Melissa Wasser

Melissa Wasser

Fintech Capital Network Team

About

Melissa Wasser is a partner on the Capital Network team, focused on fintech companies.

Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Melissa was head of the Private Capital Markets group at Financial Technology Partners, helping Series B through pre-IPO fintech companies on private capital raises. Before that, she was at Goldman Sachs for over 10 years, working on private placements for later-stage technology companies and advising financial institutions’ investment banking clients.

Melissa graduated from Penn State University with a degree in finance. Melissa considers herself a coffee connoisseur and, after traveling all around the world, found her favorite beans in Kyoto, Japan, and Kenya’s Masai Mara.

Latest Content by Melissa

Fintech

Managing Your Facility and Tools to Automate the Process

David Haber, Melissa Wasser, and JJ Yu
Fintech

It’s Time to Raise Your Debt Facility: Execution Tactics for Founders

David Haber, Melissa Wasser, and JJ Yu
General

The 16 Commandments of Raising Equity in a Challenging Market

Manas Punhani, JJ Yu, Melissa Wasser, and Peter Blackwood
Fintech

Negotiating Your First Warehouse Facility: Trade-offs Across Terms

David Haber, Melissa Wasser, and JJ Yu
Fintech

2023: A Year for Fintech M&A

Marc Andrusko, Melissa Wasser, JJ Yu, Seema Amble, and Joe Schmidt
Fintech

How Founders Should Think About Cash Management

Seema Amble, Melissa Wasser, and Emily Westerhold
Fintech

Launching a Financial Product: How to Choose the Right Funding Structure

Nathan Yoon, Melissa Wasser, and David Haber
Fintech

What Founders Should Know About Raising Debt (May 2022 Fintech Newsletter)

Nathan Yoon, Melissa Wasser, Anish Acharya, Marc Andrusko, Joe Schmidt, Sumeet Singh, and Seema Amble
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