Frank H. Foster
Board Member
Proletary Lisichansky Glass Factory Public Joint-Stock Company
Australia
Biography
Mr. Foster is the Managing Director of the Gideon Hixon Fund, the venture capital investment vehicle for the Hixon Family and a venture partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Frontier. The Gideon Hixon Fund and its predecessor entities (HixVen and Southwest Venture Partnerships) have a long history in venture capital beginning in the 1970s. The group's venture capital investments include Apple Computer (NASDAQ & NYSE: AAPL) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) as well as more recent successes including CORSolutions (acquired by Matria), Medior (acquired by AOL), Security Dynamics (acquired by RSA), WebCal (acquired by Yahoo) and Xiotech (acquired by Seagate). Prior to that, he was a General Partner of Allen & Buckeridge PTY LTD, a leading Australian venture capital firm with approximately $250 million under management. At Allen & Buckeridge he led investment efforts into Hitwise, eKit, Wishlist and Next Generation Entertainment.
Research Interest
Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics
