Christina (Phillips) Melas-Kyriazi

Partner

2021

Investing in early stage startups. If you're building something new, let's chat!

Angel Investor

2016

Passionate about fintech, health, marketplaces, SaaS, Ecomm enablement and consumer. Investor in Carrot Fertility, Imprint (fintech), Habi (proptech), Seso (labor marketplace), Fractional (proptech), Fragment (fintech), Catch (fintech), Eco (crypto/ fintech), Welcome (HR SaaS), Commonstock (fintech), EcoCart (POS carbon offsets), Sanctuary (new age spirituality), Open (meditation/ wellness), Pulsar, Needed (CPG), Mezcal Rosaluna, Surge (AI), Rex (consumer), Ello (AI), Zitti (fintech), Kudos (fintech), Ganymede (infra), Ava finance (fintech) and others

Scout

2020 - 2021

early stage investments (pre-seed, seed, series A)

Head of Product - Consumer Foundations

2019 - 2021

Lead a team of product managers focused on core products across the customer journey (identity, membership, fraud, trust & safety, authentication, repayment, user portal, account management, customer care, and internal tools). Also led a team on our core Buy Now Pay Later product, launching new API's and driving merchant growth and engagement for enterprise (working with Wayfair, Target, Samsung) and SMB merchants.

Senior Product Manager

2016 - 2019

Focused on bringing GoFundMe to new markets. Led the strategy, design, and implementation of our charity fundraising efforts, team fundraising product and internationalization efforts. Worked on GoFundMe's acquisition of CrowdRise.

Advisor

2014 - 2016

Senior Associate, Product Business Operations

2013 - 2014

Cross-functional work with product leadership, executive team, finance and marketing. I focus on LinkedIn's core consumer products that help you best represent your professional identity, and find and connect with others. I work on user growth and engagement forecasting, performance management, product strategy, strategic partnerships, analytics and market research. Extensive SQL experience.

Analyst, Investment Banking

2011 - 2013