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Melody Koh

Partner at NextView Ventures

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Melody Koh is a Partner at NextView Ventures, with a notable career focused on venture capital and early-stage investments. She has invested in companies like Opus, Ten Little, and Summer, showcasing a strong track record in supporting successful startups and contributing to their growth. With an MBA from Harvard Business School and a background in finance and entrepreneurship, Melody has made significant contributions to the startup ecosystem, particularly in sectors like logistics, consumer health, and e-commerce. Her role at NextView Ventures involves strategic investments in diverse founders and companies, highlighting her commitment to fostering innovation and supporting emerging entrepreneurs.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2017 - Current

    We are high conviction, hands-on seed VCs with a thematic investing focus. We invest in technology-driven companies that are redesigning the Everyday Economy. Learn more about our approach here: http://nextview.vc/approach/ Based in NYC. Invest nationally.

  • Seed Investor

    2022

    MelodyArc is the AI-powered, human-in-the-loop Operations Platform.

MelodyArc is a technology startup that helps internet businesses provide innovative consumer experiences.

Raised $7,062,498.00 from Tarek Alaruri, Edward Lando, FJ Labs and Pareto Holdings.

  • Seed Investor

    2022

    Band is the smart operating system for B2B purchasing groups.

Band offers a platform for secure group communication and engagement, ideal for teams and organizations.

  • Seed Investor

    2021

    Prequel is a single API that helps SaaS vendors power enterprise-grade data sharing to and from their customers' data warehouses.

  • Seed Investor / Board Director

    2020

    Opus is the mobile-first training platform for the deskless workforce.

Opus offers a training solution that meets frontline workers where they are.

Raised $11,350,000.00 from Stage 2 Capital, Bling Capital, Gutter Capital and NextView Ventures.

  • Seed Investor

    2022

    The unified interaction layer across workplace docs & apps. GC makes our tools work together so our teams can work together.

  • Seed Investor

    2020

    Sourcetable is creating a unique spreadsheet experience that combines data warehousing, live data-sync, and intelligent user-friendly features, breaking down technical barriers for analysts, operators, and regular spreadsheet users.

Sourcetable connect, sync, and query all the data in a spreadsheet, without needing to know how to code.

Raised $4,250,000.00 from Long Journey Ventures, NextView Ventures, TGM ventures and Michael Berolzheimer.

  • Seed Investor / Board Director

    2019

    Ten Little is the first predictive, recurring commerce platform built for the unique needs of parents and kids to address the $300B+ global children’s products market.

Ten Little is a modern marketplace that guides parents to the right products and resources for their kids at every stage.

Raised $7,630,000.00 from Company Ventures, NextView Ventures, Michael Mignano, Roosh Ventures, Dan Teran, Scott Belsky, Kindred Ventures, 2048 Ventures and Neil Parikh.

  • Seed Investor

    2019

    Alcove is building the future of shared housing.

Alcove is a shared living community offering per-room leases in beautiful, shared homes.

Raised $5,000,000.00 from Triangle Tweener Fund, Triangle Tweener Fund, Streamlined Ventures, Four Cities Capital, NextView Ventures, Bling Capital, Expa and Bradley Horowitz.

  • Seed Investor / Board Director

    2018

    Summer partners with enterprise employers, financial institutions and unions to help their populations navigate and reduce student loan debt with proven technologies and a human touch. Lead investor in Seed round and was Board Director until Series A; currently serve as Board Observer.

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