Christina (Phillips) Melas-Kyriazi

Investor

San Francisco, California

Writes $1M – $100M checks · typically $25M

About

Christina Melas-Kyriazi leverages deep product leadership from her Affirm buy‑now‑pay‑later work to advise mission-driven fintech and commerce founders expanding financial access, actively bridging traditional finance with crypto and Web3.

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Christina Melas-Kyriazi @christinaphili5

Super fun BCV Fellows dinner last night with the one and only @levie. We chatted about all things enterprise agents, open source/ China, and where AI is creating more work instead of automating it. Lots of debate, and a great evening! https://t.co/F5L6YPSbKg

Jul 24, 2026 · ♥ 45 · ⇄ 1

Christina Melas-Kyriazi @christinaphili5

This was so much fun! Ron, Ryan and I were fortunate to work with @ryanjdaniels in the early days before he knew what Crosby would become. The son of 2 law professors, Ryan was born to start this company. He was early to the idea that AI would transform services, and made a bet https://t.co/50j2Fs4v22

Jul 21, 2026 · ♥ 32 · ⇄ 6

Christina Melas-Kyriazi @christinaphili5

Chatting all things about launching in NYC with the greats: @Jackyhuang @ndrewpignanelli @GallagherBilly https://t.co/WechM1cGbj

Jul 14, 2026 · ♥ 43 · ⇄ 3

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Experience

Bain Capital VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Adaptive InnovationsSeed/ Series A Investor and Board Membercurrent2025 — present
CrosbySeed/ Series A Investorcurrent2025 — present
MagicSchool AISeries A Investor and Board Membercurrent2024 — present
AlephSeries A Investor and Board Membercurrent2023 — present
AutoCompleteSeed/ Series A Investor and Board Membercurrent2022 — present
MK InvestmentsAngel Investorcurrent2016 — present
Sequoia CapitalScout2020 — 2021
Affirm, Inc.Head of Product - Consumer Foundations2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
GoFundMeSenior Product Manager2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
Shift Technologies, Inc.Advisor2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
LinkedInSenior Associate, Product Business Operations2013 — 2014Mountain View, CA
Goldman SachsAnalyst, Investment Banking2011 — 2013New York, NY

Education

Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Stanford UniversityBA, Economics

Skills & more

SQL8Hadoop5Bloomberg11Valuation25Financial Modeling36Analytics26Investment Banking35Venture Capital15Private Equity13Product Management11Corporate Finance11Economics9

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