# Melanie Steinbach

> Melanie Steinbach is a seed investor in Chicago backing LGBT, Dating and Social. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Melanie Steinbach is a seed investor in Chicago focused on LGBT and Dating. Melanie is a individual investor.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LGBT | 1 | 100% |
| Dating | 1 | 100% |
| Social | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lex | Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second. | $5.6M | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Best Nights VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bestnightsvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Female Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/female-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Graph Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graph-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Melanie Steinbach invest in?

Melanie Steinbach invests primarily in LGBT, Dating and Social startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Melanie Steinbach last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Melanie Steinbach closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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.

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