Rich Frankenheimer

Rich is a seasoned entrepreneur and CFO, with over 25 years of finance and operations experience. As a Partner in AVL Growth Partners, Rich has spent the past 4+ years providing CFO services to over 30 high trajectory businesses, supporting 25+ rounds of equity/debt financings primarily in the technology, SaaS and manufacturing markets. Prior to joining AVL, Rich was the co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of touchPoint Partners, an angel capital funded impact marketing firm focused on Corporate Social Responsibility. Rich was also the CFO of SimAuthor Inc., a venture capital funded, software technology and services company, where he helped lead the company from start-up through successful acquisition. Rich co-founded and served as CFO for ClassiFACTS, Inc., a venture capital funded information technology company and has been the CFO/COO of several other early stage ventures. Rich received a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado and is an advisor and director on a number of for-profit and non-profit boards.