David Beisel
Co-founder and Partner
NextView Ventures
Co-founder and Partner at NextView focused on early-stage internet startups.
Bio
Professional summary
Melody Koh is a Partner at NextView Ventures based in its New York office. Her official profile describes a career spanning startup investing, operating and entrepreneurship. Before NextView, she was Head of Product at Blue Apron, where she joined as the first product hire after Series A and helped scale the company through rapid growth and its IPO while building product management, product design and data science teams. Earlier roles include Product Manager at Fab.com, founder/CEO of a seed-funded wine subscription e-commerce company, venture investor at Time Warner's strategic VC group, and one of the inaugural members of First Round Capital's Product Co-op. She holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BS in Commerce with Distinction from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Pre-seedSeed
Sector
Technology startupsConsumerE-commerceProduct-led softwareAI and softwareData science
Thesis
Technology startupsProduct-led businessesConsumer and e-commercePre-seed and seed-stage companiesAI and software companies addressing mass-market human problems
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Blue ApronFab.comFirst Round Capital Product Co-opTime Warner strategic VC group
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Best fit for a pre-seed or seed startup where product strategy, consumer behavior, e-commerce, data science, or operator-led scaling are central to the story.
Personalization hooks
- 1Frame product velocity and team-building lessons using her Blue Apron scaling experience.
- 2Highlight founder empathy if the pitch involves consumer commerce or product-led growth.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- NextView VenturesPartner and Chief Product OfficerPresent
- NextView VenturesPartnerPrior
- Blue ApronHead of ProductPrior to NextView
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA with Distinction
- University of Virginia (McIntire School)BS, Commerce with Distinction
Skills
Product ManagementVenture CapitalAI/MLData InfrastructureClaude Code
Languages
EnglishMandarin
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