Tom Melzer co-founded RiverVest in 2000 and serves as managing director, focusing on firm management and investor relations. He previously held senior roles at the Federal Reserve and Morgan Stanley.
What Tom can write
RiverVest writes $3M to $30M checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.
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- Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. · managing director
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · president and CEO
- RiverVest Venture Partners · co-founder and managing directorNow
- RiverVest · Co-Founder and Managing DirectorNow
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Who is Tom Melzer?
Tom Melzer co-founded RiverVest in 2000 and serves as managing director, focusing on firm management and investor relations. He previously held senior roles at the Federal Reserve and Morgan Stanley.
How much does Tom Melzer invest?
Tom Melzer invests through RiverVest, which writes checks of $3M to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Tom Melzer?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Tom in the subject. A warm intro from a founder RiverVest backed works better.
What did Tom Melzer do before RiverVest?
managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.; president and CEO at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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