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Melody Madhavan

Investor

Associate at Cento Ventures

Singapore, Singapore

About

Melody Madhavan works at Cento Ventures on deal flow, investment execution, and portfolio growth. She previously spent about five years in marketing and operations, including roles as a Brand Manager at Burger King Japan and Remy Cointreau Japan and product development at L'Oreal Japan, and later moved into startups and venture capital, working at Orvel Ventures during her studies. She holds a BA in History from Yale-NUS College, an MBA from Kyoto University, and a Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell University.

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Invests in

Climate TechFoodTech

Experience

  1. Cento VenturesInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSingapore
  2. NonPublicInvestor2023 — 2024
  3. Umami BioworksCommercial & Marketing Lead2023
  4. Burger KingBrand Manager2021 — 2022Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  5. Rémy CointreauBrand Manager2020 — 2021Tokyo, Japan
  6. Rémy CointreauMarketing Executive2019 — 2020
  7. Rémy CointreauManagement Associate2018 — 2019Tokyo, Japan
  8. L'OréalProduct Manager Assistant (Maybelline NY DMI)2017 — 2018Tokyo, Japan
  9. MUN inc.Co-Founder, Director (Design & Publicity) / Trainer2014 — 2017

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityMasters, Management
  2. Kyoto UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management
  3. Yale-NUS CollegeBachelor of Arts - BA (Hons), History
  4. Sophia UniversityCIEE Study Abroad, Japanese Studies

Skills & more

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)3Blogging3Social Media7Marketing11E-commerce4Start-ups4Social Media Marketing5Event Planning3Public Relations5Client Relations5Portrait Photography4Commercial Photography5
+12 moreEvent PhotographyDigital PhotographyFashion PhotographyEducational TrainingMarketing StrategyBrand StrategyCommunicationManagementPublic SpeakingAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe Premiere Pro

Languages Chinese (Simplified) · English · Japanese

  • Spreadsheet Modeling — Cornell University

From Melody's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Cornell University509

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America

+ 503 more

Also attended Kyoto University18

Taro InabaManaging Partner at Remiges Ventures, Inc.Sunao NishimuraInvestor at E12 Venture Capital, LlcKazu NonomuraPartner, Director at RDiscoveryDavid HellerGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures IsraelSatoshi KonagaiInvestment Lead at Astellas Venture Management LLCFlorian LöbermannPartner at GET Fund

+ 12 more

Also attended Yale-NUS College7

Natalie NgInvestor at TNBAuraJolene LumHead of Investor Relations at Cento VenturesNathan WongkarInvestment Analyst at Reefknot InvestmentsBenedict TanProgramme Director at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.Marilyn KangProject Associate at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.Jonathan HoAssociate at AgFunder

+ 1 more

Also attended Sophia University19

Ryutaro HiroshimaPartner, Head of Japan at Type One VenturesChika NakasuExecutive Manager at Playground GlobalSantiago TenorioVenture Partner at Thundermark CapitalSatoko KatoVice President, General Counsel and CCO at NewRoad Capital Partners, LLCFady JameelVice Chairman, International at JIMCOHassan JameelVice Chairman, Saudi Arabia at JIMCO

+ 13 more

Shared employers

Also worked at NonPublic1

Hugh BickerstaffVenture Partner at Vulpes Ventures

Also worked at Umami Bioworks4

Monica SugayStrategy, Investor Relations & Insights Senior Associate at Kickstart VenturesCarsten KromeCo-founder at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.Georg BaunachCo-founder at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.SimonInvestor at Better Bite Ventures

Also worked at Burger King3

Felipe SallesGeneral Partner at Parceiro VenturesShawn LimFounder & Partner at Artichoke CapitalMario DeLaraManaging Partner at Caravela Capital

Also worked at Rémy Cointreau2

Christophe de MontillePartner at Beyond Capital VenturesAmandine RouillardGlobal Marketing & Operations Director at Walden Catalyst

Colleagues at Cento Ventures

Ada Jia
Associate at Cento Ventures
Ali Fancy
Partner at Cento Ventures
Boon Ping Chua
Partner at Cento Ventures
Dmitry Levit
Partner at Cento Ventures
Fanny Yap
Head of Operations at Cento Ventures
Geraldine Goh
Executive Assistant at Cento Ventures
Jolene Lum
Head of Investor Relations at Cento Ventures
Ka Kay Lum
Associate at Cento Ventures