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{{Infobox person
| name = Francis Pollara
| image = Francis_Pollara_Clio_2010.jpg
| caption = Francis Pollara accepts Clio Award
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|3|16}}
| birth_place = [[Burbank, California]]
| education = B.A. [[Art Center College of Design]]
| occupation = Venture Investor & Startup Advisor 
| years_active = 2008–present
}}
'''Francis Pollara''' (born March 16, 1989) is an American venture investor, company advisor and entrepreneur as well as a former award-winning independent producer<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.techstars.com/mentors/francis-pollara/|title=Francis Pollara - Techstars Mentor|work=Techstars|access-date=2017-11-18|language=en-US}}</ref>. He founded Launch, a uniquely positioned venture fund, backed by [[Luma Pictures|Luma]], one of the world’s most successful independent creative studios. Launch has invested in seed and early-stage technology companies such as Revl, TheWaveVR, Retina, Donut Media, Wavedash Games and Tapcart<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/luma-launch|title=Luma Launch|website=Crunchbase|language=en|access-date=2017-11-18}}</ref>. 

==Early life==
Pollara was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His father lead communications architectures research at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] and his mother is the nursing department chair of theat [[California State University, Northridge]]. Pollara is of Italian descent on his father’s side originating from Milano, Italy and of Jordanian descent on his mother’s side.  

==Education==
Pollara attended [[La Cañada High School]] in La Cañada, California. During high school he studied Advanced Environmental Science as well as Computer Science and Italian Language & Culture at [[Pasadena City College]]. Upon graduating high school, Pollara received a full scholarship to study Film & Dramatic Literature and Renaissance Art abroad at the Instituto Lorenzo De’ Medici in Florence, Italy.

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