Bryan Frist is Co-founder & CEO of Yoshi Mobility while simultaneously serving as Founder/Managing Partner of Friale, giving him a dual perspective as both an operating founder and an active venture investor at the same time, rather than being a former operator who later moved into VC. He built Yoshi into a venture-backed, tech-enabled mobility services company funded by General Motors, Y Combinator, ExxonMobil, NBA all-star Kevin Durant, and NFL hall-of-famer Joe Montana, giving him unusually deep relationships with both strategic corporates and high-profile athletes that he brings into his investing network at Friale.
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Friale
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Generalist, AI, Health, SaaS, Fintech
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Pre-Seed - Series A
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$100K - $600K
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Friále is a solo-GP venture capital fund headquartered across San Francisco and Nashville that backs early-stage startups globally, with a notably strong presence in Africa and India despite being a small fund. The fund focuses on AI and healthcare companies while consistently co-investing alongside top-tier firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator, positioning itself as a high-signal collaborative partner rather than trying to lead rounds.
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