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Melissa Pegus

Managing Director at Techstars

Atlanta, Georgia

Overview 

Melissa Pegus is the Managing Director at Techstars ATL & NOLA Powered by J.P. Morgan in Atlanta, Georgia, with a background in e-commerce, strategic partnerships, and entrepreneurship. She has held leadership roles at various organizations, including being an Entrepreneur in Residence at Tech Square Ventures and the Chief Revenue Officer at Chord Commerce, showcasing her expertise in business strategy and product development.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2022 - Current

    Managing Director for JP Morgan accelerator programs in Atlanta and New Orleans

  • Mentor

    2022 - 2022

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

  • Instructor

    2020

    MIT Enterprise Forum provides training, advisors, and resources for first-time entrepreneurs

  • Executive Member

    2019

Pavilion is a private membership for high-growth leaders to achieve their professional potential.

Raised $25,000,000.00 from Elephant.

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2023

Retina uses artificial intelligence to turn enterprise data into insights.

Raised $10,500,000.00 from Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners.

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2021 - 2022

  • Senior Associate

    2021 - 2021

Tech Square Ventures is a seed & early-stage venture fund that investing in enterprise, marketplace and platform, and tech enabled services

  • Chief Revenue Officer

    2021 - 2022

  • Advisor

    2020 - 2021

Chord offers a commerce-as-a-service software that provides businesses with technology and products to access meaningful data.

Raised $40,000,000.00 from Spencer Slaine, Foundation Capital, White Star Capital, Anti Fund, GC1 Ventures, Rose Street Capital, Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM), Imaginary Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative and Eclipse Ventures.

  • Chief Revenue Officer

    2020 - 2021

    Acquired by She Runs It

  • Head of Revenue

    2018 - 2021

    Acquired by WPP

  • SVP, Head of Sales & Strategic Partnerships

    2017 - 2018

    Acquired by Aptitude Software Group

  • VP, Channel & Strategic Partnerships

    2017 - 2017

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