Portfolio Operations

Blockchain Capital

Check: 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.

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 executive teams and boards. Her coaching framework distinguishes mentors, consultants and coaches, treats self-awareness and feedback as business inputs and recommends structured coach selection with a written spec, trial sessions and references. Blockchain Capital lists her only as an advisor; no personal crypto deal thesis should be inferred.

First Round Capital

Check: 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.

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 gives her context in high-growth SaaS, infrastructure, developer tooling and technically complex climate businesses. This is a talent lens rather than an investment thesis.

First Round Capital

Check: 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.

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 founders and engineering teams as they scale. It centers on relationship building, talent quality and high-growth execution; it is not a personal investment thesis.

AppWorks

Check: 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.

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 published framework treats a priced round as the start of a long-term relationship, favors good-faith negotiation over zero-sum optimization, and asks founders to raise only after evidence such as an MVP, customers, or traction creates a credible use for the capital.

Shorooq Partners

Check: 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.

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 relations and helping companies reach strategic, operational and fundraising milestones. His separate Ghodwa Ventures activity adds an early-stage Tunisian deep-tech lens, but it is not Shorooq's mandate.