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Melody Koh

Melody Koh

Partner·NextView Ventures

New York office / New Jersey suburbs
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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.

Partneralization hooks

  1. 1Frame product velocity and team-building lessons using her Blue Apron scaling experience.
  2. 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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