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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 & Chief Product Officer

    2025 - Current

    After six years as an investing GP, I'm expanding my role to lead our firm's AI and data initiatives as Partner & Chief Product Officer. Focusing on harnessing AI and data to supercharge every aspect of what we do. I remain one of five partners at NextView and continue supporting existing founders while making select new investments. But most of my energy will be devoted to finding multiplier effects that can transform how we operate as a firm.

  • Partner

    2020 - 2025

    Investing GP at NextView.

  • Venture Partner

    2017 - 2019

    Full-time investing partner before becoming a GP.

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Jones is a judgment-free journey to a vape-less life, through a personalized nicotine replacement subscription, behavioral support, and a digital community.

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Daylight Health powers mental health care delivery within primary care practices to dramatically increase accessibility and affordability for the 50M Americans with a mental health concern.

  • 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

    2020

    Sourcetable is building an AI spreadsheet.

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.

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