Melissa Gordon
InvestorPrincipal at Acre Venture Partners
Los Angeles, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
Experience
- IGC Growth PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2017 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- OptlyCo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
- Acre Venture PartnersPrincipal2017 — 2023Greater Los Angeles Area
- The Honest CompanyDirector, Honest Beauty2016 — 2017
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.Director Global Marketing, Tom Ford Beauty, La Mer & Clinique2014 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- Attara Capital LP (formerly known as Atticus Capital)Vice President2010 — 2012Greater New York City Area
- Lazard Freres & Co.Associate2006 — 2010Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Climate InvestingEarly Stage InvestmentDeal SourcingDue DiligenceImpact InvestingMarketingInvestmentsFinancial AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentPrivate Equity13Financial Modeling10Valuation10
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Hedge FundsEquitiesCorporate FinancePortfolio ManagementCorporate DevelopmentEmerging MarketsInvestment BankingVenture CapitalEquity ResearchInvestor RelationsFrom Melissa's professional profile.
Colleagues at Acre Venture Partners
Alex Bondar
Partner at Acre Venture Partners
David Chang
Investor at Acre Venture Partners
Gareth Asten
Managing Partner at Acre Venture Partners
Jeff Dunn
Investor at Acre Venture Partners
Lucas Mann
Managing Partner at Acre Venture Partners
Lynda Deakin
Partner at Acre Venture Partners
Maisie Kirn
Associate at Acre Venture Partners
Sam Kass
Investor at Acre Venture Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Melissa Gordon?
- Principal at Acre Venture Partners
- Where does Melissa Gordon work?
- Melissa Gordon is Principal at Acre Venture Partners.
- What check size does Melissa Gordon write?
- Melissa Gordon typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Melissa Gordon go to school?
- Melissa Gordon studied at The Wharton School (BS, Finance); The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)).
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