# Joseph Melohn

> Joseph Melohn is a seed investor at Expansion Venture Capital (New York) backing Apps and Mobile. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Expansion Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expansion-venture-capital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-melohn/34/169/881
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ExpansionVC

Joseph Melohn is a seed investor at Expansion Venture Capital in New York focused on Apps and Mobile. Joseph Melohn is the Co-founder and President of Expansion Venture Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Fitness | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apptopia | Apptopia provides services in app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics for mobile apps.The company was launched in 2012 and by May of 2014 has already reached $5m inannual run rate. | $137K | Seed | Jan 17, 2013 |  |
| Fitocracy | Fitocracy is a social network that empowers and motivates anyone to reach their fitness goals through gamification, community, and personal guidance.. Whether you've never exercised a day in your life or you're an advanced athlete, Fitocracy can take you to your next level of fitness. | $1.2M | Seed | May 31, 2012 |  |
| Apptopia | Apptopia provides services in app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics for mobile apps.The company was launched in 2012 and by May of 2014 has already reached $5m inannual run rate. |  | Seed | Apr 05, 2012 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Expansion Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expansion-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Romulus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/romulus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rothenberg Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rothenberg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Telegraph Hill Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telegraph-hill-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Expansion Venture Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Expansion Venture Capital, is a venture capital firm focused in early and growth stage companies. Located in New York City, EVC was founded by brothers, Joseph and Ryan Melohn. EVC’s team is comprised of entrepreneurs. Fifteen years of combined experience has enabled EVC to help build great companies across the US. As entrepreneurs, “we havebeen in their shoes and speak the same language”.We pride ourselves on being available for our teams of entrepreneurs 24/7. We work side by side with them, providing intellectual capital and assistance in any way we can. From mentorship to business development, raising capital, getting the right press, are some of the ways “we work for you”. When one of our founders have a question we want to be the first place they turn. Their success is our success!We are founder friendly! “Entrepreneurs, not VCs, build great companies”

2 contacts available at Expansion Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan Melohn | Co-Founder and COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-melohn |
| Joseph Melohn | Co-Founder and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-melohn |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Joseph Melohn invest in?

Joseph Melohn invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Fitness startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joseph Melohn last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joseph Melohn closed in Jan 2013. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co