Analyst at Insight Venture Partners
Greater New York City Area
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- Co-Founder at LendforPeace.org
- Analyst at Insight Venture Partners
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- [adult swim] Viral Marketing Rep at Cartoon Network
- Marketing Assistant at Terry Hines & Associates
- Education
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- University of Pennsylvania
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David Fraga’s Summary
Venture capital analyst with an interest in private equity and social entrepreneurship. Fluent in Spanish.
David Fraga’s Specialties:
Software and Internet businesses
David Fraga’s Experience
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Co-Founder
LendforPeace.org
(Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
LendforPeace.org is a not-for-profit internet platform that allows individuals to lend to specific micro-entrepreneurs in the West Bank. Our mission is to use micro-lending to promote economic opportunity and political stability in the Middle East.
LendforPeace.org is supported by grants from the Clinton Global Initiative, Ashoka Youth Venture, and Davis Projects for Peace. -
Analyst
Insight Venture Partners
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
-Deal Origination: Identify market opportunities and source Internet and software venture capital investments
-Due Diligence and Execution: Analyze the financial, operational and competitive situation of prospective investments and assist in the structuring and negotiation of $10-$100 MM private equity transactions.
-Portfolio Value-Add: Work with portfolio companies post-investment on operational projects and acquisition opportunities. Organize Insight's annual Marketing Forum. The 2008 forum featured 19 speakers and was attended by 76 portfolio company executives.
-Product Management: Lead an offshore development team in developing Insight's proprietary deal origination database and CRM system. -
[adult swim] Viral Marketing Rep
Cartoon Network
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; TWX; Animation industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Responsible for all aspects of a year-long regional marketing campaign to promote awareness and viewership of Cartoon Network’s late night block of programming for adults: [adult swim].
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Marketing Assistant
Terry Hines & Associates
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
-Spearheaded a marketing campaign to target the Hispanic demographic in the D.C. metropolitan area for Warner Brothers Studios and DreamWorks SKG.
-Acquired Hispanic media partners for advertising, promotion and publicity.
-Created a partner and customer relationship management database to make marketing operations more effective.
David Fraga’s Education
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University of Pennsylvania
BA , Economics, Political Science , 2003 — 2007
Graduated Summa Cum Laude and with Honors Distinction in Political Science. Minor in Hispanic Studies.
Honors Thesis: Information Technology, Regime Stability and Democratic Meaningfulness: A Normative Evaluation of Present and Potential Trends- Activities and Societies:
- Sphinx Senior Society, The Mask and Wig Club, Performing Arts Council, Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
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David Fraga’s Interests:
Technology, Social Entrepreneurship, International Travel, Performing Arts
