Michael Frankel is the Founder and Managing Director of Trajectory Capital, a private equity fund focused on B2B technology businesses.  He is an innovation, strategy, and corporate development leader with senior roles across global technology, information services, and professional services organizations including VeriSign, LexisNexis, IRI, GE Capital, and Deloitte. At Deloitte, he led the New‑Venture Accelerator (DNA), guiding strategy and portfolio operations for emerging technology businesses that now generate more than $4B in new revenue.

He has built and scaled programs that open new markets, launch new offerings, and expand business models across technology, data, analytics, and services. In corporate development roles, Michael has overseen more than 100 M&A and strategic transactions totaling $10B in capital, along with 18 corporate venture investments that strengthened ecosystem partnerships and delivered strong returns.

As a growth operator, Michael has served in CFO, COO, and GM roles for high‑growth technology businesses, professionalizing operations across product, finance, marketing, HR, and legal. He has led multiple financing rounds, built executive teams, and executed restructuring initiatives that improved scale, margins, and revenue performance. At Deloitte, he also led portfolio‑wide operational support in pricing, sales enablement, product management, marketing, and executive recruitment.

Michael holds a BA, MA, JD, and MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a frequent speaker on innovation and corporate growth, the author of three books on M&A and strategic transactions and has served on public and private boards as well as the University of Chicago Alumni Board of Governors. He lives in the New York area with his wife and daughter.