Management Team
Frank Bonsal III
Partner
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Frank joined New Markets Venture Partners as a Partner in 2007. He specializes in education and information technology investments. Frank is the lead partner and serves as Board Director for Questar Assessment, Inc.
Prior to New Markets, Frank was a Partner at Bonsal Capital, a private equity firm founded by NEA Co-Founder Frank Bonsal, Jr., and a Managing Partner of Education Capital, an education-centric boutique advisory firm. At Bonsal Capital, Frank managed the firm's education investments and worked in tandem with Bonsal Jr. in numerous direct and indirect investments across a multitude of sectors. Per his legacy duties to Bonsal Capital, Frank remains a Board Director for Moodlerooms, Inc. and shares board observer rights at Spectrum K12 School Solutions and Veran Medical Technologies. Prior to Bonsal Capital, Frank was a K-12 practitioner with over 15 years experience across seven states and three countries.
Frank serves as a Trustee of Garrison Forest School, Holderness School, and the Irvine Nature Center. He also serves on the President's Advisory Council of Stevenson University as well as a variety of grant and education industry-related panels and committees, most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Education Division of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). He recently served as Alumni Board President and Member of the Campaign Steering Committee for Vanderbilt University's Peabody College.
Frank graduated with Honors from the University of New Hampshire where he majored in English Teaching and received Master of Education and MBA degrees from Vanderbilt University. He is married with three children.