Chris Fralic

His education includes a BS in finance from Villanova University and an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University. His technology career includes account management at Oracle, business-development director at AOLAOLAOL is an American internet brand offering a news portal, email, and membership services. Its history dates to an online-services company founded in 1985.Open the full entry and business-development vice president at Nextron.⁠[1]

In fall 1996, selling Oracle software, he spoke with investor Kevin Compton through a friend—an early lesson, he recalled, in lasting professional relationships.⁠[2]

In 1999, Josh Kopelman recruited him to Half.com as vice president of business development. Kopelman recalls meeting at a 1996 conference before working together in the early startup.⁠[3][4]

After eBayeBayeBay Inc. is an online marketplace company headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar; it started out with person-to-person online auctions and listed on Nasdaq in 1998. As of the end of 2025, it had 135 million active buyers, and its platform’s gross merchandise volume in 2025 was nearly $80 billion.Open the full entry and leading business development at del.icio.us, he joined First Round in 2006 and helped launch TEDTalks.⁠[4]

In his 2021 account, Fralic encountered Roblox in late 2007 and initially passed. He continued following the product and team. First Round invested in July 2009 and later led the next financing round; Fralic served on the board for several years.⁠[5]

His 2017 First Round Review interview advocates listening, candid feedback, help, follow-up, lasting relationships and both parties’ consent before introductions.⁠[2]

In July 2018, Kopelman announced Fralic’s coming transition to Board Partner, supporting existing investments, recalling his establishing and growing First Round’s New York office and organizing its CEO Summit.⁠[3]

First Round’s biography dates his transition to Board Partner, ending new investments, to 2019.⁠[4]

According to his Rock Docs website, Fralic shared a list of roughly 90 music documentaries on March 13, 2020 and expanded it with readers’ suggestions. The site organizes films as a personal curatorial directory.⁠[6]

ForbesForbesForbes is an American business media brand that began with Forbes magazine, founded by B.C. Forbes in 1917. It is known for rankings such as the Forbes 400, the World’s Billionaires list and 30 Under 30, and operates Forbes.com, ForbesLive events and licensed editions in 81 countries. Since 2014 a majority stake has been held by the Hong Kong investment group Integrated Whale Media; a 2021 plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange through a special purpose acquisition company was terminated in 2022. It is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.Open the full entry ranked him 80th on its 2021 Midas List of technology investors and identified Roblox as a notable deal.⁠[7]

In 2024, he joined Cooper Hewitt’s Board of Trustees. The museum’s event biography also identifies him as a Franklin Institute board member, an executive producer of Uncropped and Recollections, and a collector of vintage technology.⁠[8]

X: Public account: https://x.com/chrisfralic (opens in a new window)⁠[9]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfralic/ (opens in a new window)⁠[10]

Linktree: Personal links: https://linktr.ee/chrisfralic (opens in a new window)⁠[11]

Rock Docs: Official website: https://rockdocs.xyz/ (opens in a new window)⁠[6]

First Round Capital: Official link: https://www.firstround.com/team/board-partners/chris-fralic (opens in a new window)⁠[4]