Born in Tel Aviv, Israel to an eastern European family of Holocaust survivors, Frances served as a Company Commander (Captain) in the Israeli Defense Force stationed in the Gaza Strip and Negev Desert. After his military service in 2000, he was a 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 and in June 2008 frances graduated with a Masters in Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Following UCLA, he joined Deutsche Bank as a private banker in their Los Angeles office. In 2010 Frances founded SG, LLC, a global advisory firm that operates in the US, Russia, and Israel. The firm provides high-net-worth clients with unique solutions to their complex financial needs. On March 13, 2014, Frances and his firm, SG, LLC were recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for selling the world's largest publicly disclosed life insurance policy. On January 1, 2012, Frances formed SGVC as the Alternative Investment arm of SG,LLC. SGVC is a venture capital firm focusing mostly on early stage technology companies based in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Israel. Since its inception SGVC has invested in some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent companies alongside renown angels and VC’s such as Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Yuri Milner’s DST & Start Fund, Joe Lonesdale’s Formation 8, Sequoia, Union Square Ventures, Oren Zeev etc. On May 2015 Frances acquired SGVC and its portfolio out of SG, LLC and stepped down from his role as SG, LLC's President to focus on venture capital investments. Frances serves as an advisor to Genzum Life Sciences ;YouNow and Addepar.

Managing Partner @ SG VC invests in disruptive and pioneering teams seeking capital to expand their business. Since the firm's inception in 2011, we have backed a long list of prominent privately held tech companies and have invested in elite teams from Silicon Valley, New York and Israel. From 2011 to Present (4 years) Advisor @ GenZum Life Sciences is a globally integrated Generic Pharmaceutical Product Development and Out-licensing company, based in Los Angeles, CA; with offices in New York, Chicago and India. Led by a team of industry experts and specialists, Genzum focuses on developing niche pharmaceutical products for strategic partners and end consumers around the world. From 2012 to Present (3 years) Greater Los Angeles AreaAdvisor @ Addepar is a wealth management platform that provides investment professionals with the tools required to manage complex global portfolios. The Addepar platform presents a new comprehensive graph of the financial world. Nodes represent entities: assets, people, and legal entities. Edges represent relationships between these entities (e.g. ownership). Addepar’s algorithms basically navigates paths across its graph. From 2011 to Present (4 years) Advisor @ YouNow is a fun and interactive live video experience that enables audiences from all over the world to watch live broadcasts, chat & meet new friends, or broadcast live to grow their social circle. From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Advisor @ RosEvroDevelopment is one of Russia's largest privately held commercial real estate development companies. The company was founded in 2004 with the purpose of realization and development of full-scale development projects in Russia and has since developed well over 700,000 sqm in Commercial Real Estate. From November 2011 to July 2015 (3 years 9 months) Founder and President @ SG is a global advisory firm that operates in the US, Russia, and Israel. The firm provides high-net-worth clients with unique solutions to their complex financial needs. SG operates through five divisions. Each division mirrors one of the five elements that encompass the financial eco-system of a high-net-worth client: Lending, Insurance, Operations, Alternative Investments and Asset management. Since 2010, SG has facilitated over 940 Million USD in completed transactions through its Lending, Insurance, and Operations Divisions. The firm has also directly invested over 240 Million USD through its Alternative Investments and Asset management Divisions. Over the past 4 years, SG has been featured in prestigious magazines and publications such as Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Kommersant, and Globes, often described as "L'Éminence Grise" to the wealthy. From December 2010 to July 2015 (4 years 8 months) Advisor @ RosEvroBank is one of Russia largest financial and credit institutions offering a full range of banking services to corporate and individual clients in Russia. The bank operates in five business segments: business banking, trade and export finance, international business, correspondent banking and retail banking. From 2009 to July 2015 (6 years) Private Banker @ Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management offers retail, institutional and wealth management clients a comprehensive set of strengths few competitors in the world can match. The division combines deep intellectual capital, broad asset management expertise, long-standing experience and extensive product selection with strategies across all major asset classes. The product suite encompasses the active, passive and alternative asset management expertise of Deutsche Bank. With almost €1 trillion of invested assets¹, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management is a leading global player. The platinum logo represents our aspiration toward the highest standards of expertise, thought leadership and integrity – crucial attributes in a global economy. From June 2008 to December 2010 (2 years 7 months) Student @ UCLA Anderson MBA Program offers exceptional academic preparation, a cooperative and congenial student culture, access to a thriving business community, and well-developed support services for academic and career advancement. From August 2006 to June 2008 (1 year 11 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaVP of Sales & Marketing @ Holon motors group is Israel’s largest dealership for Mitsubishi and Hyundai Israel and is run by concession from worldwide Mitsubishi Corporation. From December 2002 to December 2006 (4 years 1 month) Captain – Officers Academy Israel Defense Forces (IDF) @ As Platoon Commander I led a team of 3 officers and 60 officers’ cadets (active soldiers) at IDF's Officers Academy. I Planned and delivered the trainee program which included coaching soldiers how to enhance their leadership skills, team work, time management and combat capabilities. During my tenure, I trained more than 150 soldiers who are serving today as officers in various IDF's units (Intelligence, Supply, Medicine and Armed corps). From November 1996 to December 2000 (4 years 2 months)

MBA, Strategy and Entrepreneurial Studies @ UCLA Anderson School of Management From 2006 to 2008 BA, Management & Behavioral Studies @ Ben-Gurion University of the Negev From 2002 to 2005 Dovi Frances is skilled in: Financial Modeling, Valuation, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Investments, Financial Analysis, Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Mergers, Equities, Start-ups, Asset Managment, Competitive Analysis