Best VCs for Portfolio Operations

5 venture capitalists actively investing in Portfolio Operations.

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Advisor; Partner, Talent at NEA

Blockchain Capital

Melissa's operating thesis is that exceptional companies require leaders who can scale themselves along with the organization. She works with founders and CEOs to build, develop, compensate and retain

No Melissa-specific Blockchain Capital check size or allocation authority is public. Her documented work is executive talent, leadership and board development for NEA portfolio companies. Crypto founders should use Blockchain Capital's investors; NEA portfolio leaders can engage her on talent and leadership.

Executive-team designLeadership developmentBoard building

#2Lizzy Price

Associate Technical Recruiter

First Round Capital

Lizzy's operating focus is helping First Round portfolio founders build their earliest technical teams. Her experience recruiting engineers across the Americas at Harness and supporting Last Energy gi

Not applicable to Lizzy's recruiting role. First Round publicly says its initial investments typically range from $1 million to $7 million and average about $3.5 million, but those are firm terms administered by the investment team, not Lizzy's personal authority.

Founding and early-team hiringTechnical recruitingCandidate sourcing and closing

#3Rachel Ruggieri

Associate Technical Recruiter

First Round Capital

Rachel supports First Round portfolio companies by connecting technical builders and operators with founders. Her lens comes from sourcing at two early-stage startups and working directly with founder

Not applicable to Rachel's technical-recruiting role. First Round's public initial-investment range of $1 million to $7 million and roughly $3.5 million average belongs to the firm's investing process, not to Rachel personally.

Founding and early-team hiringTechnical recruitingCandidate sourcing

#4Joseph Chan

Partner

AppWorks

Joseph's role is centered on the financial and operating foundation around an investment: portfolio management, fundraising structure, investor alignment, and Japan-Taiwan ecosystem access. His publis

Firm-level: AppWorks publishes a US$200K to US$15M per-deal range across Seed through Series C, with capacity to lead or follow and reserve capital for follow-ons. This is not Joseph's personal allocation range.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#5Selim Tira

Associate Director

Shorooq Partners

Selim works on the connective tissue between investment vehicles, institutional capital and portfolio execution. His Shorooq role emphasizes structuring and launching funds, co-investment, investor re

Not applicable to Selim's documented Shorooq role. He structures vehicles, manages institutional relationships, facilitates co-investments and advises portfolio companies. He separately founded Ghodwa Ventures, an early-stage Tunisian deep-tech angel syndicate, but no ticket range is public and that activity must not be conflated with Shorooq capital.

Fund formationCapital formationCo-investment

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