Melike Abacioglu Gunes
InvestorFounderAdvisor Partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners · Founder at PhysioHealth
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedPhysioHealth · YC
About
Melike Abacioglu Gunes is VP of Marketing at Mixpanel and previously served as Director of Product Growth at Rippling. Before that, she was a GM at Alto Online Pharmacy, where she scaled the Chronic Care business from $3M to $400M ARR, and she is a former Y Combinator founder who built B2B2C digital health products for self-insured employers, provider networks, and health plans. Earlier in her career she was a management strategy consultant at BCG. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford.
Invests in
Digital HealthSaaS
Founder at PhysioHealthYC W16
Intro paths
YC
Melike went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Melike can intro founders to PhysioHealth's investors below.
PhysioHealth's investors · 1
Co-founders at PhysioHealth
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Firdevs AbaciogluFounder
Experience
- AirwallexVP Marketing, NAcurrent2026 — present
- Fast Company Executive BoardMember, Contributorcurrent2024 — present
- AsymmetricAdvising Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MixpanelVP of Marketing2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- MixpanelSenior Director of Revenue Strategy & Operations2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- RipplingDirector of Growth Marketing2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Alto PharmacyGeneral Manager, Chronic Care Businesses2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Physioh Inc.Co-Founder & CEO2014 — 2021Palo Alto
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA2012 — 2014Boston
- Barclays Investment BankInvestment Banker2013
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Management Strategy Consultant2009 — 2012
- Bayer HealthCareStrategy & Portfolio Management2008
- GlaxoSmithKlineMarketing2007
- Mercer Human Resource ConsultingHealth & Benefits Consulting2007
- NovartisManufacturing-Operations2006
Skills & more
Strategic Planning9Strategy Development1Public Speaking3Strategy51Management9Analysis3LeadershipBrand Awareness1Performance Marketing1Customer AdvocacyMarketing StrategyMarketing Operations
+12 more
Thought LeadershipExecutive ManagementSolution SellingStorytellingBusiness ManagementPricing StrategyNew Market ExpansionProduct PortfolioEnterprise Software SalesEnterprise Technology SalesBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Cross-SellingLanguages English · German · Spanish · Turkish
From Melike's professional profile.
Colleagues at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Akshay Nathan
Engineering Manager at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Andrew Furman
Software Developer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Annie Dean
Chief Strategy Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Aron Szanto
Head of Technology at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Ben Slater
Chief Marketing Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Beth Clymer
President, Chief Operating Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Brian Benedict
Co-Founder & CRO at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Brian Fishbein
Chief Investment Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Melike Abacioglu Gunes?
- Melike Abacioglu Gunes is VP of Marketing at Mixpanel and previously served as Director of Product Growth at Rippling. Before that, she was a GM at Alto Online Pharmacy, where she scaled the Chronic Care business from $3M to $400M ARR, and she is a former Y Combinator founder who built B2B2C digital health products for self-insured employers, provider networks, and health plans. Earlier in her career she was a management strategy consultant at BCG. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford.
- Where does Melike Abacioglu Gunes work?
- Melike Abacioglu Gunes is Founder of PhysioHealth and Advisor Partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners.
- What does Melike Abacioglu Gunes invest in?
- Melike Abacioglu Gunes invests in Digital Health, SaaS.
- What companies did Melike Abacioglu Gunes found?
- Melike Abacioglu Gunes founded PhysioHealth.
- Where did Melike Abacioglu Gunes go to school?
- Melike Abacioglu Gunes studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA); Stanford University (B.S, Chemical Engineering); Robert College (High School, Math and Science IB Baccaleuarate).
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