078: Entrepreneur Frank Sinton

Boston Speaks Up

Guest Frank Sinton is an entrepreneur, investor and innovator from Concord, Massachusetts. A Tufts University graduate, Sinton is a life-long learner and engineer by trade with several patents under his belt. He has a growing interest in adapting his deep technology background and CEO experience to actively nurture the next generation of companies working to solve important challenges facing the world today. Sinton made a name for himself in the entertainment industry helping legacy businesses through digital transformation. He spent the early 2000s in Los Angeles leading innovation and technology at Sony Pictures as the studio’s strategy shifted to digital. In 2007, Sinton founded Beachfront Media, a premium video ad tech company that he built into the leading convergent TV advertising platform delivering more than 1 billion video ad impressions per month. In late 2017, he sold a majority stake to Penny Pritzker’s PSP Capital and he now sits in a board of directors role. For the past several years, Sinton has been investing in startups through several angel groups including TBD Angels in Boston. He also serves as a Board Member to several companies. Additionally, he sits on the board of AdLedger, a nonprofit consortium working to build rules and standards for the application of blockchain and cryptography to media and advertising. Among his many roles, Sinton also currently serves in an advisor role as Head of Innovation at Value Creation Labs where he’s helping scale next generation technology companies. Sinton’s interests include Web3 (NFT and Crypto), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Climate Tech, just to name a few. We get into all of that on the podcast.