in Holon, Israel]] to an eastern European family of Holocaust survivors. Frances served as a Company Commander (Captain) in Bahad I, Israeli Defense Forces' Officers Academy stationed in the Negev Desert. After his military service in 2000, he was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Mitsubishi Motors and Hyundai Motor Company's largest subsidiaries in Israel. In 2005, Frances earned his dual BA from the Ben Gurion University in Business Administration and Psychology. He graduated in June 2008 with a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from UCLA Anderson School of Management.