Melissa Pegus
Managing Director at Techstars
Atlanta, Georgia
Overview
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
2018
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